Tweets of the Tournament: 2015 Aussie Open

The Australian Open rocks out each January with its brand of happy tweeting. Though the @AustralianOpen account has fewer followers than the other three Grand Slam events, its voice and verve are perhaps unrivaled in recent seasons. And it may or may not be due to stateside sleep deprivation:

But the players, observers, and fans in tune with the proceedings also turn out some truly memorable dispatches over the course of the fortnight.

Without further ado, here's the bulk of the Daily Spin's favorites from the 2015 Aussie Open:

Andy Murray spent a lot (well, not that much) of the Aussie men's final down and out—visibly distracted by the nature of Novak Djokovic's injury/fatigue on court. He slapped his leg, barked at himself, and looked churlish—which is to say it was a typical Murray showing. The running monologue to himself was in full effect:

Now "fearhand" is great wordplay, but says here we should issue a moratorium on it until Juan Martin del Potro does indeed step back onto the court at a Grand Slam event.

Robin Soderling, thou art missed. Even so, it was grand to see him watching along with the rest of us during the men's singles final:

This is what it's like when legends collide:

Serena's coffee break at the Hopman Cup led to more Melbourne glory:

It could be that this riff on my own post won Twitter during the rain delay that broke up the women's final early on:

Suffice it to say, Maria Sharapova, now 2-17 against Serena Williams, will be no shrinking violet:

Bethanie Mattek-Sands may have dropped a fashion fault on us Down Under, but she came up aces in winning the women's doubles title with Lucie Safarova:

Oh, wait. This selfie broke Twitter during the year's opening Slam:

About Stan Wawrinka and that blessed backhand, we can only agree here:

Andy Roddick's take on Venus Williams's resurgence spoke for many:

And Patrick McEnroe echoed that sentiment:

As for this and the erstwhile "I made you" drama, we sure hope not:

During the Tomas Berdych–Rafael Nadal match, this:

Though the Czech's fortunes changed, ESPN's Chris Fowler may have delivered the tournament's best zing moment:

Nick Kyrgios (a.k.a. Flirt McGirt) and Victoria Azarenka talked each other up for all to see:

And here's Andy Murray after an ailing Nadal's early-round victory over Tim Smyczek:

This may have been the Spin's favorite tweet from Week 1:

You may recall that a lot of women's singles seeds got buried early:

And that Australia's own Thanasi Kokkinakis staged a handy upset at about the same time, knocking out 2014 Slam semifinalist Ernests Gulbis. Our caption for the below: "Awkwardly glorious."

On that note, it's too bad this didn't happen so we could all witness the spontaneous combustion of the teenage Aussie:

Deep in that match, the importance of beating Ernests had become obvious: He was quite rude.

Meanwhile, pic or it didn't happen:

Vika danced her way into round two after topping perennial Australian Open foe Sloane Stephens:

Serena's style was heralded by the likes of Eugenie Bouchard and, again, Vika:

The Spin concurs with this tweet:

What were your own favorite tweets of this Aussie Open?

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