Australian Open - Fans' Voice: Spectator seating furore at the 'wokest' tournament ever - video Dailymotion

Fans discuss the controversial new seating rules at the Australian Open after Jordan Thompson called it the 'wokest tournament ever'.

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00:00 The players have got to toughen up a little bit.

00:02 They're a bit precious.

00:05 I really like people locked out actually.

00:19 I think we need to sit still for the two games

00:22 and just keep that calm, keep that quiet.

00:25 They should be able to concentrate whether there's noise or no noise.

00:28 I remember they used to have the Australian open

00:32 while the fireworks were going on

00:34 and they didn't stop and break for that.

00:36 They just played through it,

00:37 which if you can play with fireworks going off,

00:39 you can surely play with somebody sitting down in their seat.

00:41 When our players are trying to concentrate,

00:43 we want to give them the best chance.

00:44 So probably might look at reverting back.

00:48 We had some people come through in between a game

00:52 during a really, really important point the other day.

00:57 And we missed seeing that point because they walked in front of us.

01:00 I think people should just wait.

01:02 And then once they're ready to get let in, they get let in.

01:06 From a spectator point of view,

01:08 we need to be allowed to go and watch the game.

01:11 Really?

01:18 Too woke.

01:20 Really?

01:21 Woke-a-star.

01:22 I think people are flipping that word around a little bit these days.

01:27 The Wokest Tournament.

01:28 I'd have to disagree with that statement.

01:29 I wouldn't say it's the Wokest.

01:30 I'd say it's one of the best.

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