Your stick player runs to the ball by itself. Your job is timing and aim.
Swing: press a shot button when the yellow ring shrinks onto the white ring. Too early pulls the ball wide one way, too late pushes it the other way. Perfect timing hits harder and fills your ⚡ power meter.
Aim: hold the joystick (or ←→ / AD) left or right while you hit. Up (↑/W) hits deep, down (↓/S) hits short.
Aim: hold the L-stick left or right while you hit. Push it up to hit deep, down to hit short.
Shots: J/Space FLAT (fast) · K TOPSPIN (safe, dips and kicks up) · L SLICE (low and slow; with down = drop shot) · I LOB (high over a net player). A high ball near you becomes a SMASH with any button.
Serve: press a shot button to toss, then press again when the ball is at the top (the meter's white box). Aim left/right for wide or down the middle. Flat is fast, topspin is safe, slice curves, lob is a gentle safe serve.
Power shot: when ⚡ is full, press E (or the ⚡ button) and your next shot is your power: Fireball, Banana Curve, Moon Lob, Ghost Ball or Thunder Skid. Arm it while you serve for a Cannon serve.
More to play: win the four Grand Slam Cups (three knockout rounds each), chase today's best score in Target Practice, or see how long you can last in the Rally Challenge.
Scoring: real tennis: 15, 30, 40, game. At 40-40 (deuce) you need two points in a row. Win sets by 2 games; at the end of a tied set there is a tiebreak to 7. Esc pauses.
Swing help hits a soft return for you if you forget to swing.
Real-time 1 v 1 tennis. Make a room and share its code, or jump into quick play.
Fair play: shop upgrades are off online. Your look, racket colour, trail and power come with you.