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This Australian Open shows we're getting ugly

The Australian Open was already ugly enough. Novak Djokovic tossed out to please a mob. Fans censored and China placated. Now proof that values now count for little and the tribe for everything, as Nick Kyrgios boasts: “Me and Thanasi are role models to youth”. This Open shows how ugly we've become.

Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios celebrate match point in their Men’s doubles quarterfinals match.
Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios celebrate match point in their Men’s doubles quarterfinals match.

 If this really is an Australian Open – a truly Australian one – then God help us. This one shows Australia at its modern worst.
 

The boorish antics of Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis, cheered by classless fans and even sports commentators, is just the last straw.

(Read the full column here.)

Andrew Bolt
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