Is focus moving to the close button always user-friendly?

Folks, let's choose a language on Booking. I push the button and see a modal. I want to pay attention focus is moved on the close button. So I push the ↓ key and use ↓ and ↑ keys to start choosing.

Stop! ✋Why I should push the ↓ key? Why can't I start choosing a language immediately? 😒 Actually a closing feature is useful 👍But it isn't the main! So moving focus on the close button isn't well in more cases 😐

And what if focus would be moved to the first language because choosing a language is our main goal 🤔 Then we would make that immediately using ↓ and ↑ keys!☝️

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