Now this is how you hit an effective dropper.
Published May 16, 2017
Published May 16, 2017
On court in Rome for his first round, qualifier Adrian Mannarino brought his sneakiest A-game against an on-fire Pablo Cuevas. First, the Frenchman won an entertaining rally with a tricky lob, and later, he won a point with an incredible back-spinning drop-shot.
The dropper had so much back spin on it, it bounced back onto Mannarino’s side of the court.
😳😳😳
Drop shot of the century!?!@AdrianMannarino with some monumental spin!#ibi17 pic.twitter.com/YC6W0lDpWt
The left-handed Frenchman pulled the drop shot of the year against a fitting opponent as Cuevas earned the best shot of Madrid (and possibly the year) with his no-looking backhand passing shot. Both of their insane shots work have a one-in-a-million success rate.
Here’s Mannarino’s again in slo-mo:
It looks even better in super slo-mo…😮@AdrianMannarino #ibi17 pic.twitter.com/VeOLzmquGn
Despite his valiant efforts, Mannarino would fall to Cuevas, 6-4, 7-6 (2).