The Australian Open's 'Party Court' gets so loud a match is moved to a different arena

Frederic Fontang, right, coach of Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada gestures as they talk during a break in the second round match against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.

Frederic Fontang, right, coach of Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada gestures as they talk during a break in the second round match against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)


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MELBOURNE, Australia — Rowdy fans at the Australian Open's so-called "Party Court" — a venue equipped with a bar — grew so loud that a nearby match was moved to a different arena. While Jacob Fearnley's boisterous-as-could-be 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Arthur Cazaux of France was going on at Court 6 on Wednesday night, the noise was drifting over to the adjacent Court 8, where Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain was starting his matchup with 29th-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada. There were chants and songs and yells and applause and foot-stomps. So at 4-3 in the first set, Davidovich Fokina and Auger-Aliassime spoke with the chair umpire. Eventually, they moved to Court 8.

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