Week 10 - ATP 1000 - BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Week 10 - ATP 1000 - BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, I remember watching Almagro win at Roland Garros in 4 sets in the last 32 in 2008. He sort of ground it out, but I didn't think particularly impressively in more of his environment ( well before Andy, the new claycourter of last year smile

), and Andy could have won that match.

I see the other was a 7 - 6 6 -2 win to Andy in Cincinnati last August which I don't really recall.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Perhaps my memory was locked on the first set!

timmoore46 · Admin:moderator + Club Coach

Pundits reckon on Andy. Its in the small hours tonight so I'll miss it ! Grrr...

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Almagro is a brilliant striker of the ball off both wings with a strong serve but mentally is all over the place, something which has earned him the nickname Al-mug-ro on AM.com and in my mind has asserted his status as probably the no.1 PEM ahead of Rock On and Verdasco

goldfish · Futures qualifying

Andy won 6-2 1-0 by retirement.

Next plays Soderling on Friday.

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

almagro turns on this apparant injury, really annoys me when players do that, he looked fine, certainly didnt restrict his movement, just couldn't take a beatdown

indiana · Tennis legend

I see Djokivic finally managed to go the whole way and lose one ( to Ljubicic 7 - 5 6 - 3 )

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Andy gets a rest today, but then he may (at least I hope) have to play 3 days in a row.

I suppose that's usual with most Masters, anyway.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Andy's match is at a watchable time tomorrow, at least if you are not an "early to bed, early to rise" type. It is the third match on Stadium 1, with a ladies match at noon (7pmGMT), the Robredo/Roddick match not before 2pm (9pm GMT) and then Andy. So, 11pm or so?

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

This is slightly off topic, but can people please share their opinions of the ATP's live streaming? http://www.tennistv.com/page/ATPoffereu/0,,11444,00.html?WT.mc_id=atp2

I'm not prepared to pay the £400 per year to get Sky Sports, so maybe this is an alternative. Does anybody know the bitrate that the ATP streaming service offers? Is the ball clearly visible in a rally? And what about Karlovic serve?

Thanks.

Steve

seagull · Hall of fame

I get Sky Sports in March (for IW/Miami) and September (US Open) + all the footie at that time as well

£40 a year...easy!

steven · Tennis legend

stevemcqueen wrote:

This is slightly off topic, but can people please share their opinions of the ATP's live streaming? http://www.tennistv.com/page/ATPoffereu/0,,11444,00.html?WT.mc_id=atp2

I'm not prepared to pay the £400 per year to get Sky Sports, so maybe this is an alternative. Does anybody know the bitrate that the ATP streaming service offers? Is the ball clearly visible in a rally? And what about Karlovic serve?

Thanks.

Steve

The bitrates available are 450K, 850K and 1 MB and I find the quality of the stream to be excellent, even at full screen - it's a bit blurry at full screen if you're up close, but not that blurry if you view it from the same distance as you would a TV screen of the same size.

The quality of the streams has improved markedly since they first offered them and it's at least as good as SD BBC Iplayer on a full-size TV, if you have any experience of that.

You can clearly see the ball in all the rallies (which wasn't the case when they first started doing it a few years back) - I can specifically check how easy it is to follow the Roddick serve tonight if you want me to.

If you're not watching it full screen you also get massively detailed hawkeye coverage off to one side, which goes way beyond what you see on TV. Their commentators are pretty good too.

I like seagull's idea too, but it depends how many of the Masters tournaments you want to watch.

-- Edited by steven on Friday 19th of March 2010 10:22:00 AM

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Not to mention you get quite a few 500 tournament matches as well. I renewed my subscription without a second thought. We don't have Sky - my husband is totally against putting any money in Murdoch's pocket! - and I don't press for it as all we would watch is the sports channel and you can't get that on its own, which makes it very expensive.

Not to mention the fact that as he is no tennis fan I would have to fight him for the remote control and he is much stronger than I am

seagull · Hall of fame

If you time it right you can get Toronto and Cincinnati as well - not bothered about the clay ones!