New York, USA, 3 September 2020 | tennis.com.au

The US Open began in New York this week. It is the first Grand Slam tournament played since the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown professional tennis for five months – and as this week’s social round-up highlights, our Aussie players are loving being able to compete again …

John Millman upset the No.22 seed in his opening round:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEo8OVAgudK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Alex de Minaur scored his first singles win since January to move into the second round:

https://twitter.com/alexdeminaur/status/1301154359342845952?s=20

Ajla Tomljanovic has been feeling the heat:

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☺️ @usopen

A post shared by Ajla Tomljanovic (@ajlatom) on Aug 29, 2020 at 6:07am PDT

Storm Sanders is feeling thankful:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEp24iYAF3O/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

And with no fans allowed on site, Ellen Perez took advantage of the spare seats in the stands:

The one positive to having no fans at the @usopen is having the opportunity to pick any seat in Arthur Ashe stadium to watch @andy_murray stage an epic comeback! 💪

— Ellen Perez (@EllenPerez95) September 1, 2020

Had to fight a lot of people for this view 😍 pic.twitter.com/7BshfSdmIX

— Ellen Perez (@EllenPerez95) September 1, 2020

Meanwhile, Daria Gavrilova is perfecting her player impersonations at home in Melbourne. Her latest effort is of world No.2 doubles star Barbora Strycova:

Barbora pic.twitter.com/A7OxxaNuyd

— Daria Gavrilova (@Daria_gav) September 1, 2020

Matthew Ebden is training hard in Perth:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEa-j8dhhJz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Destanee Aiava is staying cool in Sydney:

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floating

A post shared by Destanee Aiava (@desaiava) on Sep 1, 2020 at 2:39am PDT

Kimberly Birrell visited some happy students on the Gold Coast as part of the ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Racquet Roadshow:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEbX5v5gqHh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Nick Kyrgios made a powerful statement:

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I stand with you, And all the people in the fight against racism. It is an evil that NO sport OR society is truly immune from. And it’s only TOGETHER we can oppose it and eradicate it. Together we are STRONGER.

A post shared by Nick Kyrgios (@k1ngkyrg1os) on Aug 26, 2020 at 8:41pm PDT

And ICYMI, Todd Woodbridge and Casey Dellacqua served up the latest tennis news in their weekly social media show Headline Hits:

Checkout this weeks headline hits https://t.co/dUblpvQAK7

— Todd Woodbridge (@toddwoodbridge) September 1, 2020