Ash Barty sent tennis fans wild after celebrating her Australian Open victory with a cold beer live on air - but one TV star took issue with the moment.
sent tennis fans wild when she got stuck into a Corona live on air with Nine’s commentary teamThe three-time grand slam champion, 25, encouraged the rest of the panel – which included close friend and former doubles partner Casey Dellacqua and ex-tennis player Alicia Molik – to have a cold drink with her.Fans loved her “very Aussie” response to the extraordinary win, but Mathison claimed the moment was an example of Channel 9 ‘glorifying alcohol’.
“Our glorification and glamorisation of alcohol in this country is normalised to the point where we can’t even celebrate success without booze on live TV. It’s bizarre,” he wrote in a scathing tweet.Mathison’s controversial take sparked heated debate online.“Didn’t look or feel awkward to me, it’s a celebration after all,” added another.
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