Sinner-Alcaraz, Listen to Record TV: all data minute by minute

Five hours and 29 minutes of an epic game. From the early afternoon to the threshold of the first evening of an unforgettable Sunday for the public. Sinner-Alcaraz It will remain for a long time in the mind of those who were there, on the stands of the Chatrier field and on television. And precisely on TV the audience was by national-population phenomenon, which has now become the Italian number 1 of the racket. Yesterday’s match recorded 5 million viewers, adding up the data of the nine and Eurosport, given the decision of the licensee of the TV rights of Roland Garros, Warner Bros. Discovery, to propose the event also on his channel in the clear.

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In terms of audience, the most viewed tennis match of the story remains Sinner-Djokovic, the final of the ATP Finals 2023, with 6.7 million viewers. But there is a but, indeed two. That game was broadcast by Raiuno (as well as Sky), able to intercept a much wider audience than the ninth remote control channel. And it lasted less than two hours. Yesterday’s numbers are crazy. Maintaining an average of 5 million spectators over 5 and a half hours in the afternoon is an exceptional company. Moreover, the share, equal to 38%, is greater than 35.7% of 2023. Almost four out of ten people in front of the TV followed the tennis marathon. Francesco Siliato explains, study partner Phrases: “Attention and listening to the final of Roland Garros who enters the history of events, including television, have record values, but not equally divided into sex and geographical areas. The listening share of men is in fact 45%, that of women stops at 31%. It means that the final of the final is composed for 58% by men and only for 42%. It is not homogeneous: if the North East has a 44% share and the North West of 43%, the share drops to 39% for Central Italy and collapses at 23% for south and islands.

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By studying the curve of the plays, then, other interesting things are discovered. Based on the data that were provided to us by Studio Phrases, the Paris final recorded the peak of listening in the highlight of the fifth set, at the beginning of the super tie break that would have given the Spanish trophy: 7.2 million viewers. In detail, the game, which began at 3.28 pm, initially involves 3.6 million people, in a crescendo dotted with the evolutions on the field: 4.3 million when Sinner conquers the first set, 5 million when playing the tie break of the second. In the fourth set, on 5-3, the blue has three consecutive matches points: in these situations there are 5.7 million Italians to follow him. And the public increases to 6.1 million during the following tie break. The illusion disappears, Alcaraz joins Jannik and puts the arrow, the less faithful followers abandon the transmissions, so much so that on the 2-0 for the Spaniard in the fifth set the audience drops to 5.2 million. But Sinner does not give up and also recalls those who had lost hopes: around 20.30, with the counterbreak of the 5 even, the ratings date back to 6.8 million. And reach the peak at 20.48, when the final tie break begins, with 7.2 million. Alcaraz dominates him and at 8.57 pm he raises his arms in the sky, in front of 6 million viewers.