A black court and milestone celebrations: the social round-up

Welcome to today’s social round-up where the excitement is building ahead of the inaugural Laver Cup…

Rising stars Denis Shapovalov, Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis are ready:

Look who's on his way to #LaverCup pic.twitter.com/kHavR1KPfF

— Laver Cup (@LaverCup) September 19, 2017

Welcome to Prague #TeamWorld's @NickKyrgios and alternate for Team World @TKokkinakis pic.twitter.com/0XMBhfAjz7

— Laver Cup (@LaverCup) September 19, 2017

Roger Federer helped reveal the event will be played on an innovative black court:

It's official. #LaverCup will be played on a black tennis court. pic.twitter.com/QTJNEKQXev

— Laver Cup (@LaverCup) September 19, 2017

Team Europe’s Tomas Berdych is getting his service practice in:

Today i was working on my serve placement ???????? #jobdone pic.twitter.com/zkIpxcgJOO

— Tomáš Berdych (@tomasberdych) September 19, 2017

Meanwhile, Elena Vesnina is preparing to begin her Asian swing:

Latest prep before packing for Asian swing????????????????????????? ???? ?????????? ????? ????????? ?????????????????????? @Nikecourt #elenavesnina pic.twitter.com/um0KhizUom

— Elena Vesnina (@EVesnina001) September 19, 2017

Carina Witthoeft is showing off her flexibility:

Same procedure as usual after a long practice day #staysmooth @wuhanopentennis pic.twitter.com/ucM7ozhve4

— Carina Witthöft (@WitthoeftCarina) September 19, 2017

We have no idea what US Open finalist Madison Keys is up to:

*insert inspirational quote*

A post shared by Madison Keys (@madisonkeys) on Sep 19, 2017 at 6:05am PDT

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— Madison Keys (@Madison_Keys) September 19, 2017

Monica Puig has made a winning start in Tokyo:

On to round 2 at the @torayppo ! ????????????????????????????? #Arigato pic.twitter.com/1TF8NTKVXZ

— Monica Puig (@MonicaAce93) September 19, 2017

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Daria Kasatkina and Daria Gavrilova are up to mischief:

With those crazy chicas ???????????? @Daria_gav @DKasatkina pic.twitter.com/h4PJ5SNMlC

— A. Pavlyuchenkova (@NastiaPav) September 19, 2017

Veterans Leander Paes and Daniel Nestor are more serious when they catch up:

Great practice & dinner with my buddy @danielnestor The most fun guy in the locker room!where's our pension plan at @ATPWorldTour ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/jO2zLBeCsl

— Leander Paes (@Leander) September 19, 2017

Serena Williams has penned an emotional letter about motherhood:

Letter to my mom.https://t.co/a9AmhMjrGv pic.twitter.com/TKCH4CLxat

— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) September 19, 2017

Vicky Duval is celebrating a big milestone:

Today marks my 3 year anniversary of beating cancer ????. What a wonderful journey it's been. Thanks be to God. pic.twitter.com/dSJNKtbk8B

— Vicky Duval (@vicky_duval95) September 19, 2017

She got lots of love from other players, including fellow cancer survivor and doubles partner this week Alisa Kleybanova:

Congrats partner!! ????????

— Alisa Kleybanova (@akleybanova) September 19, 2017

Amazing. One of my biggest inspirations!! Love u vick ?? https://t.co/b4FVSylIcR

— Nicole Gibbs (@Gibbsyyyy) September 19, 2017

YASSSS GIRL!!! ???????????? https://t.co/yZSYHb09Fz

— Irina Falconi (@IrinaFalconi) September 19, 2017

Finally, Genie Bouchard has logged into Facebook to see her memories so she could tweet about it (and people say we are too obsessed with social media!):

*only goes on Facebook to see which post comes up from 'Your Facebook Memories'*

— Genie Bouchard (@geniebouchard) September 19, 2017

Today's edition ???? #scandalous pic.twitter.com/hWpVo2lmnT

— Genie Bouchard (@geniebouchard) September 19, 2017