# Tennis: Cheap tickets will be limited at the Australian Open for the first time to prevent overcrowding. The organisers say the Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne experienced long queues and crowding at this year’s event in January. Allocations of daily ground passes, sold for 560-rand, will be capped for the first week of the tournament as they expect a stronger demand than ever. Reuters reports a record crowd of 1,3-million attended this year’s tournament, where Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan were crowned singles champions.
Tennis: Australian Open limits cheap tickets to prevent overcrowding