Federer's 'unreal' shot at U.S. Open; 10 of top 13 women out

Not a tennis fan but I personally don't see what the big deal is. Actually looks like a cheap shot seeing as it didn't go over the net and there was no way for his opponent to return it.

...completing the article, here is a video of the shot. It is NOT a cheap shot, this is so difficult to return it lef the whole stadium open mouthed...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzTteIszybw

Nice work Kei! Apart from the mental weakness dropping the third set 5-7.

Good to be punching above the current ranking and making the last 16 though.

...completing the article, here is a video of the shot. It is NOT a cheap shot, this is so difficult to return it lef the whole stadium open mouthed...

Saw it. The shot itself is still cheap to me. The effort and reaction to get there is impressive. I guess when I heard read "unreal shot" I was just expecting something else. If it said "unreal return" maybe my reaction would have been different.

”return” usually means the return of serve shot, so that would mislead.

@fxgai

"return” usually means the return of serve shot, so that would mislead.

Not really. That shot is called a "return of serve." A "return" is usually a shot hit back during a rally from an opponent's aggressive shot, like a volley from the net. In my experience, it always refers to a ground-stroke.