Hewitt’s battling loss helps Seven to win on night of sporting drama
Tennis came through on a sport-heavy night for TV viewers last night with Lleyton Hewitt’s five-set loss to Bejamin Becker proving more compelling than the Soceroos in the Asian Cup and Brett Lee’s final game at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Seven’s night coverage of the Australian Open was the most watched non-news show of the evening with 888,000 viewers, with 436,000 sticking with the late session on the channel.
Tim Cahill’s heroics in the Asian Cup quarter final between Australia and China had an audience of 618,000 on ABC from 9.30pm, the biggest audience so far for the tournament. Fox Sports’ live coverage got 286,000 viewers.
I know you’re talking purely in terms of channel viewership, but it seems a bit disingenuous to say Lleyton Hewitt was more popular than the Socceroos game. The Socceroos game had 618,000 on ABC and 286,000 on Fox, giving it an overall viewership of 904,000 and trumping Hewitt’s 888,000.
Internationally the Asian Cup has been receiving massive number of eyeballs according to SBS ‘Asian Cup provides staggering statistics’ http://tinyurl.com/lhovhwo
Will Australian business and enterprises be able to capitalise upon this exposure, or do the Socceroos not fit their Oz stereotype or image?
What a moving video you have made of Novak. Thankyou Jacobs Creek.