Monday night after Alcaraz won, I looked for seats for tonight to see him play.
$1200+ for two tickets in row A. $450+ for upper level. $250+ for the very last row up the top.
They sit empty if no one pays these prices. Incidently, WHO is paying these prices?
Also, why not let ground pass folks have the seats at a discounted price?
Exactly. I know someone who is going to a couple of sessions, tonight and tomorrow. They haven’t been for ten years and were absolutely shocked at the prices these days.
They would have liked to have seen more but it’s just unaffordable now and then you see so many unsold seats going to waste.
My seat for the day session at RLA was about $400.I looked up the seating chart first,to choose a suitable seat for myself ,one where I don’t have to go up or down too many stairs .I also prefer an end row seat too as I had when I recently was at the day session at PRA here in Brisbane.
This all needs a bit of perspective.
I’m going tonight to Rod Laver - we paid $125 each for our tickets but are towards the back. The super expensive ones are generally if you want to be close up, so some of those would more likely be the last to sell.
The stadium will also never be full at any given time at the tennis. People go in and out. It’s the advantage of having a reserved seat that you can always come back too. There were plenty of matches happening on many other courts last night.
Also there are ALWAYS a lot of reserved corporate seats in that exact empty section of the crowd shot being shown (in the picture). Almost every time that I’ve been to a Rod Laver session, that area starts off pretty empty before they all come in a bit later on.
There was an AO day 2 attendance record made on Monday (I can’t find Tuesday numbers yet) but it got close to 100k attendance, so they clearly aren’t short on selling tickets. Rod Laver may not have been completely sold-out last night but it would have been close and there were plenty of people seeing other matches.
I just did a quick search for tickets to the day session at Rod Laver Arena tomorrow and they are starting at $89. Second row from the front are around $230 and I can only see the very front row anything close to what you have paid. So you have obviously selected extremely specific seats plus prices do increase from about the first Friday onwards.
I’ll be seated in Section 7 ,on the lower level,so that’s why I paid that much.They should be up to the 4th round by this time next week, the day I’ll be attending
People will have to consent to the security cameras in force at the Open, which “may incorporate [facial recognition technology” to beef up “security and patron safety”. Security and behavioural expert Scott Taylor told Yahoo Finance that Aussies have to “accept” that this is the way of the future.
The facial recognition software is working in two different ways at the Open this year.
One is an opt-in system for people using express lanes for entry.
The other way is to monitor, detect and crack down on anti-social behaviour.
Gael Monfils, wow 
Hometown qualifier Destanee Aiava fell agonizingly short against American 10th seed Danielle Collins on Kia Arena tonight, 6-7 6-4 6-2
Disgusting reaction from Collins after winning, blowing kisses to the booing crowd, and thanking for her “big fat paycheck”. No mention of the effort Aiava put in. Completely unsportsmanlike.
The Special Ks withdrew from their match against fellow Aussie pair Vukic/Duckworth due to injury.
Ash Barty still hurting eh 
Also tonight, Perth’s Tristan Schoolkate won the first set 6-4 against Jannik Sinner, before the world No.1 claimed the next three sets to win the match.
While it was also good news for Alex de Minaur who, as expected, progressed to round three, it wasn’t as such for Katie Boulter who suffered an upset three-set defeat at the hands of Veronika Kudermetova.
She has still not made it past the second round at Melbourne Park.
Go you good things Demon and Vukic 
Geez Danielle Collins knows how to become the most hated player on the tournament. Money doesn’t buy class.
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One of the lead stories tonight on Seven News in Melbourne, including extended Nine footage, James Bracey’s verbal host position reaction and archival vs Ash Barty 2022 final footage.
Was being talked about on radio and breakfast all morning, including online mastheads and had been dominating social trends/commentary after her antics immediately went viral globally, consensus seemed for mostly all the wrong reasons, though some fans.
She really doesn’t know how to read the room. If there’s something that Australians really hate it’s people who tell us how rich they are and how they became rich from us paying them. Shocker.
A second night feature match actually going to start on time… Coco easily and quickly defeats her opponent on Margaret Court Arena.
The Australian up next against the young Brit who heartbreakingly defeated Kokkinakis a couple of nights ago.
Meanwhile the Joker is on RLA on Gem. If that goes the distance, Jess Pagula’s match may be a late one.
There has been criticism of the crowd as well including tonight during the Djokovic match.
Both men were not happy during Djokovic’s 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 victory, as the crowd at Rod Laver Arena interjected multiple times during play.
The duo extended their arms in disappointment following one rally when a fan yelled just as Machac prepared to hit his winner.
The incident followed Collins’s antics after her victory on Thursday over Australian qualifier Destanee Aiava, where the American strongly objected to jeering following a service fault.
Former Australian Open doubles champion John Alexander said on the ABC Tennis Podcast the fans’ behaviour was inappropriate.
"I don’t think it’s appropriate at a grand slam event. "A number of players are going to go away [unhappy] having been brutalised by our crowd.
Another heartbreaking end after Kokkinakis’ to the same guy 
What a match though! That had everything. Definitely one of the best matches I’ve ever seen or certainly in a very long time.
They just could not be split and both didn’t find it easy to break or hold that lead, also looking worn out by the 5th, having played two each already. Credit to both players and at nearly 29 a possibly late bloomer in Alex Vukic, bravo on taking that all the way, I mean doesn’t get closer than a 5th set tie break.
But also to Brit Jack Draper, he found a way, just had that extra edge when needed, I think the approaches to net, the accuracy with forehand winners and the first serves.