The talented 23-year-old from Majorca will return next month in Montreal. Hopefully he's fully recovered. I'd like to see a Federer rematch with both players at the top of their game.
Also, Stacey Allaster is the new CEO for the WTA. Personally, I'm not interested, but for you WTA fans there is the link. I'm not sure how complicated or interesting her job is. Schedule major tournaments and preingrave trophies for the Venus sisters. There. Done.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
THESE ARE PRICELESS
These are ridiculous. I don't mind the outfit so much, just the flying jacket and the intense squinty grimace.
Pictures are courtesy of Gototennisblog.com
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Sweet- 45
45 shot rally between Federer and Lleyton Hewitt, former Wimbledon champ.. It's not recent, but cool. That's all that matters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tZhQi8aDcg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tZhQi8aDcg
News? Maybe
TV ratings are not newsworthy to me.
Yes, it's important that the Federer-Roddick Final is the most viewed since the final of '99. I guess. But the important, most deciding factor that drives me against this as news is this. I don't care. I just don't. Berate me if you will. Tell me it's a slow news day. Tell me they write about everything and this is significant. But don't tell me that you care. I know you don't. No one cares what the TV ratings of a tennis match are compared to a match ten years ago. This belongs in a research paper. TV ratings are not exciting.
They are not important to anyone who doesn't work in TV. And I would bet that the ratings bore them, maybe even more than you and me.
So take your TV ratings and be selfish, keep them to yourselves. We don't want to read about it. We don't care.
Yes, it's important that the Federer-Roddick Final is the most viewed since the final of '99. I guess. But the important, most deciding factor that drives me against this as news is this. I don't care. I just don't. Berate me if you will. Tell me it's a slow news day. Tell me they write about everything and this is significant. But don't tell me that you care. I know you don't. No one cares what the TV ratings of a tennis match are compared to a match ten years ago. This belongs in a research paper. TV ratings are not exciting.
They are not important to anyone who doesn't work in TV. And I would bet that the ratings bore them, maybe even more than you and me.
So take your TV ratings and be selfish, keep them to yourselves. We don't want to read about it. We don't care.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Skimming the web
ESPN has a great follow up article on Federer's Wimbledon success. It discusses the celebration and the madness following the win. Also, it is to the point but descriptive, which I like.
One detail that I liked was an image of Federer skimming the web to see the media's reaction to his 15th major. That's awesome. It would be incredible to think, "huh, I wonder what ESPN wrote about me." Or SI, NYtimes, or any major news outlet at all. The feeling would have to be incredible knowing that you would be the headline.
That would be something.
Monday, July 6, 2009
AMAZING-- 15!!!!!!
15th major! I should have posted this yesterday, but I was out of town for the 4th and I didn't feel like mobile blogging. It was a holiday, understandable right?
Anyways, I'll come out and say it. Andy Roddick deserved to win. He played amazingly. He turned around an otherwise fading career and appears to be moving up in the world. He beat everyone including Andy Murray, a favorite from the beginning, to at least play in the finals. Then, when he was playing Federer, he continued to put up a fight. He didn't come into the match expecting to lose. Well, maybe he did and maybe he didn't. I'm guessing everyone else thought it would be 3 sets, maybe 4?
The outcome was unpredictable! One of the announcers stupidly called it a "biblical match." Not that it wasn't epic or grand, but biblical? I don't know, it just rubbed me the wrong way, but he did have to come up with clever commentary for more than 4 hours so I won't be too hard on him. Unlike Roddick, who was very hard on Federer. It was no easy major to attain. That is certain. The most games ever played! Although it wasn't the longest match, which is an oddity. Last years final between Nadal and Federer was 7 and a half hours, incredible.
This was still a great match though! I don't think we could've asked for better. It was great to see an American face in the finals. Roddick has really tightened his game, dropped 15 pounds, gained a ton of athleticism. He plays smarter and harder than ever before. I particularly liked his resentfulness at the end of the match as Federer was speaking. Granted, Federer was trying to make him feel better, but it would've been better if he hadn't said it. Essentially, he told Roddick he knew how he felt after his loss to Nadal the previous year. Knew how he felt? Roddick, who has held the silver runner up plate 3-times? Federer, who had 5 Wimbledon titles before his loss knew how Roddick must've felt? And that, is exactly what Roddick said, through tears mind you.
There's something else to analyze, Roddick was crying afterwords. It is slightly debateable. His eyes were red, lip trembling, and an announcer mentioned it, but debateable. He din't have tears streaming by any means. I for one will not demean him for his emotion. He played hard, endured set after set over the past weeks to get to this point and it came down to the 5th set and he couldn't pull through.
