{"id":363166,"date":"2024-01-27T10:04:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T11:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=363166"},"modified":"2024-01-27T12:02:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T12:02:16","slug":"players-stunned-as-crowd-disturbance-halts-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=363166","title":{"rendered":"Players stunned as crowd 'disturbance' halts play"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> has emerged victorious in the Australian Open<\/a> final for a second-straight year, defeating Zheng Qinwen<\/a> in straight-sets on Saturday night at Rod Laver Arena.<\/p>\n

The match wasn't without some controversy however, with a spectator ejected from the building after an untimely disturbance.<\/p>\n

Mid-way during the second set, \ufeffthe member of the crowd began to yell out "free Palestine" prior to Zheng's serve, with the official quickly bringing a halt to proceedings.<\/p>\n

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The issue was resolved within a minute as both women took a quick breather courtside.<\/p>\n

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"There's just been a disturbance behind the umpire," Sam Smith confirmed on Nine's coverage.<\/p>\n

"Security \ufeffhave moved very quickly over there just to contain it. The staff here at Rod Laver Arena are moving very fast.<\/p>\n

"Don't upset these Rod Laver tennis fans, I tell you – they want to see this final. That was swift action."<\/p>\n

Fans applauded once the spectator was taken out of the \ufeffvenue, with Sabalenka continuing to dominate her opponent en route to a clinical 6-3, 6-2 triumph to secure her second grand slam triumph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aryna Sabalenka has emerged victorious in the Australian Open final for a second-straight year, defeating Zheng Qinwen in straight-sets on Saturday night at Rod Laver […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":363168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363166"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=363166"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":363169,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363166\/revisions\/363169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/363168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=363166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=363166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=363166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}