Iga Swiatek gets booed at the Australian Open after making a VERY controversial comment about the Melbourne vs Sydney rivalry

Iga Swiatek put a blemish on her stellar performance at this year’s Australian Open when she sidelined the crowd after her win on Thursday by claiming Sydney has better coffee than Melbourne.

The Victorian capital takes great pride in the quality of its brews and its perceived coffee superiority over Sydney is often reflected in the long-standing rivalry between the two cities.

Swiatek was speaking to Channel Nine’s Jelena Dokic after her win over Rebecca Sramkova when the topic turned to the subject of good cups of Java.

“I know you’re a big coffee lover and coffee drinker. What is Iga Swiatek’s coffee order and how does Melbourne coffee compare to the rest of the world? Be careful what you say here,” Dokic asked.

“I have to say I’ve found better coffee shops in Sydney,” Swiatek replied, prompting a loud cheer from the crowd.

The four-time French Open champion then tried to get the fans back on side.

Melburnians are known for boasting that their coffee shops (pictured) have an edge over what’s on offer in Harbor City

‘But no, no, no guys, the thing is it’s not easy for me to fall asleep either, so during a grand slam I’m a little bit, you know, my coffee level has to be a little bit lower, so I’m alone but I drank it before the game, so I didn’t do the proper research,” she explained.

‘Sorry for my answer… generally I think it’s hard to get the wrong coffee in Australia… every coffee shop has really great quality, and my order will always be flat white with oat milk.’

Dokic replied: ‘You saved a match point there.’

Melburnians were also up in arms when a survey revealed that Harbor City is Australia’s coffee capital, with Sydneysiders drinking more cups of the brew per week than their Victorian counterparts.

Swiatek’s win means she will face former US Open champion Emma Raducanu in an important third round match at the Australian Open

The Pole showed no mercy to outdo Sramkova at the Rod Laver Arena, winning 6-0, 6-2.

Sramkova won just 10 points in a lopsided first set, a number she matched in the first four games of the second as she fought to make it more of a match.

Dokic joked that Swiatek (pictured in her win over Rebecca Sramkova on Thursday) saved a match point when she tried to calm the crowd

But the second-seeded Pole was keen to get the job done as quickly as possible at Rod Laver Arena and closed out the match on her first match point in just 60 minutes.

“I felt very solid today, it was an efficient match,” said the 23-year-old Swiatek, whose best performance at the Open was a run to reach the semi-finals in 2022.

‘I’m happy that I kept my focus.

“Sometimes if it seems a little easy, it can cause problems later because your focus might be off.”

Raducanu, 22, had to work considerably harder in her second round encounter against close friend Amanda Anisimova before advancing 6-3 7-5.

“It’s incredibly difficult when you play against a friend, it adds a new dimension to the match and not necessarily a pleasant one,” said Raducanu, who made tennis history at the 2021 US Open when she became the first player – male or woman – who won a major as a qualification.