I say let him be. Roddick will be back and I think we will see him at the top of tennis for some time. His transformation is astounding. I actually wanted Federer to win so I was happy with the outcome, but you can't help but feel for Roddick. It seemed like his time. His tournament.
Anyways, I'll come out and say it. Andy Roddick deserved to win. He played amazingly. He turned around an otherwise fading career and appears to be moving up in the world. He beat everyone including Andy Murray, a favorite from the beginning, to at least play in the finals. Then, when he was playing Federer, he continued to put up a fight. He didn't come into the match expecting to lose. Well, maybe he did and maybe he didn't. I'm guessing everyone else thought it would be 3 sets, maybe 4?
The outcome was unpredictable! One of the announcers stupidly called it a "biblical match." Not that it wasn't epic or grand, but biblical? I don't know, it just rubbed me the wrong way, but he did have to come up with clever commentary for more than 4 hours so I won't be too hard on him. Unlike Roddick, who was very hard on Federer. It was no easy major to attain. That is certain. The most games ever played! Although it wasn't the longest match, which is an oddity. Last years final between Nadal and Federer was 7 and a half hours, incredible.
This was still a great match though! I don't think we could've asked for better. It was great to see an American face in the finals. Roddick has really tightened his game, dropped 15 pounds, gained a ton of athleticism. He plays smarter and harder than ever before. I particularly liked his resentfulness at the end of the match as Federer was speaking. Granted, Federer was trying to make him feel better, but it would've been better if he hadn't said it. Essentially, he told Roddick he knew how he felt after his loss to Nadal the previous year. Knew how he felt? Roddick, who has held the silver runner up plate 3-times? Federer, who had 5 Wimbledon titles before his loss knew how Roddick must've felt? And that, is exactly what Roddick said, through tears mind you.
There's something else to analyze, Roddick was crying afterwords. It is slightly debateable. His eyes were red, lip trembling, and an announcer mentioned it, but debateable. He din't have tears streaming by any means. I for one will not demean him for his emotion. He played hard, endured set after set over the past weeks to get to this point and it came down to the 5th set and he couldn't pull through.
I say let him be. Roddick will be back and I think we will see him at the top of tennis for some time. His transformation is astounding. I actually wanted Federer to win so I was happy with the outcome, but you can't help but feel for Roddick. It seemed like his time. His tournament.
Friday, July 3, 2009
ESPN 360--- NOT FREE
I'm at work trying to watch the Wimbledon, but it's no dice. ESPN 360 is free in some cases but not all. Mainly, your ISP has to be an ESPN affiliate or you have to purchase a subscription. It's also free on college campuses which would be great if I was on campus. Sadly the remote desktop option wouldn't work either as it allows access to the files, not the internet.
Here are the rules that pop up if I click on a match or anything I'd like to watch:
How to Get Access to ESPN360.com
ESPN360.com is available at no charge to fans who receive their high-speed internet connection from an ESPN360.com affiliated internet service provider. ESPN360.com is also available to fans that access the internet from U.S. college campuses and U.S. military bases.
Your current computer network falls outside of these categories. Here’s how you can get access to ESPN360.com.
1. Switch to an ESPN360.com affiliated internet service provider or to contact your internet service provider and request ESPN360.com. Click here to enter your ZIP code and find out which providers in your area carry offer ESPN360.com
2. If you already get ESPN360.com at home and activated remote access, sign in using the myESPN link in the upper right hand corner. In order to activate remote access, you must sign in through your ESPN360.com affiliate Internet Service Provider.
3. For Verizon Customers Only: Sign-in using remote access if you already get ESPN360.com
4. For Comcast Customers Only: Great news! ESPN360.com will be free with your Comcast High-Speed Internet subscription beginning August 1st.Click here to sign up to receive ESPN360.com newsletters and updates
Here are the rules that pop up if I click on a match or anything I'd like to watch:
How to Get Access to ESPN360.com
ESPN360.com is available at no charge to fans who receive their high-speed internet connection from an ESPN360.com affiliated internet service provider. ESPN360.com is also available to fans that access the internet from U.S. college campuses and U.S. military bases.
Your current computer network falls outside of these categories. Here’s how you can get access to ESPN360.com.
1. Switch to an ESPN360.com affiliated internet service provider or to contact your internet service provider and request ESPN360.com. Click here to enter your ZIP code and find out which providers in your area carry offer ESPN360.com
2. If you already get ESPN360.com at home and activated remote access, sign in using the myESPN link in the upper right hand corner. In order to activate remote access, you must sign in through your ESPN360.com affiliate Internet Service Provider.
3. For Verizon Customers Only: Sign-in using remote access if you already get ESPN360.com
4. For Comcast Customers Only: Great news! ESPN360.com will be free with your Comcast High-Speed Internet subscription beginning August 1st.Click here to sign up to receive ESPN360.com newsletters and updates
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