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:
Rainy days in Paris make for good pictures #filtersonfiltersonfilters pic.twitter.com/C7j5HD7OV7
— Madison Keys (@Madison_Keys) May 22, 2016
Gloomy Sunday in #Paris. ????? pic.twitter.com/T1UtzXSjuC
— Ana Ivanovic (@AnaIvanovic) May 22, 2016
Feliciano Lopez got his hair cut:
Aprovechando un rato libre. Gracias @rolandgarros! // Taking advantage of a free time to cut my hair, thank you RG! pic.twitter.com/uFisS8VzEA
— Feliciano López (@feliciano_lopez) May 22, 2016
Andrea Petkovic did some yoga:
Invented yoga poses in the hotel's hallway. That's what rain might do to you. (Am i hugging a tree.) pic.twitter.com/kNlXgcQMW0
— Andrea Petkovic (@andreapetkovic) May 22, 2016
Genie Bouchard watched movies:
You know you're a baby when you turn on lights in your hotel room to watch a scary movie ????
— Genie Bouchard (@geniebouchard) May 22, 2016
Snapchat filters kept Serena Williams entertained:
Just don’t mention British weather to Laura Robson:
Just hit double digits for the amount of people in the players lounge who've mentioned the British weather to me. #notfunny #RG16
— Laura Robson (@laurarobson5) May 22, 2016
That is where grass-court lover Sam Groth wishes he was:
With all this rain @rolandgarros, I'm gonna go throw some seed on Chatrier and hope it grows by Tuesday ???????? #RG16 #RolandGarros
— Sam Groth (@SamGrothTennis) May 22, 2016
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:
WHAT A WEEK!!Thank you Geneva!A pleasure playing in front of home crowd! #title #geneva #suisse !!!???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/xfB7sScNYZ
— Stanislas Wawrinka (@stanwawrinka) May 22, 2016
We love that the shorts are back, @stanwawrinka! (Follow him at @stanwaw and us at @rolandgarros) #RG16 pic.twitter.com/ndPGeZLZK9
— Roland Garros (@rolandgarros) May 22, 2016
A relieved Petra Kvitova and last year’s finalist Lucie Safarova managed to complete their round one matches:
Let's just say I'm glad that one is behind me 🙂 and sorry for your blood pressure ???? #petrainparis pic.twitter.com/ndkSGR7ckE
— Petra Kvitova (@Petra_Kvitova) May 22, 2016
Great start of #RG16! I'm happy to escape the rain and finish my match!???????????????????????????? https://t.co/pDUb5OnZN1
— lucie safarova (@luciesafarova) May 22, 2016
Finally, world No.1 Novak Djokovic celebrated his 29th birthday yesterday – and Bob Bryan’s daughter Micaela led the well wishes:
.@DjokerNole Happy Birthday from your biggest fan, me! ????????????#NoleFam #rg16 pic.twitter.com/ko9RLAaBQk
— Micaela Bryan (@MicaelaBryan) May 22, 2016
My little Micaela, I am your biggest fan! Thank you, I love it! ???? #NoleFam https://t.co/CeZL7C0KU2
— Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) May 22, 2016
Fingers crossed for better weather for Roland Garros day two. David Goffin, Alize Cornet and Elena Vesnina are ready to go:
Ready for my first round on tuesday @rolandgarros ???????????????? #RG16 pic.twitter.com/A2VtHmxkkj
— David Goffin (@David__Goffin) May 22, 2016
Let's get it started! Last match on Philippe Chatrier tomorrow!
On y est! Demain dernier match sur le central???? #RG16 pic.twitter.com/2NbsB0CYGv— Alize Cornet (@alizecornet) May 22, 2016
#RG16 almost started for me today.Will try again tomorrow???????? @rolandgarros #rainyday
— Elena Vesnina (@EVesnina001) May 22, 2016
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