There are few Australians left, and if Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic lose the rankings will plummet.
Now for a little bit of want and hope TV from the 9 Community because it and its Fairfax PR rags attempt to flip the Australian Open tennis into one thing thrilling — and principally Australian-less. And if Djokovic or Nadal occur to lose, it is going to find yourself a rankings debacle. Nonetheless, it was good to see wins from youthful Australians Jason Kubler, Rinky Hijikata and Olivia Gadecki, and veteran John Millman additionally received on the primary day.
The primary evening of the Open (476,000 nationally) wasn’t sufficient to push 9 dwelling in prime time over Seven regardless of simply topping to the latter’s Large Bash sport (442,000). Ten’s newest ep of The Bachelors Australia lifted to its greatest figures up to now — 420,000 — something however the tennis or BB?
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