The Social Serve: Grasscourt season open
Social media sleuth Joel Smith digs up the best of tennis in the social stratosphere this week.
Can you believe it? June is upon us and the French Open has come and gone for another year, which can only mean one thing… Yes, grasscourt season is officially open for business, and isn’t the backdrop stunning?
Great to be back @Wimbledon getting ready for the grasscourt season! #OneLastTime pic.twitter.com/gthZBYr1Dr
— Lleyton Hewitt (@lleytonhewitt) June 4, 2015
So the grass court season officially opens today!! Good luck to all the Aussie's in action today & this week. Let's go get it!!
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) June 8, 2015
Good luck to all the aussie boys over the grass season. Disappointed to miss it this year due to injury. https://t.co/VLamO5tBJW
— Matthew Barton (@mbarton16) June 8, 2015
There’s always a prelude to the main event and Sam Groth could not have written the opening chapter any better.
Great way to start the grass court season with a win at the Aegon Manchester Trophy challenger! @lottosportitaly pic.twitter.com/sxg4pIGzHq
— Sam Groth (@SamGrothTennis) June 7, 2015
Jarmila Gajdosova also had the perfect start:
Good start to my grass court season!3 matches 3 wins. Let's get another tomorrow but first go @TBLightning #gobolts pic.twitter.com/brZX385gli
— Jarmila Gajdosova (@tennis_jarkag) June 8, 2015
Arina Rodionova unfortunately went straight to the climax:
https://twitter.com/arinarodionova/status/607136166794653696
I have love-hate relationship with grass… I love it, but it doesn't love me 😔. Third year in a row getting injured pic.twitter.com/8gyDAfhNYU
— Arina Rodionova (@arinarodionova) June 7, 2015
Lleyton Hewitt looked at home:
Good to be back @TopshelfOpen in Holland! @CrabbJaymon #TheRoadToSW19 pic.twitter.com/HJd2ZkCc3K
— Lleyton Hewitt (@lleytonhewitt) June 6, 2015
Excited to play with @lleytonhewitt again .. Thx to @shertogenbosch and the Hewitt team @CrabbJaymon for the WC!! #teamalbany #aussies
— Matt Reid (@MattReid12345) June 7, 2015
While Nick Kyrgios literally was at home.
Arrived in to London last night, moved in to my house for @Wimbledon & absolutely love it, getting settled hopefully for a long stay!! #Sw19
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) June 3, 2015
You’d better get out there soon Nick, DJ Joel Fletcher might give you a run for your money.
been playing a fair bit of tennis lately. I think my serve is getting almost as good as @NickKyrgios
— Joel Fletcher (@Joel_Fletcher) June 3, 2015
But some players were still engrossed in the action-packed two weeks that were Roland Garros.
Had a great time at @RolandGarros this year… And super excited for a grass season to start tomorrow!! Bye bye clay!
— Arina Rodionova (@arinarodionova) June 3, 2015
And the city of love in general.
https://twitter.com/pribo98/status/606208756695891968
How good was Casey Dellacqua, by the way?
.@caseydellacqua & @SlavaSays upset #2 seeds Makarova/Vesnina 6-3 6-2 for a place in the women's doubles final #RG15 pic.twitter.com/5v4QMlxmXA
— Roland Garros (@rolandgarros) June 5, 2015
Elsewhere, young gun Ellen Perez was mirroring her idol at the Bethany Beach event in the USA.
https://twitter.com/EllenPerez95/status/607026926700654592
And Daria Gavrilova was doubling burgers and fries on Vine.
https://twitter.com/Daria_gav/status/607560949671817216
Hair was a hot topic of debate this week, with Dylan Alcott sharing some strong advice for #RG15 runner-up Novak Djokovic.
Novak can win all the grand slams he wants, but what I really need him to do is fix that Lego hair helmet haircut he has going on #RG2015
— Dylan Alcott (@DylanAlcott) June 3, 2015
Maybe Novak could learn a thing or two from those soccer players.
It's always surprise me how perfect are the hair of football (soccer) players! #howdotheydoit
— Anastasia Rodionova (@arodionova) June 6, 2015
If you didn’t know, 6 June has been crowned John Millman Day.
Today is 6 June. Todays my #dailycalendar is @johnhmillman . #johnmillman #KeioCH2014 Go over the rainbow!! pic.twitter.com/nh0ovYKUEd
— アユミ☆Ayumi (@ayumingo1014) June 6, 2015
And Lleyton Hewitt is this month’s Australian Open #GuestGrammer. Follow the @australianopen Instagram account to track Lleyton’s journey to his final Wimbledon campaign.
Are you following us on Insta @AustralianOpen? We've a very exciting guestgrammer lined up for June: @lleytonhewitt pic.twitter.com/seZKqNTopL
— Australian Open (@AustralianOpen) June 5, 2015
Back to tennis, and the Aussie boys continue to climb the world rankings…
Career high ranking today. Keep pushing #nolimits #dothework #eyestothesky http://t.co/nubEZSuQfh
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) June 7, 2015
Well done Aussies with new career high rankings! @NickKyrgios with #25, @TKokkinakis #69 & @OJasika now #329. Doing the Aussies proud!! 🇦🇺
— HappySlamTennis (@happyslamtennis) June 7, 2015
…Slowly but surely Omar!
@TKokkinakis @happyslamtennis @NickKyrgios boys wait up 😏👻
— omar jasika (@OJasika) June 8, 2015
And when Thanasi Kokkinakis is not on the tennis court, he’s either riding public transport or teaching James Duckworth a thing or two about the gym.
@TKokkinakis @TennisAustralia. Keeping your feet on the ground. I love it Stolts great idea. #bluecollar pic.twitter.com/y4FlGmGI02
— peter luczak (@pkluczak) June 9, 2015
Just getting my shoulder rehab done. Thanks @TKokkinakis pic.twitter.com/XKP5RXAHIq
— James Duckworth (@JamesDuck21) June 8, 2015
Finally, it wouldn’t be a Social Serve without an obligatory Instagram #selfie, and while we did carefully consider Alex Bolt’s nomination, courtesy of Daria Gavrilova…
Here's a solo selfie of @abolt15. Make sure he wins the selfie competition in the next #socialserve @TennisAustralia pic.twitter.com/eRK7b3tFH9
— Daria Gavrilova (@Daria_gav) June 8, 2015
We couldn’t go past this week’s “sweet” winner: Nick Kyrgios
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