The Sunshine swing brought the WTA Tour Driven by Mercedes-Benz to North America for the first time this year, with tournaments in Merida, Mexico and Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n
We combed through all the matches and narrowed down the five hottest shots of the week.<\/p>\n
Which do you think was the best? Check them out below, and make sure to vote for your favorite at the bottom.<\/p>\n
Cristina Bucsa’s surprise drop shot<\/p>\n
In the first game of the second set, after trading blows from the baseline, Cristina Bucsa delivered a gorgeous drop shot that left Donna Vekic — standing behind the baseline — flat footed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bucsa ended up taking the set with ease for the comfortable 6-3, 6-2 win.<\/p>\n
Hot shot: Cristina Bucsa pulls out a surprise drop shot in Merida<\/p>\n
Maria Timofeeva’s backhand lob on the short hop<\/p>\n
At 40-all in the first game of the second set, Maria Timofeeva changed course with a drop shot that Magdalena Frech got to and countered to the corner. But Timofeeva responded with a magnificent one-handed backhand, on a short hop at her feet, that sailed perfectly over Frech’s head and landed just in front of the line.<\/p>\n
Frech ended up winning the second set in a tiebreaker to secure the 6-4, 7-6 (6) win.<\/p>\n
Hot shot: Maria Timofeeva’s single-handed, half-volleyed lob in Merida<\/p>\n
Renata Zarazua’s high backhand volley<\/p>\n
Renata Zarazua moved Priscilla Hon all over the court in this point, and Hon played excellent defense to stay in the rally. But after the Australian hit a desperation forehand from behind the baseline, Zarazua put her away with a high backhand volley that just crept over the net and landed in the service box, just in front of the sideline.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hon ended up getting the last laugh, rallying to win 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.<\/p>\n
Hot shot: Zarazua feathers high backhand volley on to the line in Merida<\/p>\n
Taylor Townsend’s bold net charge and volley winner<\/p>\n
Nikola Bartunkova was in total control in this point, moving Taylor Townsend from side to side and putting her on the defensive. But a high, deep shot from the American gave her time to charge the net from well behind the baseline, and she finished the point with a perfect volley winner that clipped the tape and dropped in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Townsend took the set for the 6-1, 6-4 win.<\/p>\n
Hot shot: Taylor Townsend turns defense into a bold net charge in Austin<\/p>\n
Cristina Bucsa tracks down everything<\/p>\n
We finish with Bucsa, who was in top form all week in Merida.<\/p>\n
On the first point of her first-set tiebreak against Marina Stakusic, the Canadian sent Bucsa from one end of the court to the other, and then came to the service line. Bucsa countered with a running backhand that she sprinted to get to, then put her opponent away with the volley.<\/p>\n
Bucsa dominated the tiebreaker 7-1, and won the next set for the 7-6 (1), 6-3 win.<\/p>\n
Hot shot: Cristina Bucsa is here, there and everywhere in Merida<\/p>\n
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