Nine’s Fast4 Tennis watched by 713,000 as rain delayed Ten’s Big Bash
The debut of Nine’s short-format tennis tournament at 7.30pm drew a metro audience of 713,000 to watch Roger Federer take on Lleyton Hewitt.
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The Fast4 Tennis helped Nine secure an audience share of 20.5 per cent, ahead of Seven’s share of 18.4 per cent.
In other sport, Ten’s Big Bash match which saw Adelaide Strikers take on the Sydney Thunder was delayed by rain with the first innings kicking off at 9:05 pm instead of the scheduled 7.30pm. The ten over first innings was watched by 640,000 metro viewers, according to figures from Ten based on OzTam timings, however the second innings lasted just one over before rain halted play.
