US Open day two: the social round-up

So Lucie Safarova has a secret admirer… A surprise delivery of flowers saw her start her day with a smile and it kept getting better, scoring a round one win over Daria Gavrilova:

Morning! Whoever sent me those beautiful flowers and didnt sign thank you! Having pre match breakfast with them! 🙂 pic.twitter.com/zQAOJaYD9n

— lucie safarova (@luciesafarova) August 30, 2016

Kristina Mladenovic is happy too – she’s also into the second round:

Amazing and favorite place! It feels so good to be back ?????? thank you https://t.co/IbZYemuWjv

— Kristina Mladenovic (@KikiMladenovic) August 30, 2016

Speaking of happy – Janko Tipsarevic is feeling on top of the world after recording his first Grand Slam win in three years after a horror run with injuries. Upsetting 29th seed Sam Querrey made it even sweeter:

Its been a long…long time….Idemo bre????????????

A photo posted by Janko Tipsarevic (@tipsarevicjanko) on Aug 30, 2016 at 3:35pm PDT

Juan Martin del Potro can relate to that feeling – after missing the past two US Opens with a wrist injury, he has made a winning return:

Feliz de volver a mi lugar @usopen // Happy to return to my place. ???????????? pic.twitter.com/n19yc70huN

— Juan M. del Potro (@delpotrojuan) August 31, 2016

Venus Williams keeps winning:

My 18th first round win at the open. Wow! pic.twitter.com/giNJCCVadf

— Venus Williams (@Venuseswilliams) August 31, 2016

Ivo Karlovic served a record 61 aces in his first round win – and Nick Kyrgios was impressed:

@ivokarlovic dude 61 WTF ????????

— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) August 31, 2016

Top 20 stars Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Pablo Cuevas had a day off, so hit the practice courts:

Practice with @PabloCuevas22 ?????????????@usopen #USOpen2016 #TsongaTeam pic.twitter.com/xsoMFzo5YB

— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (@tsonga7) August 30, 2016

So did Andrea Petkovic, who was channeling Gwen Stefani:

Early morning practice at the @usopen #NYC #USOpen pic.twitter.com/XSFpZWqatT

— Andrea Petkovic (@andreapetkovic) August 30, 2016

Petra Kvitova went seeking inspiration on her day off:

Never give up #HOPE pic.twitter.com/hN3E7fx0yA

— Petra Kvitova (@Petra_Kvitova) August 30, 2016

Her next opponent, Cagla Buyukakcay, is already feeling inspired about making her Arthur Ashe Stadium debut:

Had my first hit ever at Arthur Ashe Stadium this week and now playing 1st match there at 11am against Kvitova ????????????

— Ça?la Büyükakçay (@CaglaBuyukakcay) August 30, 2016

Caroline Wozniacki has proved not only can she play tennis, she’s a good writer too:

A letter to my younger self @PlayersTribune https://t.co/vXqg9wIC2k

— Caroline Wozniacki (@CaroWozniacki) August 30, 2016

Wozniacki’s piece is inspiring colleagues such as Elena Vesnina, Belinda Bencic and Sabine Lisicki:

@CaroWozniacki @PlayersTribune ????????????

— Elena Vesnina (@EVesnina001) August 30, 2016

This is amazing ? #inspiration https://t.co/BkrMz9ZCOo

— Belinda Bencic (@BelindaBencic) August 30, 2016

Well said… ???????? #parents #sacrifice #career #happiness https://t.co/A25978o1JN

— Sabine Lisicki (@sabinelisicki) August 30, 2016

Inspired is not the word that describes how Judy Murray, mother of world No.2 Andy Murray, feels about this cartoon version of herself:

Me, Kim n Mr Lendl got our own cartoon strip.
Tremendous.
Except I look a bit ugly. #USOpen pic.twitter.com/QvbY3nYqpX

— judy murray (@JudyMurray) August 30, 2016

And for Irina Falconi, there was no good news to share:

Hey guys. Long story short. I had to get surgery today on my right foot. Everything went well but I will be ending my season early this year ???? thanks for the support and know that I’m going to come back ????!

A photo posted by Irina Falconi (@irinafalconi) on Aug 30, 2016 at 5:16pm PDT