For crying out loud, I just want some peace, says boiling Vekic

THERE seems no end to the screaming debate with a bawling baby driving Donna Vekic to distraction before her second-round exit. The Croat complained to the umpire, but it seems the baby had the final say.

Taiwan's Hsieh Su-Wei hits a return during their women's singles second round match against Spain's Garbine Muguruza on day four of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 18, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE — STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE —

A LOT of people understandably abandoned Daria Gavrilova’s match on Wednesday night given it didn’t get underway until the stroke of midnight.

One member of her camp was ahead of the play, making an early call not to stick around Melbourne Park.

Dasha’s boyfriend Luke Saville was missing from the players’ box because of his own playing commitments the following day.

Saville was third-up on Court 20 in the men’s doubles on Thursday, partnering fellow Aussie Max Purcell.

It was a genius move as the pair took the chocolates in the first-round clash, taking down Russians Mikhail Elgin and Andrey Rublev 6-3 6-4.

A dejected Daria Gavrilova on her way to a stunning second-round exit. Picture: Getty Images

We’re tipping Dasha didn’t get much sleep after her dramatic loss and she was clearly still steaming at 10am when she tweeted a replay of her controversial run-in with the chair umpire.

The 23rd seed was adamant she’d asked for a challenge immediately but was denied because the umpire thought she’d looked towards her box for advice first.

Her message to go with the tweet was: “Thoughts? Honest thoughts?”

Those who like conspiracy theories could say that maybe the umpiring fraternity had seen Dasha’s work on twitter the previous day where she retweeted footage of fellow Aussie Jordan Thompson blowing up at the chair.

He said: “You guys never do your jobs ... never!”

Dasha added a message to the tweet: “Thommo is right ... “

Hmmmm. What do they say about karma?

Taiwan's Hsieh Su-Wei hits a return during her surprise victory against Spain's Garbine Muguruza. Picture: AFP

EXIT STAGE RIGHT, CORRECT?

IT’S understandable that Tapie’s Hsieh Su-Wei wasn’t quite sure what to do following her shock defeat of No. 3 seed Garbine Muguruza.

The world No. 88 had only ever beaten a top-20 player once before so the 32-year-old was certainly in foreign territory on Rod Laver Arena.

She managed to get through a brief on-court interview where much of the focus was on the presence of Australian great Paul McNamee in her players’ box.

McNamee, the former long-time Australian Open tournament director, has been mentoring the doubles specialist — she has previously been ranked No. 1 in the world — for four years.

But when it came to exiting the arena, it became obvious that Hsieh’s experience on centre court was limited.

She headed to the wrong door on the opposite side of the court before an official intervened and sent her back the other way, much to the amusement of the crowd who were already loving her work.

Crying shame? Croat Donna Vekic wasn’t happy with a tiny one screaming in the crowd. Picture: Getty Images

OH BABY, WHAT A SCORCHER!

THE heat had everyone feeling a bit uncomfortable, in particular a baby on Margaret Court Arena who didn’t hold back much to the frustration of Donna Vekic.

As she fell further and further behind against former Open champion Angelique Kerber, the Croatian was losing it over the crying baby.

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On at least four occasions the little one decided to open its lungs with Vekic pleading for the chair umpire to do something about it.

She explained her hands were tied which isn’t the case at Wimbledon with Channel Seven commentator Sam Smith explaining that no child under five-years-old is allowed on court at the All England club.

GRAND

Hats off to Novak Djokovic. He clearly knows his strength given he actually requested to play in the heat of the day on Thursday. We’re tipping Gael Monfils didn’t share his enthusiasm.

Bloody hot, mate: Nick Kyrgios (right) and fellow Australian Matt Reid take a break from the intense heat during their doubles match on Day 4. Picture: AAP

SLAM

To Nick Kyrgios’ credit, he looks after his own but playing three sets of doubles on Thursday afternoon as a favour for his mate Matt Reid looms as a potential disaster.

THE WHISPER

Which international media figure could have a shorter than expected stay in Australia after a run-in with a security guard turned ugly?