"Disrtespectful" - Osaka and Pegula critical of some 'influencer' behaviour at US Open

SNTV
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Sep 4, 2026
I mean that's a really tough question. I think obviously if you come to a sporting event you
have to respect the sport and I feel like it's common courtesy to like read up on the sport
especially like the etiquette and I mean I feel like it could be a good thing for people to
make the sport of tennis popular to their specific audience but I think it has to be managed a lot
better especially in the situation like my first round match. So yeah overall I think there's
huge positives and I'm not the one to like what do you say not like you want people to continue to
grow the sport. I just think it has to be in a way that everyone knows the rules and the etiquette.
I think that I can appreciate you know the influencers coming and kind of showcasing like
the US Open experience. I think that's something that the US Open has utilized a lot as far as
food and drinks and things to do in the shops and that part is part of a fan experience and something
that people might not know and make them want to go but I do think that it's tough when you see
videos like that when you know they're taking pictures and using the selfie lights and you
know it's like people are down there trying to perform and like their career and their job and
it seems like a bit disrespectful so I think it's gotten a little maybe too much it feels like this
year. I don't know I think I again I can appreciate one side of it but I think when you have the other
side literally interrupting matches it gets
