New York preparations and a surprise announcement: the social round-up

The final Grand Slam of the year is only days away – but the stars are beginning to arrive in New York and obviously, posting about it on social media…

Feliciano Lopez is traveling in style:

Bye Miami ,see you soon Nyc!! ?????? pic.twitter.com/NmAWG0Ke4y

— Feliciano López (@feliciano_lopez) August 23, 2016

Kristina Mladenovic is back with happy memories of her quarterfinal run last year:

It feels so good to be back ?? @usopen #justcheckedin #last8 pic.twitter.com/YlpDifM9bR

— Kristina Mladenovic (@KikiMladenovic) August 23, 2016

French compatriots Nicolas Mahut and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga are happy to see Arthur Ashe Stadium:

Entraînement avec @nmahut sur le court Arthur Ashe ????????????? #USOpen16 #TsongaTeam @usopen pic.twitter.com/MWGuSSRq4o

— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (@tsonga7) August 23, 2016

Carla Suarez Navarro got in some practice:

New York City!! ???? Us Open ???????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/bErrtgKDsy

— Carla Suarez Navarro (@CarlaSuarezNava) August 23, 2016

As did Garbine Muguruza, who found Dominika Cibulkova a challenging hitting partner:

Early practice today at @usopen with ball machine @Cibulkova ???????????? pic.twitter.com/Zkx8CVCEkU

— Garbiñe Muguruza (@GarbiMuguruza) August 23, 2016

Stan Wawrinka is already exhausted:

When you finish a practice like that…Normally your coach should be happy!@normansweden ?!?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/fmAv4pSbX0

— Stanislas Wawrinka (@stanwawrinka) August 23, 2016

Ana Ivanovic is hungry:

I need your help: what is your favourite restaurant in #NYC? I want to try something new while in the city!

— Ana Ivanovic (@AnaIvanovic) August 23, 2016

Former player Nicole Pratt, now coach of Daria Gavrilova, is trying to hide from Pokemon:

Hey @prattstar22 duck!! There is Nedorina attacking you! pic.twitter.com/ZQ03RZfVYb

— Daria Gavrilova (@Daria_gav) August 23, 2016

And in the biggest news in today’s social round-up, former world No.2 Vera Zvonareva is heading to New York too – but this time as a commentator.
The normally private Russian player made the announcement on her Instagram account, revealing she has also got married and had a baby…

???? ??????! ????????? ???? ??? ? ?? ??? ????? ????????? ? ???.?????, ????????? ????????? ????? ?? ????????? ??? ???????? ?? ???? ? ?????????? ????? ??????? ?????…?? ????? ??? ?????? ???? ????? ?????????! ???? ??? ????????? ??? ???? ????? ??????????. ? ????? ????? ? ????? ?????! ????? – ??? ???????? ???????! ? ????? – ??? ??, ??? ?????? ? ???? ? ????! ??????? ???????? ????? ?? ??????????, ??? ? ???????? ???? ? ???? ???????????? ?? ??????????? ??????! ?? ???????! ???????? Dear friends! Over the past couple of years I wasn’t posting much due to lots of injuries and inability to compete…but there is more to life then just sports (even though I love sports!). No matter what, this year is a very fruitful year for me…I became a wife and a mother! Having family feels amazing! But no matter what sport will always play a huge part in my life! Therefore, see you on Eurosport channel soon where I will try to take a commentator’s role during this year’s UsOpen! #?????? #tennis #????? #family #sport #?????

A photo posted by Vera Zvonareva (@vera.zvonareva) on Aug 23, 2016 at 2:26am PDT