Police ejected up to 20 Greek fans from Melbourne ParkPolice had to intervene at the Australian Open to eject between 15 to 20 Greek fans after they were accused of disrupting play on court 8. Roger Federer has Australian Open relief after request turned downGreece’s No 1 women’s player Maria Sakkari beat Japanese Nao Hibino on the outside court and she was heavily backed by a loud contingent of supporters. As with Stefanos Tsitsipas' match earlier this week, Greek fans congregated together in the stands and were on their feet chanting in between every point in scenes more reminiscent to a football stadium. However, after several warnings the group of men were kicked out of Melbourne Park. “The group had received numerous warnings during a match on Court 8 from a match referee, security and police.

Source: Express January 24, 2020 00:58 UTC