World No.108 Shelby Rogers has been the surprise packet of Roland Garros – and her emotional reaction to reaching the quarterfinals lit up social media:
"I always dreamed it would happen but I'm not sure I thought it could." Well @Shelby_Rogers_ , it's happening! #RG16 https://t.co/0eZ2l2LrCu
— Roland Garros (@rolandgarros) May 29, 2016
Then it was time to celebrate – and Shelby took the winner selfie craze to a new level with a video:
Quarterfinals!!!!!!! @rolandgarros Thank you Paris for this moment! @ASICSTennis @WilsonTennis pic.twitter.com/46rSuMCQcw
— Shelby Rogers (@Shelby_Rogers_) May 29, 2016
American counterparts Sloane Stephens, Nicole Gibbs and CoCo Vandeweghe led the congratulatory posts:
You're such a gem @Shelby_Rogers_ !! There's not a single person that deserves this more! #proud
— Sloane Stephens (@SloaneStephens) May 29, 2016
Wow. Wow. Wow. @Shelby_Rogers_ so happy for you. What a run, don't stop here.
— Nicole Gibbs (@Gibbsyyyy) May 29, 2016
Yeah @Shelby_Rogers_ #6Years ????????????
— CoCo Vandeweghe (@CoCoVandey) May 29, 2016
Stan Wawrinka’s quarterfinal run isn’t as much as a surprise – but he’s still pumped:
Great fight ???????????????????????????????? great win today ????????????????!!!! #rolandgarros #paris ??????????????????????????????????????????????????!! pic.twitter.com/keYQn7omqq
— Stanislas Wawrinka (@stanwawrinka) May 29, 2016
And even celebrated his win with a Snapchat video:
Tennis players are just like us. #StanonSnapchat @stanwawrinka #RG16 https://t.co/TN26IBsfLS
— Roland Garros (@rolandgarros) May 29, 2016
Garbine Muguruza is also into the quarterfinals – but is most impressed with her gymnastic-like pose in this photo:
Love this photo! ¡¡Me encanta esta foto!! 😉 #Allez #Vamos #LetsGo @rolandgarros https://t.co/JO4k6DA82a #4 pic.twitter.com/reyS2TuSlF
— Garbiñe Muguruza (@GarbiMuguruza) May 29, 2016
World No.1 Novak Djokovic spent his day off hanging out with the ballkids:
This is what I call a perfect morning warm-up at #RG16 ??????https://t.co/Go2wJpCxGQ pic.twitter.com/MR58BmyrpX
— Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) May 29, 2016
While Tomas Berdych asked the big questions in his spare time:
That is the question #Hamlet
— Tomáš Berdych (@tomasberdych) May 29, 2016
Andrea Petkovic has been keeping busy too:
Sunday afternoon analysing my friends' tinder profiles.
— Andrea Petkovic (@andreapetkovic) May 29, 2016
While Caroline Wozniacki has been lurking at a F1 track in Monaco:
???????????? pic.twitter.com/PtPVAcJLrV
— Caroline Wozniacki (@CaroWozniacki) May 29, 2016
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