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2013 BTB Awards: Best WTA points

The Beyond The Baseline awards are our look back at the best — and worst — of the tennis season. Today we highlight some of the best rallies of the year from

The Beyond The Baseline awards are our look back at the best — and worst — of the tennis season. Today we highlight some of the best rallies of the year from the WTA Tour. Click here for our complete archive of year-end awards.

Agnieszka Radwanska runs Serena Williams ragged at the WTA Championships.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdYB23-JmM0

Sam Stosur and Zheng Jie throw everything at each other on set point at the Australian Open. (H/T YouTube user Gonzalo Garcia)

Marion Bartoli grinds one out against Francesca Schiavone at the Qatar Open.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgx5B5GQsf8

A 26-shot rally between Angelique Kerber and Monica Puig at the Brisbane International ends with an exclamation point off the German's racket.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB2r2nd32s0

Magdalena Rybarikova slices and dices to her seventh straight game against Andrea Petkovic at the Citi Open. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_aiDFbCJko

Kaia Kanepi did well to pull Maria Sharapova off court, but the Russian has a response all lined up at the Madrid Open. (H/T YouTube user SvatyHighlights)

Ana Ivanovic finds a way to get the better of Radwanska in a dizzying cat-and-mouse rally at the Australian Open.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlMA1LAcm_g

Caroline Wozniacki actually loses her patience before Williams does in this 38-shot rally, hastening the end with a drop shot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K92izZqp3OY

Bartoli plays fantastic side-to-side defense and sticks a one-handed forehand down the line for a winner against Christina McHale at the  Open GDF Suez. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJrPOSl_wUU

Ivanovic finally breaks open a 27-shot rally with a big forehand and then finishes it off against Jelena Jankovic at the Australian Open.(H/T YouTube user PDWtennisvidz)

Bonus: Say this about the 48-shot moonball rally between Wozniacki and Kerber: It was memorable.

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Courtney Nguyen
COURTNEY NGUYEN

Contributor, SI.com Nguyen is a freelance writer for SI.com, providing full coverage of professional tennis both on and off the court. Her content has become a must-read for fans and insiders to stay up-to-date with a sport that rarely rests. She has appeared on radio and TV talk shows all over the world and is one of the co-hosts of No Challenges Remaining, a weekly podcast available on iTunes. Nguyen graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1999 and received a law degree from the University of California, Davis in 2002. She lives in the Bay Area.