An American complained about the timing of the Australian Open tennis final and the entirety of the internet called him out
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Honestly they need to shift the US Open times so we don’t have to watch it at 3am!
— Stevie T (@PistoleroFilms) February 1, 2026
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They don’t help themselves not look stupid at every opportunity, do they?
— Janice (@JanoidLCFC) February 1, 2026
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Sometimes, as an American, I just look at my fellow countrymen, listen to what they say, give them a smile and a thumbs up at say “What are you? A fucking idiot?”
The majority of us grew up with a globe in our classroom or at home. We know where Australia is. use your brain.— ATXMark50 (@AtxMark50) February 1, 2026
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It would have been 50 degrees or there about if they played during the day in Australia….. That’s about 122 degrees in fat screaming eagle freedom units
— East Coast Yowie (@YowieDan) February 1, 2026
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Omg Americans think the world revolves around them. Wake up, sir, your country is NOT the only landmass in the world, in fact you are not the world. As if the Australian Open would change its timing to suit others in a different time zone.(Or are you unaware of time zones?)
— woody (@woody61718123) February 1, 2026
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— theusˢᶜᶠᶜ (@ninomatheus) February 1, 2026
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Staggering replies to this. (Some) Americans really don’t understand how they come off, do they? https://t.co/fwsNlhK0Js
— Vince Rugari (@VinceRugari) February 1, 2026
Talking of which, get a load of this guy.
Australia’s population is approximately that of Texas. I don’t see any issue with all the tournaments trying to optimize start times for international broadcast and local viewing. Like sure the AO can do whatever they want but it doesn’t mean no one should talk about how they…
— Anna Lee – CRE Leasing Lawyer (@CRELeasingLawTX) February 1, 2026
Ooof.
In this part of the world, putting it “at a time to suit international audiences” would mean maximising Chinese or Japanese ratings.
Which would probably mean having it at roughly when wr did.— Michael Shillito (@tealfooty) February 1, 2026
Game, set and match?
But we shouldn’t move on without saying that the original poster @EricBalchunas did take the time out to reply to a few of the responses. Not all of them, obviously, because he’d still be doing it.
Fair take. I deserve the hate
— Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) February 1, 2026
Not too much hate, hopefully.
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