French Open 2023: 'Best shot of the tournament so far!' - Daria Kasatkina's 'utterly outrageous' tweener

Daria Kasatkina got the fans on Court Suzanne-Lenglen on their feet with a quite stunning tweener during her French Open second-round match on Wednesday afternoon. The ninth seed was drawn to the net by a pretty solid drop shot from the Czech player, before she was immediately sent darting back behind the baseline with little hope of winning the point as Vondrousova advanced confidently to the net. Ad Somehow, to the crowd's disbelief, Kasatkina managed to whip a tweener cross-court with her bewildered opponent simply left to watch on in dismay as it flashed past her for a magical and unexpected winner.

WTA RomeRybakina into Rome quarters for the first time, Ostapenko knocks out Kastakina15/05/2023 AT 16:33 The wild winner, which gave her 40-30 on her serve at 3-2 down in the second set, having won the first, saw Kasatkina again defy her opponent en route to an impressive victory as she was able to advance. Reacting to the incredible shot, Eurosport commentary duo Candy Reid and Abigail Johnson did not hide their delight and surprise. «Ohhhh!» exclaimed Reid on commentary for Eurosport at the time.

«We’ve got the best shot of the tournament so far! There have been some contenders, but Daria Kasatkina puts herself as number one. »She is brilliant at the through-the-legs, but this was arguably her best." Johnson added: «Oh. My.

Word. That was utterly outrageous. »Not a poor combination from Vondrousova at all.