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How Cristiano Ronaldo’s jubilation annoys the stars at the Australian Open

The well-known CR7 cheer spills over to the fans at the Australian Open. Not all tennis stars are enthusiastic about it.

The long “Siuu” has long been the trademark jubilation of Manchester United’s star striker Cristiano Ronaldo. With his wide-legged leap and his reputation, the Portuguese regularly celebrates his goals and the corresponding chants echo through Old Trafford.

But the “Siuu” can not only be heard in the theater of dreams these days, tennis fans are also roaring it at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year – and that after almost every point.

For example, in the match of co-favorite Andy Murray in the first round against Nikoloz Basilashvili (Georgia). The Scot was somewhat surprised after the game. “Only yesterday during training I thought people were booing me and I had no idea why,” he said. “At some point I realized: ‘No, that’s this Siuu or whatever it’s called that Ronaldo always does when he scores.’ It’s incredibly irritating.”

Nick Kyrgios celebrates like Ronaldo

Local hero Nick Kyrgios said something similar after his win against Liam Broady (England) in the Rod Laver Arena: “It’s a stupid reputation. I can’t believe the fans have done it so often. (…) Me thought it might be over 10 minutes, but they did it for two and a half hours, practically after every point. I don’t know why. But it was a circus out there.”

It was obviously contagious after all, because after his converted match point, Kyrgios jumped around the pitch in the best CR7 manner:

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