After the build-up, the action. Tennis at the Olympics is well and truly underway, with balls flying, tempers fraying and upsets happening. This is the round-up from the last 24 hours.
Novak Djokovic has got himself some funky glasses:
Amazing athletes, energy and pride we all share with each other promoting the best of the game = @Olympics ??? pic.twitter.com/PqH1ReNMVA
— Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) August 7, 2016
Pavlyuchenkova is happy with her win:
So are Bethanie Mattek-Sands and CoCo Vandeweghe:
On court action from our first match at the #RioOlympics2016 !! ??????? @CoCoVandey @TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/H9mVi8U32g
— Bethanie MattekSands (@BMATTEK) August 7, 2016
And Kiki Mladenovic:
My first #olympic win in singles yesterday! Tomorrow big match up vs Madison Keys. Looking forward #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/aYoXzE5jMF
— Kristina Mladenovic (@KikiMladenovic) August 7, 2016
The press centre at Rio is pretty high-tech:
Chatting about my first #rio2016 win with Czech TV! So happy to get my Olympics underway ?? #czechteam #pojd pic.twitter.com/2OAlFZvNwB
— Petra Kvitova (@Petra_Kvitova) August 7, 2016
Juan Monaco has a pretty sweet view:
?????? pic.twitter.com/eOcWUt6B0q
— Juan Monaco (@picomonaco) August 7, 2016
Sloane has the Squad Goals:
Real life squad goals ?? pic.twitter.com/faYevpL56K
— Sloane Stephens (@SloaneStephens) August 7, 2016
And, finally, Dasha Gavrilova came close to a Gold medal:
Sneaky selfie with a gold medalist! Yes Catherine!!! #oneteam pic.twitter.com/nAPW3RE87i
— Daria Gavrilova (@Daria_gav) August 7, 2016
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