Opinion ‘Yahoos’ have as much right to be at tennis as cucumber sandwich set
Australia loves telling myths about itself. One of my favourites is the idea that Australians are laid-back and distrustful of authority, with an abiding fondness for larrikinism. It’s a favourite because of how stubbornly it continues to persist, even in the face ofTake the national moral panic we’ve had this summer in response to crowds at the Australian Open not cheering in the right way. Some tennis fans wereThanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios celebrate victory on Tuesday.
It remains telling that sports commentators in Australia are still more likely to condemn Kyrgios for his on-court antics than disavow someone like Fraser. Tickets for the former come as cheap as $19, while the latter can set you back over $300. As a result, the crowd demographics are drastically different. Rod Laver is generally occupied with what a tennis-loving friend of mine describes as the “cucumber sandwich set”. The court is largely silent, aside from polite applause when points are won. Exclamations of joy during close rallies are regularly met with calls to hush. It’s peak, WASP-y repression.
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