The 2010s will undoubtedly go down as one of the most storied decades in tennis history. Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic redefined dominance with their performances at the Grand Slam tournaments and beyond, setting the standard for what a contemporary tennis star can be.
This will also be remembered as the first decade in which players really had control over their own public image, via social media. Players have always had means of expressing their emotions, but the popularity of Twitter has allowed them to showcase their personalities directly to the fans.
From the shady, to the sweet, to the silly, here, in chronological order, are the Top 10 tennis tweets of the 2010s:
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"what a player u heard it here first"
People are often pretty bad about using their social-media reach to lift others up, but Andy Murray's been doing it since the beginning—most notably when he anointed Caroline Garcia a future standout, when she was playing Roland Garros at age 17.