Davis Cup celebrations: the social round-up

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What has been happening on social media in the tennis world?

Vamos Argentina! #CopaDavis is trending worldwide after Argentina’s stunning comeback to clinch the 2016 Davis Cup title – the proud nation’s first-ever in the competition…

The excitement levels at Zagreb Arena were phenomenal, with emotion flowing:

Even the #CopaDavis trophy was struggling to keep it all together:

Argentinean Guido Pella celebrated with a trophy selfie:

While Argentinean players Juan Monaco and Carlos Berlocq, who missed out on selection, celebrated from afar:

Fifth rubber hero Federico Delbonis, who stunned Croat Ivo Karlovic, in straight sets described victory as a dream:

Leading the congratulations to Juan Martin del Potro and his Argentinean team were legends of the sport such as Boris Becker and Billie Jean King:

There were plenty of remarkable stats from the final too, from del Potro’s first-ever comeback from a two-set deficit to this notable feat:

The patriotic atmosphere at Zagreb Arena had Amelie Mauresmo and Sergiy Stakhovsky questioning the ITF’s intention to move future finals to a neutral venue:

Meanwhile, Caroline Wozniacki was slowly getting back into training:

Serb Janko Tipsarevic pretended to be Davis Cup team-mate Viktor Troicki:

So happy right now….and maybe…just maybe…a little drunk…#troicki

A photo posted by Janko Tipsarevic (@tipsarevicjanko) on

Caroline Garcia went to Disneyland:

And Madison Keys got swept up in the #GilmoreGirlsRevival:

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