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Vote For Masters 1000 Golden Hot Shot

What's your pick for the 2017 Masters 1000 Golden Hot Shot? Re-live nine great hot shots from the season's ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments and help crown the best. Watch the clips, selected based on views, and cast your vote before the poll closes at 6pm GMT/1pm ET on Tuesday, 12 December. Here are the candidates from each of the nine Masters 1000 events: BNP Paribas Open (Indian Wells): Del Potro Tweener Miami Open presented by Itau: Kyrgios Tweener Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters: Nadal Impossible Angle Mutua Madrid Open: Cuevas No-Look Winner Internazionali BNL d'Italia (Rome): Thiem Backhand Blast Coupe Rogers (Montreal): Zverev 49-Shot Rally Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati): Dimitrov Dive Volley Rolex Shanghai Masters: Nadal & Dimitrov Athleticism Rolex...

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Thiem Tops Cuevas In Clay Masters Golden Hot Shot Vote

Dominic Thiem and Pablo Cuevas produced sensational hot shots en route to quarter-finals upsets earlier this month in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 action.  After five days of voting, fans crowned Thiem’s backhand strike against Rafael Nadal at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia as the Clay Masters Golden Hot Shot. It finished with 54 per cent of votes cast, ahead of Cuevas' no-look winner against Alexander Zverev at the Mutua Madrid Open with 23 per cent of votes.   View Complete Results For Golden Hot Shot  Thiem's hot shot brought up break point for the Austrian, and he promptly capitalised, going on to win three straight games to end Nadal's hopes for the Masters 1000 title treble. Cuevas, meanwhile, turned the...

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Coric Collects Masters 1000 Boost, Mover Of The Week

Dominic Thiem’s relentless work ethic and superior fitness continues to be rewarded on clay courts in 2017. The Austrian has moved back up two places to his career-high of No. 7 in the Emirates ATP Rankings following another impressive week on the Spanish clay. Earlier this month, Thiem was runner-up at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell (l. Nadal) and replicated that form at the Mutua Madrid Open to reach his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final, where he pushed Nadal once again. The Austrian is now 14-3 on clay in 2017, having also clinched the Rio Open presented by Claro trophy (d. Carreno Busta) in February. #NextGenATP Croatian Borna Coric (pictured above) was a lucky loser in the main...

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