9Gem finishes coverage 11:43pm
Main channel finished 11:58pm
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For once it sounds like Nine made the right call.
Just because an Australian is playing it doesn’t mean everything should be dropped to show it. People want to see world class tennis, not blindly support someone because they happen to be Australian. That approach is very American.
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Promo during the tennis last night made it sound like Nine are showing every Aussie match today
And the rubbish from Murdoch Press, newsCorp continues…
If it is Nine or Ten they are always all over it with a negative newspaper report!
I hope this organisation fails shortly. It’s not a gamble for nine, it’s the ausopen, Australians watch it no matter what!
Also the rights that were $500m aren’t even for this year, so this year Nine are making money for jam!
Ffs that organisation is worse than a fully used nappy after the kid accidentally had a curry!
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Was it from Annette Sharp? She did a similar article two years ago.
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This article was written by Julian Linden.
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9Gem goes 43min over, Channel 9 goes 2min under. LOL.
That’s disappointing to see then and bizarre for him to be writing a media-angled article. Almost seems as if someone pushed him to write that. I mean after last year’s stratospheric high with Barty and Nadal, you could’ve forecast 12 months ago that News Corp (and Seven) would be eager to shoot off articles like this at the first sign of some drama, maybe to make them feel better about their own investments not living up to expectations.
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Even the grammar on the teaser doesn’t seem to make sense - “went all in the tennis” ??.
Far enough to write such an article after the tournament (or perhaps the first week) when viewer numbers are in.
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Enjoying the Broadcast’s so far, Emma Lawrence is quite underrated on 9Gem, a welcomed addition to the team as is Nick McArdle.
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I think Emma Lawrence is a very good addition to Nine’s tennis coverage. Previously, she worked on FOxtel and Channel 10. Emma Lawrence has a lot of charisma compared to Tony Jones.
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Emma will probably be part of Nine’s Olympic coverage next year. Stan Sport just taking a world feed
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Play suspended on outside courts due to heat, wonder what matches they’ll take now?
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A dead tree has more charisma than TJ does.
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Nine coverage really good today actually.
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UPDATE: No matches will resume on outdoor courts before 5pm (AEDT).
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No. They will most likely play as many as they can but some may have to be finished tomorrow
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There are currently 10 matches suspended due to heat and a heap more will be delayed. No chance of all of them being abandoned.
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Didn’t get a chance to post this earlier
Australian Open 2023 broadcast schedule: Day 2
The Aussies are out in full force today, with Kimberly Birrell kicking off the day, followed by Jordan Thompson and Alexei Popyrin in their first round matches before Thanasi Kokkinakis goes up against Italian veteran Fabio Fognini to round out the day session.
Lighting up the night session from 7.00pm, Alex De Minaur goes head-to-head against Taiwan’s Yu Hsiou Hsu.
Novak Djokovic, nine-time Australian Open men’s champion making his return to Melbourne Park, headlines the night session against Roberto Carballes Baena of Spain.
On Channel 9HD, the coverage will be hosted by James Bracey, Roz Kelly and Tony Jones, while on 9Gem, Nick McArdle, Emma Lawrence and Seb Costello will host Nine’s broadcast.
Commentary throughout the tournament will be provided by Jim Courier, Todd Woodbridge, Lleyton Hewitt, Jelena Dokic, Dylan Alcott, Casey Dellacqua, Sam Smith, Alicia Molik, Mark Philippoussis, Darren Cahill and Peter Psaltis.
Additional off-court reporting will come from Alicia Loxley, Matthew Pavlich, Clint Stanaway, Danika Mason and Madeline Slattery.
Throughout the duration of the tournament, Channel 9HD and 9GemHD will have the best matches and biggest moments live and free across 276 hours of tennis coverage.
9Now will provide every point of every match, at any time on the device of your choosing, in full HD, with the new start-over button allowing fans to watch from the start of each session.
DAY SESSION
Starts 11.00am AEDT
KIMBERLY BIRRELL (AUS) v KAIA KANEPI (EST) [31]
JORDAN THOMPSON (AUS) v J.J. WOLF (USA)
ALEXEI POPYRIN (AUS) v CHUN-HSIN TSENG (TPE)
THANASI KOKKINAKIS (AUS) v FABIO FOGNINI (ITA)
ANDREY RUBLEV [5] v DOMINIC THIEM (AUT)
HOLGER RUNE (DEN) [9] v FILIP KRAJINOVIC (SRB)
NIGHT SESSION
Starts 7.00pm AEDT
ALEX DE MINAUR (AUS) [22] v YU HSIOU HSU (TPE)
NOVAK DJOKOVIC (SRB) [4] v ROBERTO CARBALLES BAENA (ESP)
ONS JABEUR (TUN) [2] v TAMARA ZIDANSEK (SLO)
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It’s a knockout tournament?
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Clearing up confusion, I meant for the day and resume the games tomorrow, not call off the matches. 