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Why did the jumbo-tron immediately pan to Cilic's girlfriend after he was presented with the Champion's check for $3 million?laugh.png I know she was probably gleeful at his winning the title but that gleeful expression could be interpreted as quite something else. All that was missing was the 'Ka-ching' cash register sound effects!tongue.png

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And I present that to all the misogynists who squawk at equal prize money. Sometimes entertainment is not about punching a time clock. The Gentleman's Championship at Wimbledon was far more entertaining tha the Ladies Championship but that's the beauty of equal prize money--it is often a trade off. I just wish someone would slam the door on this argument where the sexists are concerned.

Anywho,

I don't know about ESPN, they can be really petty. I don't subscribe to cable so I watch on their WATCH ESPN site because my ISP participates in ESPN3 but I am often frustrated by the piss poor quality of their stream and the blackouts of their matches. I watched most of the U.S. Open on usopen.org. I saw the semifinals and finals on CBSsports.com and the streaming was far superior.

I am kind of lamenting the idea that tennis will only be on paid networks. No longer can people from all walks of life tune in to CBS, NBC, ABC or even PBS to watch. I guess Tennis has given up trying to appeal to the masses and has accepted its niche designation.

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I knew the men's final would tank....and Serena would be doing much better.

ESPN does a lousy job of covering the tennis matches and I agree the ESPN3 coverage is awful...the picture is so bad...I got better picture quality from us open.org.....But this is only for the US Open....ESPN needs to hire Mary Carillo back.....I just cant with some of the broadcasters...

ESPN and ESPN 2 will have matches on...I dont know how all matches will be covered....they havent been able to do that before...and with only 2 channels.....even with my direct tv I only get 6 matches to pick from plus two extra on ESPN 3 which suck cause of the picture quality.

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Novak Djokovic SRB 12290 - - - - - 2
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I thought USOpen.org streamed really well and preferred their announcing to ESPN and CBS.

ESPN has at least 5 different television (non-online) channels: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, and ESPN Classic (which I have) and (a Spanish language one that I don't.) So they may have enough to options for next year. We'll see...

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