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. See No. 4 here.

Here's No. 3:

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Sorana Cirstea

Points for the donation: Sorana Cirstea rewarded a quick-minded, enterprising fan at May's Nuernberger Cup. And she had reason to be beaming after the fact: She had defeated Andrea Petkovic 2-6, 7-6, 7-6 for a victory.

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While we couldn't locate footage of the actual smash for this one, let us hark back to one of Cirstea's more stylish racquet-tossing moments, this from the 2017 Miami Open.

See No. 2.