WATCH: Kyrgios stunned by possible shot of the year by Baez in Montreal

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Wednesday, 10 August 2022 at 06:40
Updated at Monday, 27 January 2025 at 11:22
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Nick Kyrgios is usually the player who delivers beautiful shots and entertains the crowd, but this time, it was his opponent, Sebastian Baez, who produced a possible shot of the year in Montreal.

From start to finish, the first-round match between Kyrgios and Baez was in the hands of the 27-year-old Australian, who is on a very solid winning streak. He was the better player on the court and didn't have any issues beating his opponent 6-4, 6-4.

However, in the eighth game of the second set, when Kyrgios was serving while leading 4-3 after breaking a few games later, the young Argentinian enjoyed a moment of his glory when he produced a beautiful tweener lob winner.

Leading 15-0, Kyrgios served on the T, and his opponent returned the ball down the middle of the court. The Australian player then hit a beautiful forehand that forced his opponent out of the ideal position so Kyrgios could approach the net.

The 2022 Wimbledon finalist then played a backhand volley, which wasn't ideally placed, even though it was relatively powerful. As a result, his opponent could get to it.

Not only did Baez get to the ball, he also overran it a bit, which is why he had to improvize. He quickly put his racket in between his legs, producing a beautiful front-facing tweener lob.

The ball went over Kyrgios, as he was too close to the net after rushing to play the volley, and landed in the last third of the court. Despite trying his best, the Australian player couldn't chase it down, and he couldn't help but only smile after his opponent produced a moment of magic.

Despite being on the receiving end of the beautiful tweener lob winner, Kyrgios might remember it as one of the memories from Montreal, as he was eventually the player who prevailed in the match. In the second round, he will take on the first-seeded Daniil Medvedev.

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