Watched some tennis live in high def over the past week. It was AWESOME.
Women’s final: Felt very happy to see Kim getting over her nerves to win the championship. Hopefully Caroline won’t be a one final wonder – seems to have a lot of poise in addition to the high quality of her tennis. Even commentators were good – it was nice to see that even a runner up was allowed to speak in Danish and Polish, in addition to English.
Men's semi final:
Watched “the shot” live – Federer hitting the ball between the legs, with his back to the net, and winning that point. It was quite an entertaining match, with Djokovich providing some light hearted moments, particularly when he turned around and did a "tail (racket) between the legs" to protect himself from Federer's smash..
Men’s final: Only watched it from the end of second set. There are so many occasions when the match could have swung either way, but it was so impressive to see del Potro hold on to win the final. Some of his forehand shots were just incredible – one that sticks in my mind is a forehand cross court that flew like a bullet. It was very impressive to see 20 year old guy with the smarts to slow his serve down to 100mph or less (compared to 130+ he was serving earlier), and then use his forehands for winners. This is one smart kid. Wish he stays on with long rallies (15+ shots) to win the points, rather than give up so many points there.
Either Del Potro wasn't hitting the lobs deep enough, or Federer was too good - it was impressive to watch Federer reach them close to the net.
When Del Potro started hitting some passing shots late in the fourth set, I knew the match was his.
Only thing that bugged me was that the TV commentator wouldn’t allow the winner to speak in Spanish, and Del Potro had to ask several times. Dick can take some lessons from Mary Joe Fernandez before he shows up on TV again.
2 comments:
OOh, I loved the men's final. I think thats the only one I got to watch. I missed seeing Nadal in action though. Hope he is much better next season. :)
Yes, the whole awards ceremony felt very awkward, especially after the men's final. It was really annoying to see Del Porto's humble request to speak a few words in Spanish refused so the commentator could get a few extra words in. It felt like it was more about the commentator and the awards presenters and corporate lackeys than about the players. Like after a gruelling but awesome match, the players or viewers will care about measly checks, and $30000 dollar car? Give me a break.
And the high def was indeed amazing. HA! :)
Looking to read more from you, V :)
Yep. They could've done away with the USTA chief's speech, which was word for word the same as the night before (except for the name of the players).
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