By Chris Oddo | Monday, March 3, 2014

 

Grigor Dimitrov may have played the point of the year in Acapulco against Andy Murray. Who knows, maybe he played the point of the century. See it here.

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This is, simply put, one of the best defensive points we think we have ever seen. Now, please take into account that our video posts frequently foster a hyperbole-laced environment. Written at precisely the moment that our jaws have dropped to the ground and our eyes have gone all buggy, our commentary on the exploits of today's top professional tennis players is admittedly a bit over the top.

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That said, this superhuman point by Grigor Dimitrov against Andy Murray in the Acapulco semifinals is so beyond belief that we cannot give enough high marks for it. The speed with which Dimitrov covers the court is mind boggling to say the least, and his ability to remain offensive in a point when, honestly, he should have been coughing up a lung, is utterly unfathomable.

Instead he is making Murray, one of the most fleet-footed and deft movers on tour, look like a rhinoceros with a giant thorn in one of its foot pads.

Watch it below, but before you do, be sure to have a pillow on the floor where your jaw is likely to hit...