American Frances Tiafoe says tennis ought to loosen its strict guidelines governing the behaviour of followers attending matches to assist appeal to a youthful viewers.
According to tennis etiquette, followers shouldn’t make any noise throughout factors and may solely transfer to and from their seats when gamers take a break throughout the change of ends.
“I think fans should be able to come and go and move around and speak during matches,” Tiafoe informed Forbes.
“Imagine going to a basketball game and not saying anything.”
Tiafoe informed the journal sure occasions like Wimbledon ought to retain some custom however “outside that, let’s start to change things to bring younger fans to the game.”
At final 12 months’s US Open, Tiafoe electrified the New York crowd throughout his win over Rafa Nadal within the final 16 en path to reaching his first grand slam semi-final.
There he additional endeared himself to the followers when he battled eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz for 5 units in entrance of a sold-out crowd that included former First Lady Michelle Obama.
It is not any shock then the 25-year-old from Maryland mentioned the comparatively rowdy environment at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows makes it his favorite court docket to play on.
“There is nothing like Arthur Ashe at night,” he mentioned.
“Arthur Ashe period, but Arthur Ashe at night. New York at night, everyone’s drunk and the atmosphere, it is crazy.”
Fan-favourite Tiafoe can be in motion on Friday within the second spherical of the Miami Open, the place he’s seeded twelfth.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
