No. 134-ranked Japanese tennis player Yoshihito Nishioka defeated No. 153-ranked Jared Donaldson in three sets in the second round of the Aptos Challenger tournament.
In the third set of his victory, the two engaged in a wild rally that ended with Nishioka hitting a ridiculous behind-the-back return up the sideline for the point.
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Nearly as good is Nishioka's reaction afterward:
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The announcer was equally stunned, too, saying, "Oh no... I mean... come on!"
Despite the Aptos Challenger being a little-known tournament, the shot has the tennis world buzzing:
In actual tennis playing news, Yoshihito Nishioka with arguably the shot of the year in all of tennis, on Donaldson. https://t.co/Q2mulfNQH2
- Andrew Jerell Jones (@sluggahjells) August 13, 2015Good to see the Nishioka shot being replayed again and again...that's what we should be talking about...@MikeCTennis
- jimmy soixante neuf (@hotdog6969) August 13, 2015Yeah, I'm RTing that Nishioka shot multiple times. You have to see it. Many, many times.
- Juan José Vallejo (@jjvallejoa) August 13, 2015