By Chris Oddo | Friday, December 5, 2014
Roger Federer's epic 'tweener lob in Dubai sent Benjamin Becker to the ground and brought crowds to their feet.
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If you know us at Tennis Now, you know we gravitate to the hot shot. All year we’ve been bringing you the ridonkulous, the fantabulous, and the downright filthy and freakishly good shots of the ATP’s best wavers of the magic wand known as the racquet. Now that it’s December and the year is coming to a close, we’re bringing you the best of the best, the crème de la crème, so sit back, grab some popcorn, and E-N-J-O-Y!
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1. The Federer Dubai ‘Tweener: 20 seconds after the point, Becker is still laying on the court, confused. Pretty much says it all about this shot by the maestro.
2. Grigor’s Stockholm Double: Good thing Maria Sharapova doesn’t have a twin sister, because judging from this pair of trick-shot miracles, the Bulgarian obviously has a thing for twins.
3. Dustin Brown’s Leaping ‘Tweener Winner in Houston: Terrible video, but MAN WHAT A SHOT!
4. Nick Kyrgios Rocks Wimbledon, Nadal: You want to prove you’re a kid on the rise in the tennis world, then strut your stuff on Wimbledon’s Centre Court. That is, precisely, what Nick Kyrgios did on this point.
5. Monfils’ Left-Handed, Falling-Down Winner: Boggling minds since the first moment he stepped on a tennis court. Yes, that is what Gael does…
6. Istomin’s Aussie Magic: Denis Istomin. Not the biggest name in tennis, but man did the Uzbek come up big on these two shots vs. Novak Djokovic in Australia.
7. Rafael Nadal’s Response to Dustin Brown Blitzkreig: How about this reflex winner from Rafa? All he had to do was put it in the court, but what a crazy point.
8. Federer’s Mysterious Lob over Murray: Forget about whether or not this was a double-bounce and instead focus on the wizardry that it takes to not only make the shot but convince everybody that it wasn’t a double-bounce. Now that’s doubly good from Federer!
9. Dimitrov’s Defensive Artistry in Acapulco: Dimitrov hits about three or four hot shots in this point, and we think that when you add them all up you have one of the most amazing points of the year, maybe ever.
10. Dustin Brown Takes ‘Tweener to a New Level: Yes, this is the second Dustin Brown shot we’ve got on here. Why, because his shotmaking is that amazing.
11. (Because this one goes to eleven). Another Beauty from Gael to raise the roof and bring the house down. At 1-all, 4-3, 30-all, he pulls that shot? You must be kidding...
12. (Because this one goes to twelve). How about this "hot dog and a half" from Andreas Seppi in Monte-Carlo? Nice shave by the Italian. See you next year, hot shot freaks!