The Tennis Thread

[Toups]

Djoker!  Can't believe the big three are still going strong like this, when it was suppose to be done years ago.  The next wave isn't here yet!

[Faulkner]

Novak and Angie cutting a rug.

 

 

 

 

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Edited July 15, 2018 by Faulkner

[juppiter]

Men’s thoughts: Djokovic is a heel and it’s fun. Happy for him. Anderson has sexy abs. Both men’s semifinals matches were historic and I don’t think Wimbledon should adopt tiebreaker... it’s rare but fun when this happens. I was in a Dominican barber shop of all places during Anderson/Isner and people were transfixed by it. The six year old boy sitting next to me waiting for a haircut, who was absolutely hilarious and awesome, was shocked when I told him it had been going on six hours and was desperate to know if it would ever end. Good for the sport. 

 

Women’s thoughts: Kerber’s odds were underrated. Serena had an ideal draw and only Giorgi gave her any trouble until Kerber. Still, Serena in her prime gives Kerber much more of a run for her money. It just shows that Serena isn’t 100% yet. That she isn’t 100% yet and she made the finals is amazing, but people shouldn’t be so down on her. Idk. The media built her up too much. Kerber was always going to be a huge threat to her considering Kerber has beaten her in a GS final before. 

Edited July 16, 2018 by juppiter

[Fevuh]

The camera work in the men's final was awful....they cut to the wives a couple of times and the serve and return happened while the camera was on them...they showed Anderson's shoes and the dirt a couple of times while the serve went off.  It's like, OK he has blisters.  It's not like you're showing his actual feet, it's just his damn dirty shoes.  A couple of points from the side angle....like, LEAVE the camera from the back/end view and STAHHHHP it.  

[Faulkner]

This actually bothered me a lot in the final and other matches as well. Lots of missed serves because the camera was lingering elsewhere. ESPN did a very poor job this Wimbledon, and it wasn’t much better last year. It’s almost as if they didn’t value the actual sport being played.

[Soapsuds]

Considering the ESPN commentators did so much yapping and showed little to no tennis and the winner/matches were awful....it fits that the final would be dreadfully telecasted. 

[DramatistDreamer]

ESPN was too busy trying to bamboozle people into paying more for their glitchy streaming service ESPN+.

Because the tournament was so lackluster this year, it didn't even bother me that ESPN was holding so many of their matches hostage on +.  I watched whatever was available on ESPN3, The Wimbledon Channel and their Spanish language streaming channel.  I refused to pay more for more crappy delivery.

Edited July 16, 2018 by DramatistDreamer

[DramatistDreamer]

By the way, in case you're not completely sick of tennis for the week, World Team Tennis is streaming live on their website and also on You Tube:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfh6cjWBkLo

[Soapsuds]

Thanks for posting it!  

[DramatistDreamer]

You're welcome. Too bad the Kastles don't have Venus or Martina Hingis playing for them tonight, they could use them badly. They're relying on Madison Brengle to carry the team.

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Edited July 17, 2018 by DramatistDreamer

[Soapsuds]

 And also playing is Ryan Harrison's sister in law......I never cared for her game....LOL

[DramatistDreamer]

 

McHale was borderline useless in the MXD and WD sets.  She barely scraped the last point together to get women's doubles to salvage the set.

 

There's another match on, being livestreamed.

If you look to the right at the column under Up Next you'll see the other match--Orange County Breakers vs. Springfield Lasers.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0k-4OnxYs8

[Soapsuds]

She's just as useless as her brother in law.....LOL

Thanks!

[DramatistDreamer]

 

You're welcome again. And I wasn't kidding about Brengle.  She literally just pulled the team from behind into the lead with only the men's singles left to be played. Hopefully Frances can maintain the lead and close the match out for the night.

[Soapsuds]

https://deadline.com/2018/07/wimbledon-ladies-championship-espn-saturday-ratings-up-1202426845/

 

The women's final registered a 2.1 HH rating and peaked at 2.4. Up from last year's 1.7 which featured sister Venus vs Mugu.