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Woman hitting a forehand during a doubles rally

Singles strategy

Serve deep, return deep, and make them move.

Singles is a fitness and movement game. Serve deep with spin, return deep and follow it in, and use angles to pull your opponent off the court. Passing shots and drives matter more; dinks matter less.

Recover to the middle after every shot and avoid the transition zone: either get all the way to the net or stay back.

Keys to remember

  • Deep serves and returns
  • Angles to open the court
  • Get to the net or stay back; no middle ground