Just when I was learning to deal with the mad combination of beer, elephants and electricity it seems that history has repeated itself with Aussies playing the part of the pachyderms and tennis replacing volts:

Full-strength beer could go the way of the now- eliminated public betting shop by 2009, as desperate Australian Open officials try to curb a run of violence at the Grand Slam event. Substituting low-alcohol brew for full-strength beer with is one of the options on the table after Tuesday's ugly incident, in which police gassed a group of rowdy Greek spectators in a mid-match confrontation at the Margaret Court arena.