Today’s social round-up begins with the Australian Open 2017 launch…
Hosted by Todd Woodbridge, Lleyton Hewitt and Casey Dellacqua were in a wet Melbourne to talk about next year’s tournament:
#Hewitt "We're lucky to have a tournament like the #ausopen in our back yard in #Melbourne." pic.twitter.com/w4yYtLSEHa
— Australian Open (@AustralianOpen) October 9, 2016
China Open champion Agnieszka Radwanska will be there – but right now she is busy celebrating another big trophy:
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— Aga Radwanska (@ARadwanska) October 9, 2016
Team #Bucie (Lucie Safarova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands) are jumping with joy after winning a third consecutive title:
.@BMattek & @LucieSafarova win @ChinaOpen Doubles title!
Their THIRD straight title–> https://t.co/EcOBOHiE7x pic.twitter.com/wNcdVQjNaC
— WTA (@WTA) October 9, 2016
Austrians Jurgen Melzer and Julian Knowle teamed up to win a title together in Belgium, their first since 2009:
It has been a while ????… ????thanks @Jknowle for a great week!! #title #happy #stroeck #dunlop #adidas #bmwpestuka pic.twitter.com/5QDCCYmC8z
— Jurgen Melzer (@jojomelzer) October 9, 2016
many years, different opinions, missunderstandings in this pics but on court we always had a great and successful time. thx @jojomelzer pic.twitter.com/OOKrkFZNeP
— Julian Knowle (@Jknowle) October 9, 2016
David Goffin didn’t leave Tokyo with the champion’s trophy – but he won plenty of fans:
Thank you all for your support during this week in #Tokyo. I had a great time with you guys, you are amazing fans ! See you next year ?????????????? pic.twitter.com/F7hX89cIm5
— David Goffin (@David__Goffin) October 9, 2016
Nick Kyrgios did leave with the champion’s trophy:
Thank you to everyone that made this week possible. Genuinely very humbled right now. @rakutenopen & fans, thank you. ???????????? #SeeYouNextYear
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) October 9, 2016
Kyrgios didn’t have much time to celebrate though – it was straight to his next tournament in Shanghai:
@NickKyrgios 🙂 pic.twitter.com/7LCFSxORC8
— doublefault28 (@doublefault28) October 9, 2016
Shanghai bound now and back to it all over again. No time to stop and savour anything. #TourGrind #ThatsHowItGoes
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) October 9, 2016
Juan Martin del Potro is already in Shanghai – where he is proving a fan favourite:
Hola Shanghai!! ????
????????????????? pic.twitter.com/ZYyJLR3i1J— Juan M. del Potro (@delpotrojuan) October 9, 2016
Richard Gasquet and Feliciano Lopez took their teams out for dinner in the Chinese city:
Nice dinner in Shanghai with @sergibruguera @feliciano_lopez and his team ! pic.twitter.com/NYCVTXKu8A
— Richard Gasquet (@richardgasquet1) October 9, 2016
While Ivo Karlovic is having a tough time navigating the traffic:
A little two hour drive from practice to hotel.. #Shanghaitraffic
— ivo karlovic (@ivokarlovic) October 9, 2016
French Open champion Garbine Muguruza celebrated her 23rd birthday:
Gracias a todos por los bonitos mensajes! Thank you everyone for all the beautiful messages! ?????????????????? 2??3?? pic.twitter.com/BM1N7LpQrD
— Garbiñe Muguruza (@GarbiMuguruza) October 9, 2016
Madison Keys showed her fans some love:
I have the absolute best fans in the world ???? #grateful
— Madison Keys (@Madison_Keys) October 9, 2016
Elina Svitolina appreciates her #FamEli support too:
Finally home and I have read all your sweet and lovely messages! So lucky to have my #FamEli support with me ???? pic.twitter.com/yDYADT6oMy
— Elina Svitolina (@ElinaSvitolina) October 9, 2016
The Ukrainian is enjoying a break this week, but there is plenty of WTA action still.
In Linz, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova took part in an artistic draw ceremony:
My hobby on Sundays ????????#graffiti pic.twitter.com/mBIa23pQD4
— A. Pavlyuchenkova (@NastiaPav) October 9, 2016
A pregnant Victoria Azarenka is keeping busy with studying, in between work outs of course:
I got 2 courses in this quarter. Business law and economics. Business law is going very very smooth for me. I think I could be a good lawyer
— victoria azarenka (@vika7) October 9, 2016
Tomas Berdych is busy taking selfies – and getting excited about nearing a social milestone:
Result of my previous ???? pic.twitter.com/sjuBWOEui2
— Tomáš Berdych (@tomasberdych) October 9, 2016
Few more of you guys and we are 3??0??0??K #letsgo
— Tomáš Berdych (@tomasberdych) October 9, 2016
Meanwhile, an exhausted Nicole Gibbs is ready for a break:
When it's the end of the season and you've been grinding in Asia for a month. pic.twitter.com/kdCF7HWkFK
— Nicole Gibbs (@Gibbsyyyy) October 9, 2016
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