Cilic asks fans for acts of kindness on 30th birthday

By Cody FitzpatrickPublished September 28, 2018

Marin Cilic turned 30 years old on Friday, leaving Dominic Thiem as the only men's Grand Slam finalist from either this year or last to be in his 20s.

In celebration of the milestone, Cilic borrowed an idea from Jimmy Fallon and asked his followers on Twitter to do random acts of kindness and consider it his birthday gift.

Great ideas are meant to be spread, thanks for starting this one @jimmyfallon😃 It’s my birthday and if you want to get me a 🎁, I would love it if you would do a random act of kindness today. Tweet me about it or just send “Happy Birthday!” to let me know you participated🙏🏼
— Marin Cilic (@cilic_marin) September 28, 2018

Fans came through and shared their stories in the replies:

Just brought a homeless woman a meal. She was in front of a fast food restaurant and said she was hungry. Happy Birthday Marin! 😀🎂🎁🎉👊
— LaWanda (@lawanda50) September 28, 2018

Happy Birthday to you 🎉🎂🎈🎊 Just helped our train 🚂 driver who dropped his keys , I picked them up for him and smiles all round 😊 Happy Smile day !😊
— Elizabeth (@JeffriesLiz) September 28, 2018

I tried to support relief work efforts in Kerala via a monetary contribution today.

Happy Birthday, Marin!
— DV (@takematchpoints) September 28, 2018

Happy Birthday! Just donated some books to our local library. 📚📚📚🎉
— Susie20RF (@pandsreid) September 28, 2018

The Croatian also celebrated with a team dinner in Tokyo, where the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships begin on Monday.

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The world No. 6 has a big fall season ahead of him, with Croatia in the Davis Cup final, and his own qualification for the ATP Finals looking very likely.