ok, I’m going to tell my AO experience lol.
first of all, just to clarify, right now I’m extremely sunburned, lol anyway.
well, I watched a lot of matches, including Andrey’s last one against Cerúndolo. That one was honestly the most hostile experience I’ve had, entirely because of Cerúndolo’s fans. They created a horrible tense atmosphere and there were a lot of people constantly telling them to shut up, literally all the damn time — even the umpire. I dare say they were drunk because they never shut the fuck up and were insanely arrogant. I genuinely had a bad time, not only because I had to watch Andriusha lose :(
anyway, I didn’t manage to get a photo with Andrey because I never ran into him anywhere. I don’t know how the other fans did it — they got like 1,000 photos (jealous). I also didn’t see the practice courts. On top of that, I went with friends and they didn’t want to hang around the courts to watch players practice, they just wanted to “live the experience,” so I regret listening to them.
and OMG I saw Marat — the aura that man gives off… my legs literally went weak, and I was several meters away, lol. And I don’t know why, but minutes before the match ended he left the place and he looked affected. I really hope it wasn’t anything serious :(
anyway, after the anger, I got drunk on a ton of lemon ace and I don’t even know how I made it back to the hotel.
that was my experience. Now I went to the beach and maybe I’ll go again tomorrow. I want to see if I go to the semi or the final (I’ll see how my budget is and whether I can get tickets). I’m not that excited, honestly, because I know it’ll be Alcaraz vs Sinner, and I’m not really a fan of either of them, so yeah :)
wooo anon thank you for the reply! The Australian sun is the most brutal out there
they probably were a bit drunk but honestly knowing how latinos are.…. passionate… can be the terrible mix of the two I am sorry about that
as for marat omgggg the man the myth the legend (I am literally jealous omg) it kills me to know he left in bad taste, I seriously wonder what is the underlying reason, imo there are stuff we really cannot even imagine
thank you for sharing your experience mate! have fun tomorrow and be aware of the sun! (I would suggest a mildly cold shower and some serious moisturizer for a bit of damage control, lol)
it kinda sucks when your fav lose and to be fair really the illusion of the choice as we all know it will be a Alcaraz-Sinner final 🥱