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2024 Shot of the Year Showdown, Group B
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      Editor's note: Over the next two weeks, wtatennis.com will be running the 2024 Shot of the Year Showdown -- a bracket-style tournament in which you, the fans, can vote for your favorite points and ultimately the best of the season.

      The group stages will run daily from Nov. 25 to Dec. 8, consisting of 14 groups of eight points each, organized from the 51 Hologic WTA Tour tournaments of 2024.

      Each group winner, plus two "lucky losers" -- the second-placed points with the highest vote shares when the polls close -- will advance to two semifinals of eight points each in the week of Dec. 8.

      The top two points from each semifinal will advance to the grand final in the week of Dec. 8.

      We've selected 112 points from the past 12 months that brilliantly showcase the athleticism, power, touch and creativity in women's tennis. Now it's up to you to select the best of the best.

      Group B comprises February's WTA 500 and WTA 250 tournaments in Thailand, Europe and the United States. Vote below.

      Vote in Group A: Brisbane / Auckland / Adelaide / Hobart
      Vote in Group C: Abu Dhabi / Doha / Dubai
      Vote in Group D: Indian Wells / Miami
      Vote in Group E: Charleston / Bogota / Stuttgart / Rouen
      Vote in Group F: Madrid / Rome
      Vote in Group G: Nottingham / 's-Hertogenbosch / Berlin / Birmingham / Eastbourne / Bad Homburg
      Vote in Group H: Rabat / Strasbourg / Palermo / Budapest / Iasi / Prague
      Vote in Group I: Washington D.C. / Toronto / Cincinnati / Monterrey / Cleveland
      Vote in Group J: Monastir / Guadalajara / Merida
      Vote in Group K: Beijing / Wuhan
      Vote in Group L: Seoul / Hua Hin 2 / Ningbo / Osaka / Tokyo
      Vote in Group M: Guangzhou / Hong Kong / Jiujiang / WTA Finals Riyadh
      Vote in Group N: Bonus round

      GROUP B: Hua Hin 1 / Linz / Cluj-Napoca / Austin / San Diego

      Tatjana Maria

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      in the first round of Hua Hin 1 -- not only the speed to get to the ball, but the control and cool thinking to execute the clever angled pass.

      Camila Giorgi had the last laugh against Clara Tauson

      View Profile in the first round of Linz, haring across the court to fire a forehand pass.

      Clara Burel

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      in the second round of Linz, then won the battle of reflexes at net with a lob on the line.

      How's this for a way to reach the first championship point of your career? Diana Shnaider

      View Profile simply refused to let the ball get past her in the penultimate point of the Hua Hin 1 final against Zhu Lin, finishing with a stellar reflexed pass.

      Sara Errani

      View Profile finished this point with a perfectly weighted lob over Caty McNally's head in the first round of Cluj-Napoca, but the "did that really just happen?" moment was her leaping smash-off-a-smash a few strokes earlier.

      Danielle Collins

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      in the second round of Austin, finding a brilliant angle off a tough, dipping shot.

      Anhelina Kalinina

      View Profile found a breathtaking backhand pass to seal a point with more momentum shifts than in many entire matches against Diane Parry
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      in the Austin quarterfinals.

      Katie Boulter

      View Profile came out on top of a 24-shot barnburner of a match point over Donna Vekic
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      in the San Diego quarterfinals,  chasing down a drop shot and swatting it away with a forehand winner.