Inspiration comes from everywhere: the social round-up

French favourite Mary Pierce, the 2000 Roland Garros champion, is keeping a close eye on all the action in Paris this fortnight. In between her media duties, she still had time for a selfie…

Court side today ! @JoKonta91 on @Eurosport_UK at @rolandgarros ! pic.twitter.com/HphWADOHj5

— Mary Pierce (@_MaryPierce) May 30, 2017

Now let’s get into today’s social round-up…

Inspiration is a word bandied about a lot in tennis – and social media provides a fascinating insight into what inspires different players.

Milos Raonic is all about winning:

Moving’ on! ????????#teamMilos pic.twitter.com/f70Mazdlri

— Milos Raonic (@milosraonic) May 30, 2017

The always-dramatic Alize Cornet is stealing lyrics from pop star Katy Perry:

You gonna hear me roar ????????????????
Ambiance de fou sur le court 1, merci à tous !!! Through to the second round #RG17 ! pic.twitter.com/rj3uut4w33

— Alize Cornet (@alizecornet) May 30, 2017

Juan Martin del Potro enjoys quiet time to reflect on his achievements (the latest being his first win at Roland Garros since 2012):

Disfrutando los mates después de jugar mi primer @rolandgarros en 5 años. / Some mates after playing my first Roland Garros in 5 years. ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/hgftdBXZYM

— Juan M. del Potro (@delpotrojuan) May 30, 2017

The return of Thanasi Kokkinakis is inspiring Nick Kyrgios:

Huge effort https://t.co/ov2ekf84wP

— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) May 30, 2017

It seems Bethanie Mattek-Sands is inspired by smell:

So @jimchardy passed by me now and smelled delicious..but just realized he was on a break mid-match #FreshForThe3rdSet @lacoste cologne is ????

— Bethanie MattekSands (@BMATTEK) May 30, 2017

Losses can inspire players too – as Janko Tipsarevic, Donald Young and Lucie Safarova have discovered after first round exits at Roland Garros. It also inspires some great hashtags #keepdigging:

It was a very wired @rolandgarros…Not being able to give my best makes me pissed and sad at the same time,but if there is anything that this sport taught me is that if you REALLY want something you need to …. #keepdigging

A post shared by Janko Tipsarevic (@tipsarevicjanko) on May 30, 2017 at 6:37am PDT

You win some you lose some, sometimes you win with a loss. #yimlife #StillInDubsTho

A post shared by Donald Young (@donaldyoungjr) on May 30, 2017 at 11:15am PDT

It was a bad day yesterday.. good thing is its a new day today and it can get only better! #keep #positive #keep #fighting ????????

A post shared by Lucie Safarova (@lucie.safarova) on May 29, 2017 at 11:12pm PDT

Emojis are just as fun as hashtags – as Borna Coric will tell you:

???? up & ???? out if you'll be with me tomorrow in @rolandgarros ???????????? Using the day to relax & prepare for R2, see you guys out there #NextGenATP pic.twitter.com/xFgo1Hg6vd

— borna coric (@borna_coric) May 30, 2017

All the tennis action is simply just inspiring Victoria Azarenka – who has got her outfit already sorted for her return next month:

This cool blue color and shorts are coming with me to Mallorca ???? and of course my shoes will be super cool as usual @nikecourt #nikecourtunmatched

A post shared by Victoria Azarenka (@vichka35) on May 30, 2017 at 9:59am PDT

Finally we can’t finish the social round-up without some tourist posts from Paris…

Pablo Cuevas ran into Novak Djokovic at a bus stop:

Costo, pero con esfuerzo nos logro juntar Lacoste para la publicidad. Todos en la parada del bondi ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/8RDnXgEkss

— Pablo Cuevas (@PabloCuevas22) May 30, 2017

And Alla Kudryavtseva nailed the token tourist shot:

Friends will be friends, girls will be girls! #friends #rg2017 #paris #girls #laughterisgoodforthesoul

A post shared by Alla Kudryavtseva (@alla.kudryavtseva) on May 30, 2017 at 2:09pm PDT