Media Picks for Roland Garros

Chanchai · 05-24-2004, 11:36 AM

Just an idea here... sort of a look at the various media's ideas of Roland Garros favorites, especially ultimate favorites. See how they're promoting players, decisions, etc... So I'd also like to hear from others here what their local, international, and online media suggest as the favorite to win.

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ESPN (US) -- ROGER FEDERER. They're pretty much promoting Federer as the clear favorite. Their "list of stories to tell via TV" seems to be exclusive only to previous Grand Slam winners. It feels so narrow-minded to me that aside from a few mentions from Patrick McEnroe and Mal Washington (via website where he at least declares my three picks as favorites: FEDERER, Coria, Moya). The coverage HARDLY TALKS ABOUT CORIA, how can you really ignore him?! It's ESPN USA...

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (aka Jon Wetheim) -- GUILLERMO CORIA. He declared it, Coria's the winner of 2004.

NBC (Bud Collins) -- CARLOS MOYA. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5022614/

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Anybody care to add to the list? Include WTA picks if you want as well. (BTW, my picks in order are CORIA, Federer, Moya. My darkhorse is David Nalbandian. I want to pick Ferrero, but I obviously have reasons for huge doubts this year.)

-Chanchai

05-24-2004, 11:36 AM	#1
Chanchai Semi-Pro Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 788	Media Picks for Roland Garros Just an idea here... sort of a look at the various media's ideas of Roland Garros favorites, especially ultimate favorites. See how they're promoting players, decisions, etc... So I'd also like to hear from others here what their local, international, and online media suggest as the favorite to win. ========== ESPN (US) -- ROGER FEDERER. They're pretty much promoting Federer as the clear favorite. Their "list of stories to tell via TV" seems to be exclusive only to previous Grand Slam winners. It feels so narrow-minded to me that aside from a few mentions from Patrick McEnroe and Mal Washington (via website where he at least declares my three picks as favorites: FEDERER, Coria, Moya). The coverage HARDLY TALKS ABOUT CORIA, how can you really ignore him?! It's ESPN USA... SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (aka Jon Wetheim) -- GUILLERMO CORIA. He declared it, Coria's the winner of 2004. NBC (Bud Collins) -- CARLOS MOYA. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5022614/ ========== Anybody care to add to the list? Include WTA picks if you want as well. (BTW, my picks in order are CORIA, Federer, Moya. My darkhorse is David Nalbandian. I want to pick Ferrero, but I obviously have reasons for huge doubts this year.) -Chanchai

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