Seven - AO Tennis 2011 media kit - Seven West Media
Seven - AO Tennis 2011 media kit - Seven West Media
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HAMISH McLACHLAN<br />
HOST<br />
- AUSTRALIAN OPEN<br />
Hamish McLachlan comes from a strong sporting background with management<br />
and broadcast experience on a national and international level with sports<br />
including AFL, Olympics, tennis and cricket.<br />
Over the past three years Hamish has hosted Channel 7’s AFL Game Day<br />
alongside some of the biggest names in the game including Leigh Matthews,<br />
Matthew Richardson and Tim Watson.<br />
Hamish has also featured in Channel 7’s Melbourne Cup Carnival racing<br />
coverage and provided commentary at the Australian Open tennis.<br />
A lover of sport since childhood tennis was always high on high on the agenda<br />
through his teen years before being riddled with 10 knee operations.<br />
“It is a lonely place a tennis court. There is now where to hide. It is just you. No<br />
trainer in the corner, no team mate, no coach, no one in your ear or yelling out of<br />
a car to you as you ride. It is you, and your opponent,” says Hamish.<br />
“I reckon tennis is the ultimate gladiator sport. The Australian Open brings those<br />
players to us here in Melbourne and allows us 14 days to watch the very best in<br />
the world from three feet away, to sort out who can win seven matches in a row.<br />
“In Raffa and Roger we have two Gods of the sport. You need to be aware that<br />
we have been treated for the past five years or so and are still being served up<br />
one of the world’s greatest ever sporting rivalries that will be discussed for<br />
generations to come.<br />
“They are both hitting the ball as well as they ever have – the ATP Final in<br />
London another sensational encounter, they are both fit, and as a result of having<br />
each other to challenge themselves, they are both seemingly as hungry as they<br />
have ever been to win Grand Slams. I think Roger will win it. I say that without<br />
confidence because with Raffa about, it is never an easy essay and he is<br />
shooting for the “Raffa Slam”.<br />
On the women’s side Hamish fancies Kim Clijsters chances:<br />
“I will go with Kim to win here again and join Roger to make it a ‘Mums and Dads<br />
Slam’”.
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