The GIF Guide: Hot shots and mishaps from Europe

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When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month or even your year...

Grigor Dimitrov let his racquet suffer during a first-round loss to Juan Martin del Potro in Rome.

2

Forgetting how to tennis at the most unfortunate moment...

Diego Schwartzman survived this mishap in the warmup, but would lose to Kei Nishikori in Madrid.

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Pulling out a magic trick in the middle of a match like...

In Rome, Adrian Mannarino's backspinning drop shot was unretrievable by Pablo Cuevas.

4

When you want to stop and smell the roses, but simply don't have the time...

David Goffin had to pull out all the stops in a comeback win over Feliciano Lopez in Rome.

5

Trying to to master Salt Bae's moves, and just missing the mark...

In Italy, Roberta Vinci gave Sania Mirza a lesson in talking—and gesturing—like an Italian.

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When you casually invent a new way to play the game...

In Madrid, Pablo Cuevas hit the shot of the year—or decade—in a win over Alexander Zverev.