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. 3 here.
Here's No. 2:
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Karolina Pliskova
Unhappy with a blown call by both linesperson and chair umpire in her Italian Open final showdown with Maria Sakkari, Karolina Pliskova performed a perhaps-premeditated number on the umpire's chair. First Pliskova lost 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 after the shabby "out" call on her well-placed overhead smash. Then she was fined a mysterious four-figure monetary penalty, and reportedly donated an equal amount to charity. Here's to decidedly turning a negative into a positive.