{"id":113954,"date":"2025-09-04T12:33:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/113954\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T12:33:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:33:04","slug":"boozed-fueled-us-open-fans-are-rowdier-than-at-other-elite-tennis-tournaments-irking-players-and-spectators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/113954\/","title":{"rendered":"Boozed-fueled US Open fans are rowdier than at other elite tennis tournaments, irking players and spectators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That\u2019s too much racket!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/27\/us-news\/deep-pocketed-broskies-carrying-stacks-of-us-open-honey-deuces-trophies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boozed-up fans <\/a>at the US Open are much louder and rowdier during games than audiences at other elite tennis tournaments \u2014 irritating players and serious spectators.<\/p>\n<p>Raucous folks in the stands have been spotted noisily gabbing, snapping court-blocking selfies and rudely taking calls on speaker phones at high-stakes matches, where players can hear a pin drop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are obnoxious.\u00a0They are inconsiderate.\u00a0They talk through the game. They put their feet up against your seat like it\u2019s empty,\u201d said Rob Stein, 65,\u00a0a retired entrepreneur from Queens.<\/p>\n<p>Rowdy fans booze it up at the US Open. Annie Wermiel\/NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Stein said he was distracted by loud fans while watching Canadian champ F\u00e9lix Auger-Aliassime face off against Australian pro Alex de Minaur at Arthur Ashe Stadium Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no respect for the game anymore. I can never imagine this happening at Wimbledon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Throngs of fans <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/30\/entertainment\/booze-fights-damage-bad-behavior-at-the-u-s-open-is-nyc-at-its-finest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">guzzling signature cocktails<\/a>, such as the Honey Deuce\u00a0and<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/29\/us-news\/us-open-drink-the-watermelon-slice-all-the-racket-in-nyc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> the new Watermelon Slice<\/a>, have turned the once-respectful off-court scene into a chaotic party, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe [drinking] plays a role in their bad behavior.\u00a0Some don\u2019t come to watch the game.\u00a0It\u2019s like hanging out,\u201d Stein said.<\/p>\n<p>The wild US Open crowd <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/03\/sports\/novak-djokovic-complains-about-noisy-us-open-crowd-but-umpire-shuts-him-down\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">agitated Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic<\/a> so much during a set Tuesday night, he complained to an umpire \u2014\u00a0imploring, \u201cWhat are you gonna do?\u201d <\/p>\n<p> Fans gab at during a US Open game. JASON SZENES\/ NY POST<\/p>\n<p>Drinking in the stands has become a big part of the US Open. Stefano Giovannini<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic was serving during the third set of his quarterfinals <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/02\/sports\/novak-djokovic-fends-off-taylor-fritz-at-us-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">match against Taylor Fritz <\/a>when he faulted and flipped out. He then demanded that the chair umpire, Damien Dumusois, order fans to quiet down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not gonna help, Novak,\u201d the ump responded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, spectators also complained about loud-talkers gabbing through matches \u2014 etiquette that would be quickly shut down at traditional grand slams such as Wimbledon or the French Open, where alcohol in the stands is now banned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was loud, it was rude,\u201d one fan, Tony, said of a noisy group seated next to him.\u00a0\u201cYour conversation should be kept quiet during play but at but at break you can elevate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans snap a selfie at the US Open. JASON SZENES\/ NY POST<\/p>\n<p>The loudmouths, who were gossiping about people and their jobs, distracted him from the match between Auger-Aliassime and de Minaur, he said.<\/p>\n<p>His wife, Maria, said US Open fans have lost their manners in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been coming since I was a little girl. Back then, it was quiet when they were playing, but now things have changed,\u201d she said. \u201cThere is a lot of people just taking pictures of themselves, and there is another set who are serious about watching tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Games at the US Open are more wild in the stands than other grand slam tournaments, fans said. Annie Wermiel\/NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Tennis buff Barbara N., 65, said she\u2019s been to other Grand Slams around the world, and the US Open takes home the trophy for noisiest crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been to them all. It\u2019s a little louder here but everyone has different things about them. The Australians they chant \u2018Oi, oi, oi.\u2019 The French, they do talk. I\u2019ve been to Wimbledon once and it was just an amazing feeling,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Yorkers are just a little louder,\u201d she said. \u201cWe gotta tone it down a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"That\u2019s too much racket! 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