Australia, 24 October 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Tim Davies is an Australian media character.
Throughout knowledgeable profession spanning 20 years, he has labored as a presenter and producer on tv and radio.
He’s greatest recognized for delivering high-energy dwell crosses on the 9 Community’s At the moment Present, having been the breakfast tv program’s climate presenter since 2020. This position sees him report dwell from Melbourne Park in the course of the Australian Open every summer season.
Davies displays on his favorite tennis experiences in our Movie star Match sequence …
Inform us about your tennis expertise. Do you play?
I did go to a tennis camp as a child throughout my college holidays and I cherished it. Clearly my capacity was not fairly as much as scratch, however tennis is a kind of sports activities the place you possibly can decide up a racquet, have a success and nonetheless be social and have enjoyable at any age or stage.
Who’re your favorite tennis gamers to observe?
I like watching the tennis, particularly the Australian Open. With Channel 9 being the house of the tennis broadcast, we get to go down and take all of it in. I’m a bit old skool by way of having fun with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. I’ve all the time cherished watching their matches. However on the similar time, seeing among the new abilities coming by way of is exceptional.
Tim Davies (proper) with At the moment Present colleague Alex Cullen on the Australian Open. Image: Tennis Australia
Together with your job, you get to expertise the Australian Open up shut and private. What have been among the highlights?
Anytime you get to go on court docket at Rod Laver Enviornment in the course of the center of the Open. But additionally seeing all the opposite activations and completely different ways in which tennis is reaching out to the neighborhood with completely different types of the video games for youngsters and adults, that’s additionally actually enjoyable. I feel Cardio Tennis is a superb concept – I must do extra of that! It’s a great way to get match and concerned within the recreation.
In the event you might meet and interview any participant from tennis historical past, who would you select?
In all probability John McEnroe as a result of he’s such a unfastened unit. You simply by no means know the place he may go or what might annoy him or fireplace him up, so that will be an entire heap of enjoyable.
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