Every now and again social media uncovers a nugget that makes all the other nuggets look like chicken nuggets and not the gold nuggets that everyone is searching for. Today, Delpo and Djokovic provide that nugget. The rest? Well, it’s the usual mishmash of selfies, rants and an unlikely apology.
This picture just does not need words:
Holaaa amiguito. Me extrañaste? ??
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Hello my friend. Did you miss me? ?? @DjokerNole pic.twitter.com/nihBumS4vx
— Juan M. del Potro (@delpotrojuan) March 14, 2016
Step aside Robin Hood, Stan Wawrinka is in town:
And so is Roger Federer:
Rise and grind ??? pic.twitter.com/6UOSrCANjZ
— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) March 14, 2016
Serena Williams either got a good deal on back garden tennis courts or is starting an academy:
Heather Watson got new glasses:
Guess what I'm about to do!? ? pic.twitter.com/wbOcN9iKB3
— Heather Watson (@HeatherWatson92) March 14, 2016
You would have thought that Bob Bryan could afford a family room…
Morning ? pic.twitter.com/XN3t9RL1yn
— Bob Bryan (@Bryanbros) March 14, 2016
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga did a bit of training:
À l'entraînement aujourd'hui ! At training today #TsongaTeam #BNPPO16 pic.twitter.com/nT3PNIcrCA
— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (@tsonga7) March 14, 2016
Carla Suarez Navarro felt the urge to show everyone her foot:
Seguimos con la recuperación. Paso a paso, día a día. My ankle is healing day by day. pic.twitter.com/IHUim2yWv3
— Carla Suarez Navarro (@CarlaSuarezNava) March 14, 2016
Kristina Mladenovic is still going on about Maria:
I said that legally or illegally taking that substance for 10y is wrong for my opinion &I'm shocked that it comes from a champion like her..
— Kristina Mladenovic (@KikiMladenovic) March 14, 2016
And on…
And when you fail a drug test you should be suspended because our sport is clean & must remain !!!!
— Kristina Mladenovic (@KikiMladenovic) March 14, 2016
And, finally, Belinda Bencic shows that not all ‘non-handshakes’ are bad things:
Wow just realized i didnt shake my umpires hand!!!! Im so sorry i somehow totally forgot it! Sorry to the umpire!
— Belinda Bencic (@BelindaBencic) March 14, 2016
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