Israeli fans power Dudi Sela against irritated Harrison
Israel's Dudi Sela has received a spectacular welcome in his Australian Open first-round match against American Ryan Harrison on court 22.
Sela is well and truly feeling at home thanks to the coordinated chants of the group.
Starting with a 'we love you, Dudi' number, the fans moved on quickly and got a laugh out of the 32-year-old.
The fan support proved handy for Sela, too.
Harrison won the first set 6-3 but it contained a moment of frustration as Harrison reportedly claimed Sela had touched a ball in the air on its way out on an earlier point.
With Harrison still irritated even after many more points had been played, the two brushed each other during an exchange of words at a change of ends:
Sela capitalised after to take the second and third sets before a rain delay interrupted proceedings.
Viewers at home noticed Harrison remained unhappy -- in part because of Sela's loud support -- throughout the match:
Dudi Sela has not even walked onto the court yet and the Israeli fans are already going WILD. Can't wait to see how Harrison deals with them this afternoon.
— Ricky Dimon (@Dimonator) January 15, 2018
Harrison looks infuriated by these Sela fans. I am living.
— 👑 Amy (@everythingtaboo) January 15, 2018
Sela/Harrison so fun as expected. The Israeli fans are making noise, Harrison is predictably annoyed, and we're at a set all with Sela a break up in the third. Much more chaos to come, I'm sure #AusOpen
— Andrew Hendrie (@AndyHendy89) January 15, 2018
These Sela fans are winding Harrison up.
— Daniel (@danielNolefan) January 15, 2018
HAHA all the Israeli fans at the Sela vs Harrison match are gonna piss Harrison off and I LOVE it.
Currently singing -
"We love you Dudi we do"— Joe. (@ProdigyRep) January 15, 2018