French Open recap Day 4: How to hit the worst shot of the tournament, on match point — and win‎

Follow The Athletic’s French Open coverage Welcome to the French Open briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories on each day of the tournament. On Day 4, there was a stunning miss, a very good day for one player and yet more heat carnage. How did a player recover from a miss that defied belief? The smash, when players take the ball out of the air with an overhead shot, is one of the fundamentals of tennis. Essential for finishing points, it’s also a little misunders