Week 23 - ATP 250 - AEGON Championships, Queen's Club - main draw

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 23 - ATP 250 - AEGON Championships, Queen's Club - main draw

Count Zero · Tennis legend

hmm if it was on bbc 2 then hopefully it will turn up on iplayer.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I watched the interview and the studio discussion either side of it, and much though it pains me to say it, for once Andrew Castle won my approval by strongly supporting Boggo! Lloyd was waffling, praising him on the one hand and attacking him on the other.

For the match itself - well, double-faulting TWICE at deuce in the final set is pretty dire. For heavens sake make sure you don't do it the second time, the opponent just might make a mess of even a weak serve!

-- Edited by Madeline on Tuesday 8th of June 2010 02:53:55 PM

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i only saw Lloyd before the match, seeming to praise Alex, matching Andy in training etc, then saying he called him and alex said 'No' to further ties but didn't really elaborate. Well thing is he didn't really seem to try hard to persuade Alex to play did he.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

the AEGON Webiste is absolutely dire, they have a video and audio section, yet it only gives you access to the latest video, no archive, no audio. on Sunday there was an audio interview with Boggo, Coxy and Evo, prob up for a few hours then gone for all time.

i think i might email Thomson Reuters and ask them where all the info is.

steven · Tennis legend

Good idea - it can't be that hard to keep it available once they've created it, surely.

-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 8th of June 2010 03:27:37 PM

Count Zero · Tennis legend

done. will see if i get a response

Count Zero · Tennis legend

oh and a little stat i saw on 606: Dimitrov has now received 23 wild cards in his short career, impressive, still somewhat short of Donald '55 WC' Young though.

Josh · Challenger level

Trying to upload the interview now, might be ready in about an hour or so.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

interview up on bbc

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8728893.stm

Josh · Challenger level

Thanks, I can't get it to upload anyway.

steven · Tennis legend

Thanks.

"I'm into qualifiers for Wimbledon. If I play well I could qualify. I could be back for Davis Cup in September."

Oops! He does realise there can't possibly be a DC tie this September?

Re. Draper's:

"The committees probably looked at the fact that he has had eight wildcards previously and he went out in the first round every time, although he had very tough draws in all of those matches."

Roughly translates as "he had very tough draws in all those matches but we're going to conveniently ignore that fact because we're scared of getting our asses whupped by the media, who'll ignore it too if it gives them an excuse to give us a good kicking"

Count Zero · Tennis legend

also i cant believe the 606 article the BBC are linking to. they really are a joke.

whose job is it to sort this stuff out?

steven · Tennis legend

Just finished watching the interview - when he talks about how he keeps plugging away it's as if he's speaking for all Challenger level players, isn't it. Good stuff.

My gf tells me it's just been reported on R2 followed by "stop whingeing" - clearly they watched the full interview too ... not!

SMC1809 · All-time great

steven wrote:

My gf tells me ...

Is that girlfriend or grandfather?

Given your age, I'm not sure either is believable. wink