Espn Coverage!!!

[Misiti99]

I am for once in my short life impressed with ESPN....Today was all Men's Matches:
Henman/Horna
Nadal/Malisse
Federer/Almagro
Moya/Vick
Gasquet/Wessels

AND maybe this is happening because there are a lot fewer American Men these days but now that Agassi, Fish, Kevin Kim, is out
we have Roddick and Spadea left ..Blake too but i doubt they will show those matches..just Roddick
So we are in for some good tennis. Also how funny is it how ESPN is already putting Federer and Nadal in the semis....GAUDIO? NALBANDIAN? GASQUET? GONZO?
All i hear is the "CO-FAVORITES" NADAL AND FEDERER
WHAT ABOUT CORIA AND GAUDIO
THEY HAVE JUST AS GOOD A CHANCE. AND JCF JCF JCF JCF....let's not forget him...id like to see Brad Guilbert and these other idiots proven wrong for once.
But overall I can say im pretty happy with the unbiased coverage. But I know its because they have to. Venus Williams, Davenport and Roddick are virtually the only Americans left worth watching.
I feel ESPN is a little less intelligent then European stations or say Tennis Channel. They play the big names too much and don't understand that this is not a drawsheet like March Madness COllege Basketball. Anyone can literally go down at any time. I bet ESPN didnt see Henman losing to Horna....but in the tennis world that was not a huge upset. Neither was Massu losing,,,,,,
Anyways some thoughts about this long essay?
thanks

 

[RiosTheGenius]

"the idiots" as you well said HAVE been proven wrong and yet they still do it. they call the final in first round, that's just crazy. without going any further they did it last year when nobody even talked about Gaudio and Coria got all the flowers. they should just limit themselves to talk about what's happening now and not make stupid assumptions.
great thread by the way.

 

[tykrum]

They are kind of putting all their eggs in one basket by heavily covering Nadal/Fed, but at least they are showing some non-Americans etc. They only went to Davenport's match when it looked like she was about to lose, otherwise we were watching Gasquet, who surprisingly has gotten major airtime. Also they were showing a little of Gaudio's match the other day, which I was very pleasantly surprised for. They should show more of Coria, it is quite likely he will be a two-time runner-up after this year.

 

[pound cat]

All of the camera work on the RG ESPN broadcasts is done by a French crew who focus on the matches and not on players' girlfriends, celebrities, and attractive women in the stands. Very professionally and artistically done.

 

[gugafanatic]

pls enter the TW competition, i have set up the new rules in my thread- TW race Competition. predictions for tomorrows matches are open. page 2 of tw race competition thread.