Mannarino hits insane backspin drop shot in Rome

May 16, 2017
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Mannarino hits insane backspin drop shot in Rome

Now this is how you hit an effective dropper.

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.

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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:

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Despite his valiant efforts, Mannarino would fall to Cuevas, 6-4, 7-6 (2).