Australian Groth Hits Fastest Recorded Tennis Serve at 163 MPH

Bloomberg - Australian Sam Groth hit the fastest recorded serve in professional tennis with a 163 miles per hour (263 kilometers per hour) ace during an event in South Korea.   CLICK HERE for more.

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Aussie Samuel Groth Hits Speedy Serves 

AND THE TWITTER VERSE EXPLODES

1h Sayantan ‏ @Sanboy

Can you imagine a serve of 263kph?! Just happened in a tennis match. An Australian Sam Groth. Gotta find the video now!

1h Mansoor Ali Khan ‏ @mansooralikhaan

Australian Sam Groth sets new tennis serve speed record | Herald Sun http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/tennis/australian-sam-groth-sets-new-tennis-serve-speed-record/story-e6frfgao-1226354107838?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HeraldSunSportNews+%28Herald+Sun+%7C+Sport+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

1h HeraldSunNews ‏ @HeraldSunNews

Groth sets new serve speed record: AUSTRALIAN battler Sam Groth can boast the fastest serve in tennis after send… http://bit.ly/IXVUCo

4h Ivan Rusev ‏ @IVANiTYSHAVE

World record serve from Sam Groth. @bgtennisnation have you seen this story? http://tinyurl.com/72xkd3p Didn’t think this would be possible.

4h Umar ‏ @Umar_Khan10

Little known Australian Sam Groth fires down fastest recorded serve | http://DAWN.COM http://dawn.com/2012/05/12/little-known-aussie-fires-down-fastest-recorded-serve/ – a 263kph MONSTER serve!

5h On Tennis ‏ @On_Tennis

Sam Groth breaks the record for fastest serve. http://bit.ly/JoY2kN 263km!!!! Question – will we be talking about 280 + in …

6h Peter Psaltis ‏ @peterp79

Sam Groth breaks the record for fastest serve. 263km!!!! Question – will we be talking about 280 + in the years to come? Maybe 300?

6h Tom Carlisle ‏ @tomcarlisleuk

In Tennis, the 340th ranked player in the world, Sam Groth, now holds the record for the fastest serve ever. 163.4mph

6h shyambalasubramanian ‏ @shyam__bala

Australian Sam Groth has served a 263kph (163 mph) ace -world record

6h Craig Gabriel ‏ @crosscourt1

Why is the ATP not recognising Sam Groth‘s 263km/hr serve as an official record? ATP says the event was using approved equipment, and …

7h Menna Khairy ‏ @MennaKhairy

Wow a 263 km/h serve from an unknown player called Sam Groth http://www.aljazeerasport.net/news/tennis/2012/05/2012512162448995665.html#.T670ea7Q1E8.twitter

 There’s plenty more, but you get the idea