The Social Serve: A tribute to the ANZAC’s
Social media sleuth Joel Smith digs up the best of tennis in the social stratosphere this week.
29 April 2015 | Tennis Australia
Twitter allows birthdays, ANZAC day and haircuts all to be celebrated on social media just like Cruz Hewitt’s recent trim, mirroring the looks of his father.
Thanks #AnnaKnowles for the cool haircuts! #MiniMe pic.twitter.com/C7GqLcsP53
— Lleyton Hewitt (@lleytonhewitt) April 21, 2015
If you follow Ash Barty, Jarmila Gajdosova and/or Nick Kyrgios you probably would have wished them a happy birthday.
Happy birthday Ash! Hope you have a great day. Hope the Tigers bring you a lovely birthday gift. @ashbar96
— John Peers (@johnwpeers) April 23, 2015
@ashbar96 Happy Birthday Bartos. You might be able to deactivate facebook for the day but doesn't stop me from tweeting you ☺️ #plzspamher
— Ellen Perez (@EllenPerez95) April 23, 2015
Big birthday wishes to my fellow Taurus, Aussie and @GSCTennis player @tennis_jarkag I hope you have a good one. #Enjoy
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) April 26, 2015
Happy Birthday to @tennis_jarkag who is turning 28 today! Enjoy your day Jarka! pic.twitter.com/FPI1DuF5Mj
— Fed Cup (@FedCup) April 26, 2015
Happy 20th birthday, @NickKyrgios! More on Nick: http://t.co/K8gIaphguq #ATP #tennis #NKRising pic.twitter.com/EQokpaiLg1
— ATP World Tour (@ATPWorldTour) April 27, 2015
The birthday love for our Aussie tennis players dominated the Twittersphere this week. Even Nick’s mum got in on the action.
Nearly every day 4 the past 20years, @NickKyrgios has touch my soul in some way. I miss him today&everyday he is away. Love you little fella
— nill kyrgios (@nillkyrgios) April 26, 2015
ANZAC Day is a time to reflect and remember those who have fought and are currently fighting for our country. The Aussie tennis community certainly payed their respects.
Love you bro. #AnzacDay #LestWeForget pic.twitter.com/J6hLxLgJst
— Storm Sanders (@stormsanders94) April 25, 2015
— Anastasia Rodionova (@arodionova) April 24, 2015
Lest We Forget
— Alex Bolt (@abolt15) April 25, 2015
Lest we forget
— Andrew Harris (@AndyHarris1994) April 25, 2015
Lest we forget
— Samantha Harris (@SammyKHarris) April 25, 2015
Lest we forget #AnzacDay #100YearsOfRememberance
— Abbie Myers (@abbiejanem) April 25, 2015
It was really special playing today in Istanbul on Anzac Day. Lest we forget.
— John Millman (@johnhmillman) April 25, 2015
Sam Groth was the ultimate good Samaritan during the week, raising money for terminally ill and permanently disabled people all over Australia. How? Serving down 150km/h rockets continuously for 30 minutes directly into the body of stuntman Scotty Gregory.
You didn't sleep, did you @scottygregory? @DonateforaMate #nightmares
— Sam Groth (@SamGrothTennis) April 22, 2015
Would you let @SamGrothTennis serve straight at you for 30mins? One GC man did. Vision 5.30pm @9NewsGoldCoast #ouch pic.twitter.com/kn2micN7iY
— Courtney Pattinson (@cpattinson9) April 23, 2015
Back to business and it seemed like everyone fled the country to what we assume play tennis?
Heading off to China tonight with @CTyzzer ! All packed and ready to go!
— Luke Saville (@LukeSaville18) April 22, 2015
It's the long stint every year through French and Wimby. Leaving tonight, first stop Istanbul #readyforit
— Thanasi Kokkinakis (@TKokkinakis) April 22, 2015
Looking forward to getting to @EstorilOpen for the first time. Working hard on and off court to give myself opportunities. #StepUpOrStepBack
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) April 24, 2015
While unfortunately Ben Mitchell is going nowhere.
Unfortunately I will have to miss the next few tournaments with a back injury #loveinjuries
— Benjamin Mitchell (@BenMitchell_11) April 25, 2015
And neither is Dasha by the looks of things…
Told my trainer I had sore shins…. #problemsolver pic.twitter.com/wMZxCqPFu4
— Daria Gavrilova (@Daria_gav) April 23, 2015
Meanwhile James Duckworth is watching an Australian sketch comedy TV series and chasing mosquitoes.
So pumped to watch the start of kinne season 2 tonight! @KINNEtvshow @TroyKinne @maxprice3 @E_Loney
— James Duckworth (@JamesDuck21) April 23, 2015
To the mosquito in my room….game on
— James Duckworth (@JamesDuck21) April 28, 2015
And Matt Ebden and Daria Gavrilova now consider themselves world-wide food ambassadors.
Best dumplings in the world… at Din Tai Fung #Michelin #Taipei101 pic.twitter.com/GV3alhdNBM
— Matt Ebden (@mattebden) April 27, 2015
We actually shared our pizzas and that's a closer look of this beauty pic.twitter.com/2V6VBO0zpD
— Daria Gavrilova (@Daria_gav) April 26, 2015
Finally it wouldn’t be a ‘Social Serve’ without an obligatory #selfie. This week’s winners: Storm Sanders (@stormcsanders) AND Jessica Moore (@jessmoore16)