Wheelchair tennis took center stage at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy last week, when some of the greatest players in the world descended on the French Riviera Open, a 2 Series event on the UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour. The field included Yui Kamiji, who has 20 singles and doubles Grand Slam titles to her name.

But, beyond the south of France, the event featured some jaw-dropping moments that would live on primarily on the internet.

For example, in the men's quarterfinals, top seed and former ITF No. 1 Gordon Reid defeated Daniel Caverzaschi, 6-1, 6-2—but not before Caverzaschi pulled off one of the plays of the tournament: hauling the entire hypotenuse of his side of the court to chase down a Reid lob (the ball is allowed to bounce twice in wheelchair tennis) and answering with a moonball the Brit couldn't get back:

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Reid would go on to win the tournament in singles, and, in doubles, he and Caverzaschi reached the final together. The pair lost, 6-4, 6-4, to the youthful team of Martin de la Puente and Jef Vandorpe, but this time it was Reid's our to make the highlight reel, when he whipped this wicked lefty forehand winner from far behind the baseline to end a 20-stroke rally:

Additionally, there was a dominant serving display by Viktoriia Lvova, which got two fire emojis from Reilly Opelka in the Instagram comment section.

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The women's singles draw was won by No. 1 seed Kamiji, of Japan, who beat Britain's Jordanne Whiley in the final, 6-2, 6-2. But it turned out to be a winning tournament for them both, as they also combined to be the champion doubles team. The shouldn't be a surprise, as they won the calendar-year Grand Slam together in 2014.

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Meanwhile, the singles champion in the Quad Division, for competitors with a disability affecting at least three limbs, was a 16-year-old, Niels Vink, of the Netherlands.

Last, in Quad doubles, the winners were South Korea's Kyu-Seung Kim and Britain's James Shaw. It was a long week for Shaw, who shared that his luggage was lost on the way to tournament.

"I managed to win 2-and-love while borrowing someone else's large clothing and also someone else's racquet," he told the Mouratoglou Academy of his singles quarterfinal.

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Fortunately, he got his own gear back in time to win the title.