Australian Open tennis stars fume at fans as one even gets haircut during match
The stars of the Australian Open have been left fuming at the notoriously rowdy crowd Down Under.
Over the years the Aussie spectators have grown a reputation for defying tennis' usual reserved manner – and there's already been several incidents since the Grand Slam got underway earlier this week. Russian Daniil Medvedev received a code violation for telling one fan to "f*** off" on Monday (January 16).
There's also been multiple players accusing supporters of drinking too much. Novak Djokovic called for one wearing a Where's Wally costume to be thrown out of the stadium during his win over Frenchman Enzo Couacaud.
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"The entire night, the entire night, what are you going to do about it?," he raged to the match umpire. "You know who it is. The guy is drunk out of his mind.
"From the first point he has been provoking. He is not here to watch tennis. He just wants to get in my head.
"So I am asking you, what are you going to do about it. You heard him at least 10 times. I heard him 50 times. Why don't you get security guards, get him out of the stadium?"
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On Wednesday (January 18) night three British fans were ejected from an outside court for directing chants at Cameron Norrie's French opponent Constant Lestienne, telling him "You're just a s*** Andy Murray" and "Lestienne's going home".
And one very bizarre moment saw a spectator get a haircut while the action was ongoing between American star Francis Tiafoe and China's Shang Juncheng.
The impromptu trim, a stunt which YouTuber Jidion pulled at the US Open in September, went largely unnoticed until it emerged on social media, but there's been many other flashpoints with more likely to come.
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