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Another day and another ratings hit for Channel 9’s coverage of the Australian Open with a 28 per cent fall year-on-year for day 2. Heat and rain suspending plays throughout the day and night sessions will doubtless have impacted viewing figures, but perhaps the bigger question is the network’s decision …

7AM – AUSTRALIAN OPEN’S SCHEDULING FARCE The Australian Open’s scheduling backlog and weather issues led to the farcical situation where players went to sleep not knowing whether they were playing at 11am – or 8pm. The tournament was brutalised by Melbourne’s notoriously fickle weather on Tuesday, with delays first forced …