It has been agreed that the status quo is the preferred option and the Australian Open will therefore remain in its traditional date in 2007, as opposed to the week later as previously proposed.

Melbourne people are very good at supporting it. We have 100,000 people who come from outside of Melbourne and we would expect those people, that sort of support, to continue.

The Australian Open Centenary of 2005 raised the bar to new levels of excitement and entertainment at the Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific.