It is often said that although the competition days of a Grand Slam last two weeks, the power of influence of an event of this magnitude is so great that it is already being noticed days before. Tennis Australia he has taken it to the letter and will break in the Open the Australia 2023 one of the great traditions of the tournament, according to perthnow.com. Never in the entire history of the event had admission been charged during the qualifying days, which became an ideal opportunity to attract fans of all kinds to enjoy a unique atmosphere. However, the economic effort made in the two previous editions, especially that of 2021, with everything required by the famous health bubble in which all the tennis players were, has led to economic emergencies and resort to charging an entry in these appointed days.
Aware of the controversy that such a measure would arouse, Craig Tiley and his team have decided to provide a patina of luxury and added value to those days. To justify charging AUD$10 per ticket (AUD$5 for children), from the team of Tennis Australia have established agreements with the best tennis players in the world to do something really curious and imaginative: allow the Rod Laver Arena is filled with all those fans who wish to see a training session of the best in the world. But it won’t be just any training. Players will be provided with ball boys on court and will be asked to play a set competitively within the 75-minute period established for this practice, so they will even have a chair umpire.
The best in the world will play a set in their scheduled training sessions at the Rod Laver Arena
It can be a good way for tennis players to acquire a competitive rhythm and tournament sensations, since they will play a set with an atmosphere more typical of a tournament of maximum relevance than of a mere practice. These peculiar training sessions will always take place from 3:30 p.m. local time and seek to attract people who might not go to Melbourne Park just to see the previous phase. This can be interpreted as one more reaction to the threat that hangs over Tennis Australia from China and, above all, from the Middle East, with several countries bidding to win the organization of the first Grand Slam of the year, taking advantage of the lack of investment from Australian entities and the precarious economic situation of the organization of the tournament.
