Social round-up: Serving up news and famous dogs
What have Australia's top-ranked players been up to? We've collated tweets and posts from this week to keep fans up to date.
Australia, 12 November 2020 | tennis.com.au
This week’s social round-up begins with the most photographed dog in Australian tennis – Tofu, who belongs to Luke Saville and Daria Gavrilova:
The United States of America Presidential election dominated headlines this week and many of our Aussies players were posting about it too.
Glued to the media coverage, Todd Woodbridge felt nostalgic for his playing days:
Another day glued to @CNN #election coverage, reminds of the 90’s playing in Europe when it was the only English speaking channel on the Hotel TV!
— Todd Woodbridge (@toddwoodbridge) November 6, 2020
Andrew Harris was feeling thankful:
https://twitter.com/AndyHarris1994/status/1324274517443706880?s=20
While world No.1 Dylan Alcott celebrated Joe Biden’s victory with a throwback photo:
https://twitter.com/DylanAlcott/status/1325329965609447424?s=20
Closer to home, the Australian Tennis Foundation’s special visit to Kangaroo Island featured in the news:
Great story of tennis helping to rebuild communities. https://t.co/OmmTPeWtwk
— Todd Woodbridge (@toddwoodbridge) November 7, 2020
The tennis community continues to make a difference in many ways.
Lleyton Hewitt celebrated a milestone in the #MessFreeChallenge, an initiative Nick Kyrgios started earlier this year:
We are truly a #ForceForGood as a tennis community with the #MessFreeChallenge
We had fun and made 100,000 food donations globally for families in need.
Proud to be part of this @oldelpaso https://t.co/nWdVsEeNlW— Lleyton Hewitt (@lleytonhewitt) November 9, 2020
Channel Nine announced they would broadcast Roland Garros and Wimbledon from 2021:
Great news from @wwos and @Channel9 for all tennis fans! Nine now truly is Australia’s Home of Tennis!! https://t.co/QjZQ5inIHA
— Sam Groth (@SamGrothTennis) November 11, 2020
And speaking of news, Todd Woodbridge and Casey Dellacqua served up all the latest in Headline Hits:
Can he make it a third? Doubles star @johnwpeers heads to the ATP Finals as @toddwoodbridge and @caseydellacqua bring you all the latest tennis news from around the world! pic.twitter.com/DGA4DI10DF
— TennisAustralia (@TennisAustralia) November 10, 2020
In on-court news, John Peers celebrated qualifying for the ATP Finals:
https://twitter.com/johnwpeers/status/1324383637425577985?s=20
WATCH: John Peers speaks to Todd Woodbridge live from London
Kimberly Birrell and Lizette Cabrera are all smiles as they train in Queensland:
John Millman is playing his final tournament of the season in Bulgaria:
READ: Millman, De Minaur into Sofia Open quarterfinals
And finally, Daria Gavrilova shared a cute throwback:
https://twitter.com/Daria_gav/status/1326424721282490368?s=20
Don’t forget, the court is calling! Join in the fun, hire a court today and take advantage of the many healthy benefits of tennis.