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Did Radwanska Hit the Shot of the Year in Miami?

By Chris Oddo

(March 26, 2013) -- Agnieszka Radwanska kept alive her hopes of defending her 2012 Sony Open title with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens on Tuesday night in Miami, but all anybody wanted to talk about was this ridiculous no-look drop shot that Radwanska pulled off in the second set.

Was it lucky? Yes. Did Radwanska mean to pull of a shot so surreal when she flicked her racquet at the ball? Most certainly not. But that doesn't mean that Radwanska's serendipitous swat wasn't the best that tennis has seen in 2013.

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Perhaps even better was Radwanska's reaction to the shot. With a big smile on her face she wagged the finger for all to see (was that the same finger that Roger Federer wagged in Paris once upon a time?), while all Flipkens could do was drop her racquet and put her hands on her hips in disbelief.

Flipkens would later tweet her consternation:

@wta amazing.. I felt like mcenroe "are you serious?!"
— Kirsten Flipkens (@FlipperKF) March 27, 2013

Others would soon join in:

#Radwanska just hit the shot of the year. Wrong-footed off the net-cord she did a 360 turn and hit a backhand Volley winner behind her back
— DavidLaw (@DavidLawTennis) March 27, 2013