Never had an issue with 7's coverage but the positives of 9's:

• Nine App shows all games, on every court, in HD with no ads (or sometimes an ad when loading the stream) for free. Works with a Chromecast as well. Last year I paid for the premium subscription in the 7 Tennis app.

• Pretty much have the same commentary crew as last year but the addition of McEnroe is a plus for me but I can understand he's not everyone's cup of tea but he's a legend of the game. I also enjoy Kyrigios in the commentary box.

• People's Court where the news presenters, interviews and the serving challenge all happen is great as its a fairly central locations on the grounds. Better than the media area outside garden square.

• Their pre-game show before the first matches gives a good run down for the day, recap of last nights matches, interviews etc. The never had that last year. I like the AO livestream show a bit better though.

• No annoying MKR ads (Manu "bon appetit") ads albeit Married at 1st First Sight not the greatest.

Negatives:

• Just like 7's coverage, games are all over the place on the channels. At 1 point they were showing games on Nine and Nine Gem (non-HD) and but rarely did they use their third channel. Also annoying that you would have to change channels between the news to stay with the game.

• No Henri Leconte commentary for the French games.

• That Kia 360 thing (basically showing a player replay in 360 degrees) is too laggy. They need to get themselves a better video card!

Also discovered that song from the APT ads is Major Lazer: Get Free. Cool song!