madrid QF sched- not fair

Federer has been resting for hours now while Murray's match won't be until after the women's match right now and then after Nadal.

WOW!!!

The conspiracy continues

Best of 3 set matches....not that big a deal dude.

Best of 3 set matches....not that big a deal dude.

not a big deal? do you know what time is it now in Madrid?
probably Murray will start around 10 PM.

It's still a very poor scheduling no matter how you see it.

blah blah blah

whoever wins between Murray and Del Potro, they probably be in bed around 1 AM while Roger has been snoring for 3 hours already.

You can say it's not really of a big deal, but considering 3 big clay tournaments in a row now, its still a POOR SCHEDULING and Unfair.

Really not a big deal ... especially given Roger's confidence & mentality these days :cool:

Federer has been resting for hours now while Murray's match won't be until after the women's match right now and then after Nadal.

WOW!!!
Which women's match on the main court? The last of the women's QF is being played on AS court. MS is free and Nadal-Verdasco match will start on time.

the woman's matches are being played at the second court, the Manolo Santana is free :shrug:
no matter how many hours of rest Roger has over other players if he keeps brainfarting :shrug:

OK- its on a different court. But still Nadal will start at 8:00 then only Murray can start after Nadal.

Why could you just be logical and think that the schedule is really mess up and unfair.

It could have been top half, then bottom half of the draw, instead of doing almost 12 hours apart of schedule between two quarter final winners.

the withdrawals did something to the schedule or it was like this all the time? :scratch:

:tears:

suck it up

not a big deal? do you know what time is it now in Madrid?
probably Murray will start around 10 PM.
Did you get that embarrassed when Gonzalez/Chardy started at 0.30 am in Rome?;)

Federer has been resting for hours now while Murray's match won't be until after the women's match right now and then after Nadal.

WOW!!!

In Spain we work until late. Frequent hour to close the offices are 8:30 p.m. Tennis is a sport but is a show-busisness too, and in Spain people want to see good tennis matches at 10 p.m. The consumer is always right :rolleyes:. Worse thing is when matches are postponed to the next day because it's raining or there isn'n enough light...

Of course it's unfair...

In Spain we work until late. Frequent hour to close the offices are 8:30 p.m. Tennis is a sport but is a show-busisness too, and in Spain people want to see good tennis matches at 10 p.m. The consumer is always right :rolleyes:. Worse thing is when matches are postponed to the next day because it's raining or there isn'n enough light...

Ok, but then Federer - Roddick should have been the third QF!

Ok, but then Federer - Roddick should have been the third QF!

exactly my point.

Welcome to professional tennis. Surely this is not the first time you have noticed a situation like this? All players at times have a sucky schedule. :shrug:

Welcome to professional tennis. Surely this is not the first time you have noticed a situation like this? All players at times have a sucky schedule. :shrug:

But look at US Open 2008 and Australian Open 2009 :p

Whats new - same schedulers won fed the last us open

Ok, but then Federer - Roddick should have been the third QF!

But they are not the #1 home boy, aka Rafael Nadal.

manana...

they do this to keep the washed up Swiss still in contention

Whats new - same schedulers won fed the last us open


That and his lucky shots ;)

That and his lucky shots ;)

lucky line calls too ;)

Order of Play

http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=/1/posting/2009/1536/op.pdf

Order of Play

http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=/1/posting/2009/1536/op.pdf
They are again favoring Nadal :mad:

Nice muzza likes night matches, he just needs to deal with the birthday curse tonight

lucky line calls too ;)


Yeah, I forgot about them :p

lucky line calls too ;)

add to that the pussy on the other side of the court

Keep calm man!
It is Rafa to be constantly scheduled to play during the night in the US...
So now, the things turned around :P

Ok, but then Federer - Roddick should have been the third QF!


they were never gonna show a CCC at primetime in Spain

2 spanish guys were always gonna get that 8pm spot

whoever wins this match will be knackered at this rate

they were never gonna show a CCC at primetime in Spain

2 spanish guys were always gonna get that 8pm spot

If thats the case, Nole should have taken the last match and switch with Murray Match.

Nole played two matches today, singles and doubles. :)

I agree! The schedule is fair, because every player has to suck up a late match every now and then. This time it happened to "God" Murray! So in case Murray wins today vs. Delpo, the Murray fans/bandwagon are preparing a good excuse when Murray looses against Fed tomorrow! "Murray lost because he did not have enough time to rest!" I already see it coming!!! How pathetic!!! It's the British twisted media!

Best of 3 matches - it will not matter at all. Murray will still beat Federer tomorrow.

no one is making excuse here. Stay on topic, the schedule sucks!!

now Delpo won first set in 1 hour and 50 mins. With this rate, they probably finished by 2 AM if its goes to third set.

Don't worry, if Murray loses in straight sets, he will have plenty of time to rest. ;)

once again the arrogant swiss is offered an unfair advantage