What to do in rainy Paris: the social round-up

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2016 French Open - Day One

The French Open has officially started – but rainy weather has left players finding interesting ways to fill in their time and then post about it on social media, of course…

Madison Keys and Ana Ivanovic went exploring the city:

Feliciano Lopez got his hair cut:

Andrea Petkovic did some yoga:

Genie Bouchard watched movies:

Snapchat filters kept Serena Williams entertained:

Snapchat: SerenaUnmatched

A video posted by Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) on

Just don’t mention British weather to Laura Robson:

That is where grass-court lover Sam Groth wishes he was:

Stan Wawrinka is happy to be on clay though. After his title win in Geneva at the weekend, he arrived in Paris to discover he has his own Snapchat filter:

A relieved Petra Kvitova and last year’s finalist Lucie Safarova managed to complete their round one matches:

Finally, world No.1 Novak Djokovic celebrated his 29th birthday yesterday – and Bob Bryan’s daughter Micaela led the well wishes:

Fingers crossed for better weather for Roland Garros day two. David Goffin, Alize Cornet and Elena Vesnina are ready to go:

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