- Australian Open will now charge fans a fee to watch practice games
- Perfect Practice debuts Friday with Djokovic-Kyrgios charity game
Roll up, roll up to Melbourne Park! The Australian Open wants you! But there is a cost. Master promoter Craig Tiley, already a busy man as chief executive of Tennis Australia and Australian Open tournament director, is on the tout.
The Australian Open has been at the forefront of innovation since its move from Kooyong to the fringe of the city in 1988 and another experiment is underway this week. TA is charging fans a fee to attend qualifying for the first time as part of what it is billing as a “three week extravaganza of tennis and entertainment”.