Celebrity worth $146bn spotted at Aussie Open men’s final

Celebrity spectators flocked to observe Novak Djokovic’s victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas at Rod Laver Arena, persevering with the regular stream of high-profile figures attending the occasion this month.

American billionaire Bill Gates, value an estimated $146bn, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made second appearances at Melbourne Park once they confirmed up for the boys’s remaining on Sunday.

It comes after celebrities and A-listers had been noticed on the girls’s remaining on Saturday evening with Russell Crowe, Pip Edwards and Sophie Monk among the many followers watching on as Aryna Sabalenka defeated Elena Rybakina to win her first grand slam title.

There had been much more large names on Sunday with Hollywood actor Rachel Griffiths, former Aussie Test captain Ricky Ponting, TV icon Eddie McGuire and billionaire pub-baron Justin Hemmes all noticed within the crowd.

Albanese was photographed in a quite compromised place proper in the mean time he chomped right into a chocolate ice cream whereas sitting alongside accomplice Jodi Haydon.

The 59-year-old was on Friday given a spherical of applause from the group inside Rod Laver Arena when he was referred to as out by a fan throughout Djokovic’s semi-final win.

With the group in silence, a spectator could possibly be heard yelling out: “Give us a wave, Albo”.

Sitting alongside US ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy and Tennis Australia chair Jayne Hrdlicka, Albanese responded with a sheepish wave.

The crowd was guffawing away on the change earlier than the TV cameras confirmed Albanese chuckling with these round him.

The occasion has been criticised by a lot with the event lacking the star energy of Ash Barty and Nick Kyrgios. However, the boys’s remaining was a really totally different spectacle.

The battle between Djokovic and Tsitsipas attracted an enormous response from Melbourne’s massive Greek and Serbian communities with a report attendance of 45,832 followers.

It smashed the earlier report for the boys’s remaining when 31,000 followers visited Melbourne Park on Day 14 in 2020.

There had been loopy scenes of followers watching on an enormous display at Melbourne Park with folks cramming into the occasion, regardless of Rod Laver Arena having a capability of round 15,000.

They had been all handled to a spectacular present.

An emotional Djokovic referred to as it “the biggest victory in my life” after sweeping previous Tsitsipas to win his tenth Australian Open title and equal Rafael Nadal’s 22 Grand Slam crowns on Sunday.

The Serb will return to world primary as he overcame a hamstring harm and off-court drama to defeat the Greek third seed 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/5) at Rod Laver Arena.

The 35-year-old climbed to his participant’s field afterwards to embrace his mom, and broke down in uncontrollable tears.

His father Srdjan was once more lacking after he sparked controversy by posing with a fan carrying a Russian flag that includes Vladimir Putin’s face on Wednesday.

The emphatic victory over Tsitsipas capped a exceptional return for Djokovic to Melbourne Park, having missed final 12 months’s event when he was deported over his Covid vaccination stance.

“I have to say this has been one of the most challenging tournaments I’ve ever played considering the circumstances, not playing last year, coming back this year,” he stated, carrying a jacket with the quantity 22 emblazoned on it.

Djokovic, who was extra emotional than standard, added: “Only my team and family know what we have been through in the last four or five weeks and this is why I’d probably say this is the biggest victory in my life considering the circumstances.”

He later defined that he and his father had determined it might be higher if Djokovic senior was not courtside, his absence leaving an empty seat in his participant’s field. It was the identical within the semi-finals.

“That hurts him and me a lot because these are special, unique moments that who knows if they are repeated again,” Djokovic stated.

– With AFP