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1.4 and 2.0 million, down 8%
in viewership from last year's
title match and 17% from
Serena-Muguruza in 2015.
In Great Britain, the quarter-
final between Johanna
Konta and Simona Halep at
7.4m viewers became the
most watched Wimbledon
Ladies’ match on BBC
record, while the final
peaked at 4.7m.
But that was not enough to
be loved. According to
Sports Media Watch, in the
Usa the French Open
women's final had a 0.7
ratings and 1.1 million
viewers, the lowest for any
Roland Garros title-match
since 1996, “down 36% in
ratings and 28% in
viewership from Garbine
Muguruza–Serena Williams
last year (1.1, 1.5M) and
down 50% and 46%
respectively from Williams-
Lucie Safarova in 2015 (1.4,
2.0M)”.
The first all-American Us
Open women's semifinals
since 1981 and Sloane
Stephens' cinderella run to
glory predictably increased
the viewership of the Open
final in the United States.
That seemed, however, the
casual effect of patriotic
pride that moved and
involved casual viewers.
Otherwise, passionate fans
devoted to women's tennis
agreed with Johanna Konta.
”More credit needs to be
given” to women's tennis,
she said to the Reuters
news agency. “There is so
much talk that the women’s
draw is so open. But it’s
open in the sense of there
are so many amazing
players. We have the depth.”
Despite Venus Williams
contesting the title to
Muguruza at her 20th
Wimbledon, the It's incredible, the Brit No.1
stated, “what is happening
this year, because it’s very
different from the previous
year where maybe one or
two players are dominating.
We feel like every week
Championships final pulled a there is the best players,