Milestones, tattoos and setbacks: the social round-up

An enthralling three hour and 20 minute marathon between Petra Kvitova and Angelique Kerber in Wuhan was the talk of social media.

The Czech eventually prevailed 6-7(10) 7-5 6-4 to inflict Kerber’s first loss as world No.1:

I gave my whole ? pic.twitter.com/8YUKlpPoyW

— Petra Kvitova (@Petra_Kvitova) September 28, 2016

The match included this phenomenal 41-shot rally:

WOW! ????

41 shot rally!! #WuhanOpenTennis pic.twitter.com/T9Kzy9LERc

— WTA (@WTA) September 28, 2016

Which left fellow WTA players Yanina Wickmayer and Nicole Gibbs impressed:

Congrats @Petra_Kvitova on an amazing match!! Way to fight girl!????????????

— Yanina Wickmayer (@wickytennis) September 28, 2016

Holy ???? https://t.co/uRDkhqzhkv

— Nicole Gibbs (@Gibbsyyyy) September 28, 2016

#Tallulahthetenniskitty just wanted to be part of the action:

Congrats @Petra_Kvitova from #Tallulahthetenniskitty. Marathon w/@AngeliqueKerber @wuhanopentennis @WTA today. ????????????? pic.twitter.com/3PXy7I4aWA

— 10Skitties (@10Skitties) September 28, 2016

Grigor Dimitrov scored a milestone win:

.@GrigorDimitrov clinches his 200th tour-level win by reaching @ChengduOpen QFs. More: https://t.co/hUGVuO0zC9 #ATP #tennis pic.twitter.com/oPzqoZLduE

— ATP World Tour (@ATPWorldTour) September 28, 2016

Off court, Marin Cilic celebrated his 28th birthday:

Thanks to all for nice birthday wishes. Regards from #Tokyo.#Birthday #No28

— Marin Cilic (@cilic_marin) September 28, 2016

Ana Ivanovic had a social milestone to celebrate – she became the sixth WTA player to reach one million Twitter followers:

I woke up to 1 million of you following my journey on here! Thank you for sticking with me!! ?????????????? pic.twitter.com/24JsGdCjh3

— Ana Ivanovic (@AnaIvanovic) September 28, 2016

For the record, the other players are: Serena Williams (seven million), Sania Mirza (four million), Maria Sharapova (three million), Venus Williams (one million) and Caroline Wozniacki (one million).

Elena Vesnina’s profile is growing with her on-court exploits this season – she even has a personalised phone cover now to mark her Rio Olympics gold medal win:

Made it to Beijing ???????? ?? ????????? ?? ????????????????????????? ????? ?????????? #mirrorselfie #china #beijing #?????

A photo posted by Elena Vesnina (@vesnushka86) on Sep 28, 2016 at 9:16am PDT

Nick Kyrgios made a permanent declaration of his love for fellow pro Ajla Tomljanovic:

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A photo posted by Nicholas Kyrgios (@k1ngkyrg1os) on Sep 27, 2016 at 8:43am PDT

Alla Kudryavtseva didn’t have positive news to share on her social media accounts – her season is over due to injury:

Hi all. Last Thursday in my singles match I have raptured my Achilles’ tendon. I am scheduled for a surgery on Friday in London. My surgeon says I’ll make full recovery and will be back on tour in 6-7 months. I’ll miss the competition but on the bright side I probably will be free of Social Media haters for 6-7 months! #sopositive #ilovetennis #whyme #notverypositive #notpositiveatall #crutches #surgery

A photo posted by Alla Kudryavtseva (@alla.kudryavtseva) on Sep 27, 2016 at 6:07am PDT