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30th Jan 2017

This guy sneaked his way into the Australian Open final and bagged himself an amazing seat

Some people have all the luck.

Conor Heneghan

This guy has some brass neck, but it worked out a treat.

We’ve seen in recent years that some people just have a habit of blagging their way into major sporting events, whether it’s the Superbowl, UFC 205 or Wrestlemania.

Dubliner Jeff Dalton continued the tradition in Melbourne on Sunday, where he managed to bear witness to the latest glorious moment in the incredible career of Roger Federer, who claimed his 18th Grand Slam title with victory over his old rival Rafael Nadal in a five-set thriller.

Jeff had bought a ground pass for the final and watched the first set on the big screen in Melbourne Park before deciding to chance his arm to see if he could gain entry to Rod Laver Arena itself.

We’ll let Jeff, a massive Roger Federer fan, take up the story from here; safe to say, it turned out to be quite the day.

Not a bad view of proceedings at all…