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Picture This: Racket smashes, creepy fan masks top week's best photos

From Novak Djokovic's Shanghai Surprise -- though really, should we be surprised anymore? -- to Victoria Azarenka's Austrian adventure, here are some of the best pictures from last week's action.

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Novak Djokovic racket smash

Novak Djokovic: If you're going to break a racket, you might as well BREAK the racket. Even days later, Djokovic's nuclear reaction to dropping serve in the first set to Andy Murray is still a sight worth seeing.

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Andy Murray

Andy Murray: Second best to Djokovic in every category that day.

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Victoria Azarenka

Victoria Azarenka: "How do you solve a problem like Maria?" "Who, Sharapova? Oh, that's easy."

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Roger Federer

Roger Federer: Tennis player shirt changes: always funny.

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Andy Murray tweener

Andy Murray: Novak Djokovic hit a tweener to win a point. Andy Murray hit a tweener and lost a point. Novak Djokovic won the match. Andy Murray lost the match.

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Heather Watson

Heather Watson: Big smile, bigger win. It even got her Fed Cup captain, Judy Murray, to do "the Sprinkler" dance. Did British tennis just discover YouTube or something?

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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga: It's rare that you find pictures of Tsonga looking serene and chill on court. Consider this the calm before the storm.

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Novak Djokovic mask

Fan's creepy Djokovic mask: That's just frightening, right down to the seemingly 3-D stubble.

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Roger Federer fan

Fan's creepy Federer mask: Boy, Halloween in China is way scarier than Halloween in America.

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Andrea Petkovic, Ana Ivanovic

Andrea Petkovic, Ana Ivanovic: Ana ended Petko's Linz campaign, but not before Andrea had a chance to go for the cop-and-feel. Bests friends forever!

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Benoit Paire

Benoit Paire: Everyone's doing "The Radwanska" now. It's a thing.