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"It was really disturbing": Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova was screamed and meowed at by spectators on new Australian Open 'party court'
WTAThursday, 18 January 2024 at 00:00
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova criticized the organization of the 2024 Australian Open after being harassed by fans who booed her, shouted, and "meowed." The 32-year-old Russian was defeated in the second round by Paula Badosa with a score of 6-2, 6-3 on Court 6, precisely where Tennis Australia built a two-story bar.
The 2021 Australian Open finalist expressed that Tennis Australia should rethink its concept of the 'party court.' Although the bar's music is played at a low level during the matches, there is nothing preventing fans from constantly moving around the bar just meters from the court.
For Pavlyuchenkova, the installation of the bar so close to the court became a distraction in the match against Badosa. "It was super loud, like in the restaurant basically, people talking and eating and drinking. I don’t know if they even watched the match," the former world No. 11 said after the match.
"There were a couple of guys, I think they got drunk and they started to scream and meow [at me], I think maybe because I have this tattoo on my leg [which reads meow] or just because of course they had some drinks and so it was really disturbing," she added.
“It was not nice, to be honest. I was really annoyed at the start of the match. I have no problem playing on the outside courts, but this one was special in terms of the noise and also the court, Pavlyuchenkova stated. “I was actually thinking during the match ‘What was the idea behind it?’,” she added.
“Yeah okay, maybe of course, for the fans, it’s super fun for them. But tennis is a special sport in a way. It’s not like baseball, or other sports where you can eat and walk around, or like basketball. It is completely different. It’s very quiet in a way. So yeah, that was really uncomfortable,” world No. 46 concluded.
Tournament director Craig Tiley enthusiastically announced the Courtside Bar last October, which has a capacity for 400 people and seats with a direct view of the court: “Expect this will quickly become known as the ‘party court,’ and it’s a model we’d like to expand further across the site in the future,” he said.
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