jamesblakefan#1
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WS doubles over 5th set men's QF. Discuss.
ESPN coverage of slams is horrible
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Why do they keep showing the Williams!?
jamesblakefan#1
G.O.A.T.
And they cut to commercial after Venus holds, instead of cutting over to the men's match. What a joke.
lidoazndiabloboi
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PLEASE WILLIAM SISTERS!! LOSE THE MATCH
so we dont have to watch your stupid coverage anymore
so we dont have to watch your stupid coverage anymore
Buckethead
Banned
Just look at what they're showing now instead Djokovic X melzer.
Williams Sister relevant match
ESPN is a fuc.. joke
Williams Sister relevant match
ESPN is a fuc.. joke
BreakPoint
Bionic Poster
ESPN is clueless!!!!
We need a Williams sisters-free network to cover tennis.
We need a Williams sisters-free network to cover tennis.
They did the same thing during Soderling/Cilic's match.
Just be thankful the women's double final will not overlap with the men's final.
Buckethead
Banned
Don't pull that shi... man
Nobody can say anything about the sistas ,because it's called racism.
That's pathetic.
It's racism against other players and matches that the W. sisters get all the coverage and other players don't
Buckethead
Banned
I guess ESPN likes to see how many balls they can hit at their opponents
Surprised no one has picked up on this yet.
jamesblakefan#1
G.O.A.T.
TheTruth
G.O.A.T.
Thought I appreciate being able to see all 4 slams on TV, I think ESPN's coverage is horrible. First of all, what's the deal with having certain days where there is no coverage at all? Not everyone has the Tennis Channel to watch matches on those off days (if that is your ploy to get people to get the Tennis Channel, shame on you).
In addition, the number of matches they show is just not good at all, I mean USA did such a great job with the US Open and French Open, it's a shame that now ESPN has coverage of all 4 slams we as viewers are suffering. Or atleast I think I am
advise to ESPN, try to do as good a job as USA did.
USA did a phenomenal job. ESPN, acts like tennis is an afterthought!
jamesblakefan#1
G.O.A.T.
First WS doubles being shown over singles.
Guamanian G
Rookie
A bias to American players is an understatement! They freakin worship them
Backbored
Hall of Fame
Take a good look at the sponsors, and then look at what player’s they are pimping.
Also look at them showing a live interview of a player over a live game. There is no other sport that this happens. To cut away from live action to show some lame interview. Why????
yemenmocha
Professional
ESPN's coverage is atrocious. I agree with most of the negative sentiments expressed here.
I don't give a S&^%*( what Gilbert or any other commentator thinks about the draw (and having to look at just the draw while they speculate), and they did this when they could have been showing any number of matches.
Show tennis. It's simple.
I don't give a S&^%*( what Gilbert or any other commentator thinks about the draw (and having to look at just the draw while they speculate), and they did this when they could have been showing any number of matches.
Show tennis. It's simple.
bayoozen33
Rookie
Not sure if anyone mentioned this yet but ESPN was showing Williams sisters doubles match over the 5th set of Ferrero/Malisse and 4th set of Isner/Mahut. I'm glad I could just laugh it off because I have the Direct TV 5 court coverage, but if I didn't have that I would have been pissed.
WildVolley
Legend
The early coverage on ESPN is certainly not catering to tennis players. For some reason, they spend a lot of time showing announcers in the booth talking when there are many matches going on? What is up with that? We can watch a match and listen to your blabber at the same time.
This is why Americans aren't interested. For other sports, the game is holy. You do not cut away from a football game. ESPN has this attitude where you can cut to and fro and totally ruins any suspense, any drama, any feelings that a match has going. If you keep cutting away, you can't get a sense of what is going on in a match.
RIDICULOUS
Thank you. My sentiments exactly
powerslave
Rookie
Things can only improve if someone can compete with ESPN when it comes to broadcasting rights for the game; things are even tricky for tennis as there is no half time unlike football.
sillymonkey
Hall of Fame
Hannah Storm [is that her f*#&ing name?] is horrible!!! I really miss Chris Fowler running the desk. She NEVER stops talking...in general is seems ESPN has ramped up the commentary and added some lame bells & whistles to the coverage. I suppose they're trying to make it more interesting? It's like they instructed all of the commentators to speak as if tennis were a contact sport.
I've had my TV on mute almost non-stop.
I've had my TV on mute almost non-stop.
She is a complete idiot about the sport and it is a travesty that she's MCing the whole thing. It's almost as if she got the memo upside down: you're SUPPOSED to talk during points. She's said the words "ridiculous" or "amazing" about 9,294,203 times during the Isner match. We get it, it's a unique situation, etc. but this isn't freaking football.
What a massive tool; the other knobs pandering to her idiocy are not one iota better either.
mike84
Professional
had to bump this.
isner match is over and they are still talking about it while the number one player in the world is playing.
pathetic i mean all happy for isner and mahut but is it necessary to show replay of the last two games.
i bet if mahut won this wouldn't have happened.
isner match is over and they are still talking about it while the number one player in the world is playing.
pathetic i mean all happy for isner and mahut but is it necessary to show replay of the last two games.
i bet if mahut won this wouldn't have happened.
jamesblakefan#1
G.O.A.T.
I agree actually. I guess they're replaying it b/c it was over on ESPNU, but the talk the whole morning about it, before it even started, while only showing 1 or 2 other matches is really annoying. That and the coverage of the Queen was overboard. Americans don't care about the Queen!
sillymonkey
Hall of Fame
I hate ESPN tennis coverage.
ESPN2 coverage really sucks. It's all about American players. They are showing court #14 simply b/c McHale(who is she?) is an Americans.
I've have terrible feeling they will show airing the WS, Roddick and all of the US players most of the time, ignoring other better matches. I know it's mean but sometime i wish the US players get elimiminated so they can air the main matches.
I've have terrible feeling they will show airing the WS, Roddick and all of the US players most of the time, ignoring other better matches. I know it's mean but sometime i wish the US players get elimiminated so they can air the main matches.
BrooklynNY
Hall of Fame
Get a high speed internet connection and an HD monitor.
ESPN2 HD >>>>>> Internet HD
BrooklynNY
Hall of Fame
Yeah, I agree, I have all available platforms in the US... I'm just saying for other people who don't
Thought I appreciate being able to see all 4 slams on TV, I think ESPN's coverage is horrible. First of all, what's the deal with having certain days where there is no coverage at all? Not everyone has the Tennis Channel to watch matches on those off days (if that is your ploy to get people to get the Tennis Channel, shame on you).
In addition, the number of matches they show is just not good at all, I mean USA did such a great job with the US Open and French Open, it's a shame that now ESPN has coverage of all 4 slams we as viewers are suffering. Or atleast I think I am
advise to ESPN, try to do as good a job as USA did.
I understand because I don't have TC either, but try searching for Fromsport on the internet.
Tennis Is Magic
Semi-Pro
timeisonmyside
Semi-Pro
Did ESPN really promote Pam Shriver from court side reporter to commentary booth? Don't they focus group these things? I can't stand her! Chris Evert can be good, but Pam is making her talk waaaaay too much.
dirtballer
Professional
Pam and Chris are talking more about each other and how it was in their day than they are the match.
timeisonmyside
Semi-Pro
Exactly, sounds like two old sorority sisters talking about "the good 'ol days."
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firefox
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