Week 32 - ITF ($25K) - Landisville, USA Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Week 32 - ITF ($25K) - Landisville, USA Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Laura to stay in it, *5-6
Odds must be on the capitulation.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

2 DF from Laura in the game, but they were the only points Lykina got. So, TB
Come on Laura. Ken thinks if you win the TB you win the match!

DF · Tennis legend

C'mon Laura in the TB

PockyTastic · Futures level

Second set to Laura!

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

3-1 to 3-3
3-4*
4-4*
*5-4
*6-4
7-4!!!
Glimpses of decent points in the latter half of that set.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Good job, Laura

DF · Tennis legend

Katie B breaks 3-2

the addict · Tennis legend

Ugh, my live feed froze and I missed the whole tie-break. But I see she made it for a change

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Shame they mute Ken's music and we get the ads

(just joined to see Laura win the tie break)

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Sorted !! Youtube stream muted and Radiotennis.com for the sound !!

DF · Tennis legend

Katie takes the first set 6-2

PaulM · Tennis legend

Not sure how much down to Laura playing better and how much Ksenia getting (even) worse, but she dug in well.

indiana · Tennis legend

AliBlahBlah wrote:
wolf wrote:
[...]
Ken Thomas' Quick Take

"Also, If you haven't heard yet...BBC tennis commentator Paul Hand was removed from the Rio Olympic broadcast for homophobic comments. What is it with British tennis media? Remember back in 2014, when Neil Harman admitted to plagiarism when writing for the Wimbledon Annual Yearbook? A few years back, I had some communication with BBC commentator David Law. All David Law cared about was protecting his media credential and isolating the BBC from any outside source. Now you have Paul Hand. All these so-called "British tennis media experts" are mediocre at best. The British public deserve better. British tennis fans are some of the most passionate and intelligent tennis fans in the world. Yet, British media organizations keep serving up these guys (no pun intended). David Law, Neil Harman and now Paul Hand. The BBC, Wimbledon and the LTA should take a serious look at who they place in these positions. Barbara Slater - Director of BBC Sport, should stop delegating these decisions and get actively involved in the selection process. Maybe...just maybe... Barbara should start with hiring commentators who have a media background and have actually played competitive tournament tennis."
"Barbara call me. I have both. Game on.... Day 4 from Landisville. It should be wonderful !"
Putting it mildly, that was extremely unfair to David Law, equating him to a plagiarist and a homophobe, for what seemes like little more than a personal difference. Harman & hand - fair comment.
I always enjoy Ken's commentary, but that was out of order.

Hmm yes that's extreme wide ranging and not really appropriate. A wee bit pot calling kettle ..

And the BBC certainly does have a commentator who has a pretty high media background as an err Breakfast TV host and who certainly has played tournament tennis to a fairly high level. I give you Bouncy. Arguably maybe you need other criteria, Mike.

Re ex-players you get good tennis commmunicators and bad ones. While they can certainly can add insight who you want are those who communicate that insight well and add to the broadcast eg. Courier, Bartoli.

-- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 10th of August 2016 05:03:37 PM

PaulM · Tennis legend

Laura away and clear now I think / hope!

Ksenias career is full of massive streaks of form. A few good weeks then months of losses. She's had a grim North American swing.