1.173m and 851,000 watch Djokovic and Osaka win Australian Open titles, respectively

1.173 million viewers across the five capital cities watched Novak Djokovic win his ninth Australian Open last night, taking out the title in three sets against Daniil Medvedev.

The match, which ran from 7:46pm to 9:29pm, attracted less viewers to Nine than last year’s men’s final, in which Djokovic defeated Dominic Thiem, attracting 1.524 million metro viewers – almost as many as the 1.547 million who watched last night’s final nationally.

Last night’s #ausopen men’s finals match between Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev saw the audience peak with 1.811m viewers (metro: 1.357m reg: 454,000). The average audience through the match was 1.547m (metro: 1.173m reg: 374,000). pic.twitter.com/VGd0xjgVxy