“Are you guys really this short of cash?” Fans slam Tennis Australia for charging spectators for a practice game between Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios

Australian Open 2023 is just about to begin in Melbourne. The qualifier round is set to begin next week. Tennis Australia has announced the practice games lined up before the main event. The most important one among them is between Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios. 

Australian Open posted the details of the match between the ‘frenemies’. With this, they also announced the changed policies to charge the spectators for these ‘practice games.’ The fans online are not amused by the news and reacted quickly on Twitter. 

The news was shared by the official Twitter handle of the Australian Open. “Get set for explosive action as tennis’ most famous frenemies come together on RLA for an exciting practice match before #AO2023,” the tweet read.

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Fans react to Tennis Australia’s decision to charge for practice matches

The decision to charge spectators for the practice and qualifier match comes in the wake of the poor financial conditions of Tennis Australia. This is the part of what Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley described the Australian Open as the ‘three-week-extravaganza’ earlier. The players including Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios have agreed to participate in the organized practice matches. 

Tiley earlier revealed the future plan to recoup the losses due to covid restrictions in the past couple of years. The plan is targeted at attracting a glowing response from the fans. “This is a part of our initiative of a three-week festival of tennis … this is year one, and as we go on we’ll grow it as a content week. This a journey we are going to go on,” Tiley said. 

But as far as the fans are concerned, they are not amused by the changes. Most of them were unwilling to pay for the ‘practice matches’ between Djokovic and Kyrgios “Are you guys really this short of cash?” one of the fans responded to the invitation. Here are some other Tweets. 

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