What about Kooyong Classic? In fact the tournament website and Twitter account have not been updated since January, so I am not sure if the tournament will even go ahead next year.
I dont think anyone will miss it that much if it goes. I hated it when Seven would show a Kooyong exibition match over matches at the Sydney International.
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The draw for next year’s Davis Cup qualifiers was held during this week. Australia will play Bosnia-Herzegovina for the first time, at home in February 1-2, the weekend after the Australian Open men’s singles final on January 27. The winner will join 11 other countries in the 18-team Davis Cup Finals in Madrid, Spain in late 2019. The plans for the revamped tournament are for a week-long World Cup-style national team event in the current November Davis Cup slot.
The ITF also announced that La Caja Mágica in Madrid would host the Davis Cup Finals in 2019 and 2020.
Waaaaaaaay too loooooong!
And so everything is new and at a new level… well let’s see!?
I think you’ll find that was a presentation video more so than a promo for TV… it was no doubt put together as a pitch video for advertising etc. and then obtaining the rights. Hence the detail and length of it. It’s no doubt being used on air as a filler/promo because it’s available
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Tony Jones will do the ground interviews taking over from Basil
New short promo on Australian Open 2019 aired tonight between Nine News and NRL Grand Final coverage.
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I’m finding these tennis promos from Nine bordering on ridiculous given how long before the coverage begins. Isn’t there something else that Nine could be promoting?
World Cup of Golf? Tour Down Under (if Nine still has the rights)?
The voice of Basil Zempalis featuring heavily in Channel 9’s Tennis promos.
Well, for the people that don’t follow sporting rights on tv that cricket won’t be starting on nine soon because they have the tennis…
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Who cares. Nine paid for the Australian Open. They can (and should) promote as they see fit. Especially in Melbourne because Nine no longer have a major sport outside this which is popular in that market.
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Think Nine needs to promote the tennis more than they probably would in future years just to make people aware that they have the AO & not Seven
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Here’s the promo:
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Seems like a waste to be promoting it in October. People are going to watch the tennis regardless of these promos.
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Most Australians only care for Tennis for 2 weeks of the year, a couple of days after the final, most of us wouldn’t even remember who won the tournament.
Says you.
As I’ve said, disagree but perhaps they could go a bit easier on it.
Seriously?
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A lot of people would probably still be unaware that Nine & Seven have swapped Summer sports. Hence, you got Nine running tennis promos in Summer and Seven emphasizing that they’re the new ‘home’ of cricket
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Highly unlikely at least for Seven, who have been running those 7HD cricket teasers ad nauseam for months on end now across their channels…
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Well that makes more sense