Australian Open Tennis 2024 4+

I found the AO App this year to be really easy to use and quite addictive. A great way to keep on top of all the matches being played. I especially loved being able to easily switch between the schedule and scores, and clicking into matches or players for more information and statistics was amazing. Thanks for all the hard work on this!

After attending the AO on Saturday night I can’t help but express my disgust and disappointment of how this tournament was handled in regards to covid rules. Announcing over the PA is NOT acceptable as the only enforcement for patrons wasting face masks. At least 50% of patrons were NOT wearing masks. Only once did a AO staff member walk the aisle and request people put their mask on. We moved seats as none of the six people directly surrounding were wearing a mask. You should have had security requesting people wear the mask or they would be removed. What is it with the live DJ area? Why create an area to encourage people to stand around drinking under the current climate. Security has to ask patrons to get down off chairs, and masks, forget it, no one wearing them. More like a music festival than a tennis tournament. Surely just a revenue raising super spreader area. Unfortunately we visited there to get food, however couldn’t get out of there fast enough. The only saving grace is we were able to move to seats with no one surrounding us, in fact others moved as well stating they were uneasy with the people around them not wearing masks. I did notice on the television coverage most people were wearing a mask, and this was very misleading. I know it would not have been easy to police this situation, but more could have been done to protect your patrons.

I attended the AO with my two sons, on Wed 17th Jan. We had seats in Margaret Court Arena. I have attended the AO for many years but I am disappointed that the rules have changed regarding people entering the stadium during games without end changes. I found this very disruptive, and very annoying, when we were trying to watch a game. People in front of us stood up to let others pass them in the middle of a game! It was deuce and a tight match, and I found it very rude that others did not care about interrupting your view!!!
Please bring back the old rule of entering in seats at the change of ends only. Myself and my older son have been many times where we had to stand outside the stadium and watch the screen before entering. At least this didn’t interrupt others. Not all patrons wait for end of the games before trying to get to their seats! This was the most disappointing aspect of the AO this year. Please bring back the old rule. New rule changes don’t always improve things. And surely it can’t hurt patrons to wait outside for 2 games!!!