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<\/p>\n Best of 2025
\n Hot Shot of the Year: Fans hail a point that defines Alcaraz…<\/p>\n
Spaniard takes the cake with a stunning tweener lob in Monte-Carlo<\/p>\n
December 15, 2025<\/p>\n
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If one point captures the essence of Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>, it is the electrifying Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters<\/a> moment that earned him Hot Shot of the Year.<\/p>\n \nVoted by fans on ATPTour.com as the most exciting of the season, Alcaraz\u2019s Hot Shot of the Year edged efforts from Grigor Dimitrov<\/a> and Hubert Hurkacz<\/a>, who also endeared themselves to fans with stunning from-the-floor winners. Meanwhile, Alcaraz dazzled with instinct and imagination.<\/p>\n Showcasing his signature blend of speed, power and flair all in a single point, the Spaniard raced down a drop shot, carved a sharp angle and then upon a dead sprint, launched a running tweener lob in just the second game of his match against Daniel Altmaier<\/a>. Alcaraz put his finger to his ear, asking the Monte-Carlo to get involved in the early stages of the third-round match.<\/p>\n \nAlcaraz went on to claim the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters<\/a> title, his first triumph in the Principality and one of eight trophies he lifted in 2025. He finished the season as ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF, tallying a 71-9 match record, according to the Infosys ATP Win\/Loss Index.<\/p>\n \nThe 22-year-old was a regular in this year\u2019s ATP Awards. Alcaraz was honoured with the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award<\/a> for the second time. His coaches Juan Carlos Ferrero<\/a> and Samuel Lopez<\/a> won Coach of the Year.<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Best of 2025 Hot Shot of the Year: Fans hail a point that defines Alcaraz… Spaniard takes the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-350597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}