Sunday, January 29

'It's the final we had to have. It's the final we never thought we would see. We can dream the impossible dream. It's the dream that will come true.'

This, or something like it, was the TV introduction to the Men's Final of the Australian Tennis Open 2017. Hardly sports journalism at its best. But some producer in Channel 7 decided this was good enough for the uncritical audience who tuned in.

in any other sports event, the organisers would be devastated if the final was fought out between the Number 9 and the Number 17 seeds. But, when the unthinkable happens, you have to make the best of it. It's a shame that the above introduction is the best they could come up with. Still, it matches the quality of the ads which make the telecast possible.