Alleged boos can be heard once more and once more during the game between Medvedev and Kyrgios. Irritatingly also – or especially – when local hero and crowd favorite Kyrgios scores the points.
But are these actually boos? Probably not. For some reason, Melbourne fans are celebrating Cristiano Ronaldo’s world-famous goal celebration at this year’s Australian Open. They don’t seem to care who is on the pitch.
The Portuguese’s battle cry, who likes to celebrate his goals with a jump and a loud “Siuuu”, has become a blockbuster on social media and especially on Tiktok in recent weeks.
Acoustically, the throaty scream is unfortunately confusingly similar to a boo. No wonder something like this leads to irritation. Murray and Kyrgios have been surprised in the past few days. The Brit first thought he was being booed until realizing the Portuguese’s cheering. Kyrgios also turned to the spectators during his second round game once morest Broady: “Every damn point – siuuu, siuuu, siuuu.”
In the duel with Medvedev, the calls were omnipresent on Thursday. The Russian, who obviously hadn’t noticed anything regarding it, complained to Jim Courier in the winner’s interview.
“It’s not easy to stay calm when you’re booed between the first and second serve,” said Medvedev, who was immediately confronted with renewed “Siuuu” calls from the audience. Or is it actually boos this time? Difficult to say. When Courier wants to explain the relation to Ronaldo’s goal celebration to the Russian, the situation escalates completely.
With thunderous “Siuuu” or “Buuu” calls, the second in the world rankings continues to incite the spectators. ‘Guys, please, I can’t understand him. Show some respect for Jim Courier, he’s won here before. Many Thanks.” And Courier suddenly doesn’t seem too sure anymore. “I think they’re doing the Ronaldo cheers. I hope I’m right regarding that.”
Only when the American mentions that Medvedev is the top seeded player in this tournament and the Russian responds to thunderous applause does the situation relax a little.
