Wawrinka’s Cheat Day, Anderson’s Gaming: Tennis At Home Roundup

May052020

ATPTour.com looks at what your favourite players have been up to

Your favourite players are all at home, but they’re finding plenty of ways to occupy their time. From Stan Wawrinka’s fun in the kitchen, to Kevin Anderson testing his abilities in Mario Tennis, find out how the world’s best players are keeping busy.

Wawrinka made the most of his calorie splurge by baking homemade muffins.

Can’t eat these all by myself…anyone care to join me ? ??????‍♂️ #sundayfunday #nutella #muffin #stantheman #fattystan pic.twitter.com/gKbiVAmdZG

— Stanislas Wawrinka (@stanwawrinka) May 3, 2020

Kevin Anderson teamed up with NFL star Ryan Tannehill in the Stay at Home Slam, a celebrity Nintendo tennis event featuring pro tennis players pairing up with other professional athletes or celebrities to raise money for charity.

Warming up before the @IMGTennis #StayAtHomeSlam ? Watch live 4pm ET on @FacebookGaming as I play with @ryantannehill1 for @CTAOP https://t.co/g9SCUGyq3y pic.twitter.com/1JlxCsym9g

— Kevin Anderson (@KAndersonATP) May 3, 2020

Taylor Fritz and Addison Rae defeated Kei Nishikori and Steve Aoki in the final of the event, and Fritz had the tweet of the day in jokingly acknowledging his record in real life against Nishikori.

We were lucky to get out of that one ?? Thank you Kei…… still trying to repay you for 2016 Memphis & 2020 Barcelona/Rome ?. #0-3 https://t.co/GxBWMiL61D

— Taylor Fritz (@Taylor_Fritz97) May 3, 2020

Boris Becker raised money for charity in a different way by participating in an online poker tournament.

Charity poker tourney raising funds for Covid 19 at 8pm CET ⁦@GGPokerOfficial⁩ pic.twitter.com/4txbLP81kn

— Boris Becker (@TheBorisBecker) May 3, 2020

Dominic Thiem took part in the Wings For Life World Run, a global charity race to raise money for research to find a cure for spinal cord injuries.

Tennis titan Dominic Thiem @ThiemDomi is in the mix! ? pic.twitter.com/RtKNpd5NOE

— WFL World Run (@WFLWorldRun) May 3, 2020

John Isner joined members of the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes for the Zoom chat show ‘Checking In With Tripp’.

Huge Caniac @JohnIsner swings by to catch up with the boys pic.twitter.com/7vYWxKmhAi

— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) May 3, 2020

Richard Gasquet revealed some impressive racquet flipping skills.

Mind-blowing stuff from our 2015 champion @richardgasquet1 ?#EstorilOpen | @atptour pic.twitter.com/TiApigZ13R

— Millennium #EstorilOpen (@EstorilOpen) May 3, 2020

Diego Schwartzman showed off his dance moves on TikTok.