Moment unruly influencers disrupted US Open game captured by lifelong attendee. I was shocked

These influencers should stick to their Honey Deuces.When a group of loud-mouthed content creators began shooting a US Open video during the crucial first-round match between Naomi Osaka and Anastasia Zakharova, one astounded fan filmed the racket himself.Danny Singer, a 27-year-old New Yorker who has attended the US Open with his mother for the past two decades, hit “record” on a group of rowdy influencers, and told The Post he wasn’t surprised when court umpire Paula Vieira Souza called out the clickbait clique, directing the “suite behind [her]” to “please take [their] seats.”“When I heard them filming the video, I was shocked that it was in the middle of a point and immediately thought it could distract or disrupt the players,” Singer, who works in sports media, exclusively told The Post.

Besides being a fan, he also served as a ball boy for the Grand Slam tennis tournament from 2013 to 2016.Singer was shocked that a specific suite of online attention-seekers required their own reprimand: “I hadn’t seen that done in my 20+ years of attending the US Open and my three as a ball boy.”In his now-viral vid — which has over 31.5 million views on X — a small crowd of content creators can be heard chanting, “Hey guys, we’re back.Did you miss us? ‘Cause we missed you,” ending with a collective “Woo!” as they wave at an unseen camera.

(The phrase is a TikTok trend parroting a “Kardashians” television show promo.)Singer clarified that the group did two or three takes — “not great tennis etiquette”— before being publicly chastised by Souza.But the disruptive crew was undeterred and kept filming takes, although they began waiting until game sets were finished.“[That was] at least a little better,” said Singer.Singer’s clip wasn’t the only viral bad behavior from the tennis tournament.

Another TikTok shows two women blinding the audience with their ring lights while trying to film and edit their own videos.“Tenn...

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