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On today’s podcast, UCLA All-American and MyTennisHQ Co-Founder Austin Rapp joins the show for another edition of Technique Tuesday. He and host Alex Gruskin examine the role of the down-the-line shot, the difficulties in executing it well, and 3 key factors to successfully pulling the down-the-line shot off. 
They also discuss David Fox’s article regarding why players that win Futures events deserve Challenger event Wild Cards, and Gruskin runs through all of Monday’s news from the professional tennis world.
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