Another season of hits and misses, replete with some between-points hijinks. These five in-the-moment and/or artfully planned instances of racquet abuses aren't to be celebrated by any means, rather appreciated, in a bit of a twisted way, for the passion behind them.
Here's No. 5:
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Alexander Zverev at January's Australian Open versus Hyeon Chung, upon going down a double-break in the fifth set. In this showing, the future ATP Finals champ, known for major-match letdowns, would lose 6-0 in that final stanza to his fellow early-twentysomething.