Seven’s Tennis pushes over 1m for night two

The second night of play in the Australian Open pushed up audiences for Channel Seven to 1.06m viewers across the five cities, OzTam’s preliminary overnight figures show.

Australian Bernard Tomic’s match with world number one Rafael Nadal from 7pm was the most watched program in its timeslot, despite Tomic dropping out after just three games, 41 minutes into the match.

However play went on between Maria Sharapova and American Bethanie Matteck-Sands and Seven continued to draw the biggest audience in its timeslot, as Seven’s digital channel 7Two was the most watched multi-channel with 416,000 viewers for the tennis.

The matches helped Seven win the greatest audience share with almost 26 per cent, recorded by OzTam, as Nine followed far behind with 18.9 per cent.