Australian Open 2010 [2]

[Dr Awkward]

653,000 people across 14 days!!!!

The Australian Open IS the biggest and best sporting event in the southern hemisphere and that fact is awesome.

Sounds like someone has been getting sucked into the endless channel 7 and tennis australia boasting about crowd figures.

But yes I do actually agree with you

Edit: Actually no. AFL GF

 

[pepsi]

hahaha I hate channel 7, and yes the AFL GF could be the biggest. I guess just a matter of opinion.

 

[Leo Barry You Star]

Did all No. 1 seeds win?
Federer, Paes/Black, Serena, Bryan brothers and Williams sisters?

 

[Thrawn]

The Australian Open IS the biggest and best sporting event in the southern hemisphere and that fact is awesome.

Why do people keep on saying this as if it really matters much?

 

[alfy!]

Williams sisters?

they were seeded number 2 weren't they?

 

[pepsi]

Why do people keep on saying this as if it really matters much?

Doesn't really matter that much. How bout I leave it at being an awesome event and I am bloody happy that it is in Melbourne and I can attend it every year.

 

[Dr Awkward]

Williams were actually seeded No. 2 but I think that they only play the slam events.

 

[Power King]

Why do people keep on saying this as if it really matters much?

Agreed.

The southern hemisphere excludes North America and Europe, so to be the best in the southern hemisphere at something isn't THAT remarkable achievement if we're talking worldly things.

Still, I love the AO and am proud of its prestigious place on the world stage.

 

[XFactor1979]

hahaha I hate channel 7, and yes the AFL GF could be the biggest. I guess just a matter of opinion.

how can the afl grand final be the bloody biggest event when only 2.6 million viewers tuned in to watch the coverage on the day. on top of the 90000 at the ground?

its a 10th of the entire population of australia

... victorians!

 

[Dr Awkward]

Haha nah I wasn't serious. Obviously the AO is the biggest we have but AFL GF is still the best

 

[gaelictiogar]

653,000 people across 14 days!!!!

The Australian Open IS the biggest and best sporting event in the southern hemisphere and that fact is awesome.

You mean bigger than a Collingwood intra club kickabout? Surely not

 

[pepsi]

how can the afl grand final be the bloody biggest event when only 2.6 million viewers tuned in to watch the coverage on the day. on top of the 90000 at the ground?

its a 10th of the entire population of australia

... victorians!

I don't want to get into this type of argument, but I don't think that only 2.6 million people watched the AFL grand final last year. What about the pubs, clubs, bbq's, people at the game (100,000), fed square?? Those people are not included when counting how many people watch the gf. I would be confident that 4 million would be watching the grand final.

 

[legitimatic]

Why do people keep on saying this as if it really matters much?

Because it sounds much more impressive.

 

[XFactor1979]

I don't want to get into this type of argument, but I don't think that only 2.6 million people watched the AFL grand final last year. What about the pubs, clubs, bbq's, people at the game (100,000), fed square?? Those people are not included when counting how many people watch the gf. I would be confident that 4 million would be watching the grand final.

lets see...

we have more than half the women who dont watch sport

the people of queensland and nsw

the people who dont care about sport (yes there is a lot of people who dont)

bottom line 2.6 million. is that acceptable by your account now?

also ONLY 2.6 million people in the whole world watched the afl grand final. not many people in england, or the rest of the world will be doing that. the australian open final was way more than that

 

[matt_897]

Please stop this stupid arguement in a tennis forum, one sport is on a world scale, the other is on a national scale, it really is a pointless arguement.

 

[Russian]

Thread's too long anyway