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brendan


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indiana wrote:
AliBlahBlah wrote:
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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

 what ever happened to Chris Bailey?



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Well done Katie Boulter
Takes advantage of the re-acclimating Jarka, and wraps up a very tidy win in an hour, 6-2 6-1

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Laura leading 5=0 final set could this be the first big win for ages

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Laura WINS repeat Wins!

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Laura through 3-6 7-6 6-1

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Very good stats from KatieB, who lost only 6 points on serve all match against a player who was top 100 not so long ago.

Good to see Laura get a win.

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Exactly the sort of match she's needed regularly for the last 12 months.
Well done Laura for getting that done, 3 hours of matchplay and a win, far more valuable than a defeat in under an hour at WTA's.
Keep working at it.
I had a random thought, perhaps Jade Windley might be a good approach as a fitness coach for Laura.

3-6 7-6(4) 6-1

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Emily up next on the stream.

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Well done Laura.

Great from Katie. Thought she had a real chance as Jarka has been very stop start in recent months with injury.

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Whilst it was a scrappy win for Laura and not a fluent performance it was almost certainly a step up from her previous matches over the last month in terms of serving and competing if nothing else.

First set was far too patchy, she won three games to love but lost all the close games too and serving was not great (5 of Laura's 9 doubles were in the first set).
Second set was closer but I wasn't expecting her to win. However, she started serving better and more importantly hung around, chased everything and took advantage when Lykina got nervy.
Third set was probably closer than 6-1, Laura taken to deuce on every service game and faced several break points but Lykina was less inclined to battle her way back than Laura. Pleasing that this match was the reverse of recent ones with Laura improving through the match and not fading away.

What this match does show is that by serving at least OK and competing well, Laura can beat a player who is much better than some of the players she has lost to recently. Still lots of work to do though.

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Emily trying everything, but Mertens is a bit too good, 1-6 1-3*

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A bit surprised by the relative lack of strength in Emily's rallying groundstrokes these days...far weaker than I remember. A bit streaky too, but some nice unorthodox shotmaking too.

[1] Elise Mertens BEL 6-1 3-2* [Q] Emily Webley-Smith GBR

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Emily out 1-6 2-6

Tara later on stream, one match before hers is up.

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Really delighted for Ms Robson. And Ms Boulter.

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Good stuff Laura and Katie B

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Good luck Team GBR in 2016!!!
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