Lleyton Hewitt boosts Australian Open audience on Seven

The second night of the Australian Open on Seven saw 837,000 metro viewers tune in to watch Lleyton Hewitt take on China’s Ze Zhang, after only 505,000 metro viewers watched it on the main channel on Monday evening.

With no Australian playing in matches broadcast on secondary channel 7Two its audience slumped with only 137,000 metro viewers tuning in.

The Australian Open on the main channel was the most-watched show amongst the 16-39 demographic and was also the most watched non-news show of the evening, helping Seven secure a winning audience share of 23.4 per cent ahead of closest rival’s Nine’s audience share of 19.1 per cent.