The Australian Open’s loss of Nick Kyrgios and Ash Barty has not stopped crowds coming through the gates, but fewer are tuning in from home
Questions around how the lack of two of the tournament’s biggest draw cards would affect local interest were partially answered in the first two days of action, though a full picture will not be clear until the end of next week.Attendances, at least, do not appear to have suffered. The opening day brought record crowds through the gates at Melbourne Park, with 49,274 turning out for the day session and 28,670 for the evening.
That was highlighted on Monday night, when its Australian Open coverage recorded an average metropolitan audience of 357,000 – a 44% slide on the Barty-headlining opening night of 2022 . On Tuesday night an average of 462,000 viewers watched the evening session of the tennis, placing second for the day behind only news programs as nine-time champion Novak Djokovic made his much-anticipated return to Melbourne Park and Andy Murray dug deep to oust Matteo Berrettini.
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