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This is an archive article published on January 15, 2008
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The spectre of crowd trouble reared its head at the Australian Open for the...
Fans evicted
The spectre of crowd trouble reared its head at the Australian Open for the second successive year on Tuesday when supporters wearing Greek colours were sprayed by police and thrown out of the event. The ruckus happened during the first-round match involving Fernando Gonzalez of Chile and Konstantinos Economidis, a Greek qualifier. With Gonzalez leading 6-4, 1-2, the match was stopped for around 10 minutes as the fans were removed by police. Eyewitnesses said trouble started when police stepped in to deal with a group of around 40 fans, who had been singing loudly between points on Margaret Court Arena.
Old man Santoro
Melbourne: He is not the tallest, nor the strongest but he has lasted the longest. Frenchman Fabrice Santoro played in his 62nd Grand Slam singles tournament at the Australian Open on Tuesday8212;a record since tennis turned professional in 1968. The 35-year-old eclipsed the achievement of Andre Agassi, who competed in his 61st Slam at the 2006 US Open before retiring.
8220;When you look at the history of game and see all these champions, like Pete Sampras, Agassi, before like Jimmy Connors8230; All these past champions, I8217;m a little bit in front of them,8221; Santoro said after reaching the second round.
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