- Spectators at Melbourne Park give shocking answers
- More than 250,000 fans have attended the Grand Slam so far
Tennis fans attending the Australian Open were left exposed after declaring that retired greats Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal had a chance of winning the 2025 tournament.
TikTok user Connor Kennedy I uploaded the video from Melbourne Park. on Wednesday, and the answers to his question about who would hoist the trophies were hilarious.
Most fans interviewed openly stated that they had “no idea” who should win on finals day, January 25, and Australia Day.
Another bizarrely claimed he was “not a tennis fan”, despite attending the Grand Slam.
A third confidently stated that “Federer would win for sure”, and a fourth believed that Nadal and Williams would be difficult to beat.
Williams and Federer retired in 2022, while Nadal said goodbye to the professional circuit last year.
Hundreds of thousands of fans will pass through the gates of Melbourne Park this year, and new video shows many of them do not have a good handle on the game (pictured, fans cheering on Thanasi Kokkinakis)
In a TikTok clip by Connor Kennedy, this fan felt that Roger Federer will be tough to beat in Melbourne this year, even though he retired from the ATP tour in 2022.
Another viewer felt that Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal should advance well into the second week at the Australian Open, despite neither of them playing in the Grand Slam.
Roger Federer won 20 career Grand Slam titles, including six Australian Opens
Rafael Nadal won two Australian Open titles in 2009 and 2022 before announcing his retirement last year.
Serena Williams won seven Grand Slams at Melbourne Park (pictured, after beating her sister Venus in the 2017 final)
Kennedy's clip had nearly 110,000 views as of 12:20 Thursday.
He had some fun with those he interviewed while on the run, and even agreed that “Serena Williams was a shot.”
At the end of the clip, tennis 'Super Brat' turned commentator John McEnroe came into view, but the tennis legend was in no mood to respond to Kennedy.
Meanwhile, tickets to Melbourne Park this year start with ground passes for $59, and fans can also bring their own food, with more than 250,000 having passed through the gates at the time of writing.
By comparison, general admission tickets a decade ago cost $35, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
On the second day, Monday, January 13, 95,290 fans came through the gates, which was a record.
Drama unfolded on the third day when the problematic virtual queue at the John Cain Arena failed again.
Fans who did not receive a wristband were turned away, despite a large number of empty seats inside the venue.
Tennis attendees were warned that the wristbands, introduced last year to give those without a reservation access to a seat, were limited.
A subsequent “first come, first served” scenario reportedly left many fans furious.