WATCH: Karolina Muchova serves up sick tweener en route to Dubai victory
The former Australian Open semifinalist is the latest WTA star to pull off the hot shot, and it earned her a first-round win over Bernarda Pera.
WATCH: The former No. 19 showed off plenty of her vintage flair to defeat Pera in straight sets on Monday.
The tweener trend is real.
Weeks after Alycia Parks put down a phenomenal tweener lob to a cap a winning week in Lyon, Karolina Muchova entered the pantheon on Monday while dismantling Bernada Pera at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
Long known for her tremendous hands and all-court versatility, Muchova has flown under the radar in recent months after injuries to her abdominal, back, and ankle all conspired to keep her from matching the heights she hit to reach the Australian Open semifinals in 2021.
Muchova at last looks back to her vintage best in the Middle East, attacking the net with aplomb against Pera, who could only watch as the coup de grâce tweener flew past her for what will likely be the best point played all week.
The former world No. 19 ultimately advanced past the American, 6-1, 6-4, to book a second-round encounter with Sorana Cirstea.