Unbearable noise forced a match close to the Australian Open's polarizing "party court" to be moved, but the men playing in front of "extremely drunk" fans said they loved the atmosphere. A second-round clash between Felix Auger-Aliassime and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina was briefly suspended on Wednesday night in the opening set at Melbourne Park.
While his 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Arthur Cazaux of France was going on, the noise was drifting over to the adjacent Court 8, where Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain was starting his matchup with 29th-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada.
The 23-year-old’s professional tennis education has been going at warp speed and he followed up his upset of Nick Kyrgios in round one by defeating France’s Arthur Cazaux 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-3.
The Australian Open’s ‘party court’ has wreaked havoc again with the second round clash between Felix Auger-Aliassime and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina suspended due to the unbearable noise late on Wednesday night.
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime has won the Adelaide International, beating American Sebastian Korda 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in the final.
The Australian Open is well and truly underway, with six out of the eight British tennis players commanding their first matches of the grand slam. Only Cameron Norrie and Sonay Kartal failed to find passage in the first round respectably losing to higher-ranked opponents.
The second-round meeting between Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime had to be suspended during the first set, and was later moved to a different court. Here’s why.
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain were stopped midway through their first set on Wednesday night to move across to court seven because the adjacent match between Frenchman Arthur Cazaux and Jacob Fearnley had become ...
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