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  • 2015-08-15 (xsd:date)
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  • Amazing Behind-the-Back Tennis Return (en)
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  • It's a pleasure for us to finally be able to vet an amazing sports video that wasn't staged for a commercial and/or the product of digital imaging. On 12 August 2015, #134-ranked Japanese tennis player Yoshihito Nishioka squared off against #153-ranked Jared Donaldson in the second round of the Aptos Challenger tournament, a match Nishioka won in three sets. In the third set of that contest, Nishioka and Donaldson engaged in an intense, back-and-forth rally that the 19-year-old Nishioka looked to have lost as he was caught heading left on a ball hit to his right; but Nishioka instinctively flicked his racket behind his back in desperation and caught the ball perfectly, sending it down the sideline for a winner: Oh no ... I mean ... come on! reported the stunned announcer, as Nishioka dropped his racket and raised his hands in an Wow, look what I did! gesture. Although the Aptos Challenger is a little-known tournament, Nishioka's shot didn't escape the notice of the tennis world: (en)
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