Here in Britain, the Brisbane International was split among two networks: Eurosport for men’s tournament and BT Sport for women’s tournament. I assume they got them as part of the general rights deal with ATP and WTA respectively.
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Loving the Fast4 comp in Sydney tonight (it’s on 7mate) 
Social media loving it too.
Just a shame it’s not on the main channel. Last night’s Brisbane final rated very well on mate, indication should’ve been on main channel, could’ve probably done 600k-ish?
So Mel McLaughlin hosted both the Sydney International & Kooyong Classic (via on-site in Sydney)?
Did they both just interchange throughout the afternoon, as per previous years?
Two matches at Kooyong then went to Sydney.
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Is this the first time ever that the AO draw has been shown on TV
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I believe so, yes.
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Looks great, stylish.
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Seven’s relaunched graphics for 2018. The current graphics have been used for six years
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Graphics are an improvement.
Are these definitely new seven graphics as opposed to a broadcast produced by Tennis Australia? They look good but just double checking.
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I think they would be Tennis Australia’s graphics.
You can see Seven’s graphics which are the flat ones, that appear like this:
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Yes, they’re TA graphics.
The draw wasn’t a Seven Sport production, they also just used Hamish.
Great to see it broadcast on FTA!
It used to be drawn on a Friday morning, which they used to show live and then save the Q&A interviews / feedback about the draw until the Sunday. This year they decided to move it to the Thursday night.
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Also the first time the Australian Open draw is held at Melbourne Park and in front of a public audience.
It was awful. 40 minutes or more of waffling before any draw info. And then more waffling. They even spent a couple of minutes talking to Kevin Anderson about his draw. Meanwhile, there was live action in Sydney that they would normally have broadcast instead.
It’s all the rage now - “Slow TV” - after the success of The Ghan. 
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They should have done both draws first then have the interviews/analysis afterwards
Many tennis commentators thought it was grubby having a drug cheat as the drawcard.
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