I thought the Davis Cup Radio commentary was quite funny and sometimes during an exciting point or an important moment I felt as if I was listening to a soccer match! During the Safin-Acasuso match, Acasuso has just broken for 4-2 in the 2nd set and the crowd is going crazy:
"Andreas Egli is asking for some peace and quiet so that the 2 players can get it on." :lol: (I don't know if it's just me but I found that hilarious )
I also liked that they were reading comments and questions from fans sent by email. Apparently, there was an email from Roger Federer too. :lol:
Another fan was asking the commentators if they took advantage of their stay in Moscow to learn a bit of Russian. After blurting a couple of words one of the commentators says "Njet" and then the other one:
"Njet is what we've been getting a lot of." :haha:
Have to agree the DC commentators were great fun - especially when they were describing some of the points and ending up in tandem saying 'the best point of the weekend' that cracked me up.
Bill Threlfall comes out with some absolute classic stuff.
Favourite quote was 'he always plays with a smile on his face, win or lose' when commenting on Gonzo. That's right Bill, he always smiles when he destroys a racket every other match. Only the previous day he had lost it in the 3rd set against Djokovic.
Others:
- At 3-3 and 15-40 in the Almagro/Bjorkman match, Billy says: "here are a couple of set points".
- Almagro hits a serve which is called out and Almagro challenges the call using Hawkeye. Threlfall says: "I'll put my whole house on this being called in". Next few seconds Hawkeye shows the ball a few inches out.
-Billy: "Whats he like on clay (Davydenko), iv never seen him play on clay...."
Mark: "hes won 5 titles on clay and a 3 time finalist".
-'And Djokovic levelling it up at 5-4'
Not to mention the stats he comes out with. 'The winner of the 1st point in the tiebreak wins it 80% of the time'
- Complaining at the amount of time little Ancic was taking in between serves. He started counting the times the ball was bounced before she served. "I am going to have to get a calculator to see how long she takes".
- The other one was "they are going to have to replace that ball before she hits it the amount of times she bounced the ball before serve".
It's womens tennis, but in the Venus-Spirlea 1997 US Open match, one of the British commentators said that Venus's game wasn't made for grass. :retard:
I want to share some of the genius thoughts from Jordan Bojinov, the leader of Eurosport-Bulgaria team (sadly you guys can't listen to his commentary)
US OPEN 2006
"The official count of the audience tonight is 22 289, but that's true only if 5000 of them are disguised like empty seats"
"There should be an official rule in the matches against Agassi: no short balls against him, a little respect to the old man, please!"
"Welcome to the home of Youzhny, a home built from double faults"
"Baghdatis will appreciate meter and a half longer court, the real one appears to be too short for him'
"Now back to the Blake’s match, where the things are quite interesting, even criminal"
In Bulgarian they sound a lot better, but I think you can catch the spirit
I want to share some of the genius thoughts from Jordan Bojinov, the leader of Eurosport-Bulgaria team (sadly you guys can't listen to his commentary)
US OPEN 2006
"The official count of the audience tonight is 22 289, but that's true only if 5000 of them are disguised like empty seets"
"There should be an official rule in the matches against Agassi: no short balls against him, a little respect to the old man, please!"
"Welcome to the home of Youzhny, a home built by double faults"
"Baghdatis will appreciate meter and a half longer court, the real one appears too short for him'
"Now back to the Blake’s match, where the things are quite interesting, even criminal"
In Bulgarian they sound a lot better, but I think you can catch the spirit
Bill Threllfall last year at some clay court tournament.
Romano Grillotti seemed reluctant to get down off the chair to check a call - as he hesitated and the player indicated he wanted it checked, Bill was heard to opine: "I don't know why he's taking so long, he should check the mark. The exercise wouldn't kill him either."
This one isn't from a commentaror, but it still made me laugh a lot. I'm watching Roger's match with my Mom and Dad. And in one of the changeovers, the camera focused Tony Roche, and my dad suddenly asked:
Simon Reed back in glorious form again, calling Tsonga an "Ali-lookalike". He may be right actually, but another one of his observations that comes straight out of the blue. My favourite so far though has to be, "And if you're just coming in now.... where on earth have you been??!!", to which I said back at the TV, "Trying not to listen to you, Si."
Simon Reed back in glorious form again, calling Tsonga an "Ali-lookalike". He may be right actually, but another one of his observations that comes straight out of the blue. My favourite so far though has to be, "And if you're just coming in now.... where on earth have you been??!!", to which I said back at the TV, "Trying not to listen to you, Si."
Don't you just hate it when it's late (it's late in Melbourne), they (ES France) is showing a match no one cares about (sorry but not many people care about Fish-Ljubo in France ) and there is that poor lonely commentator who's talking alone with such a passion that he makes you want to go back to bed and that it's obvious they kept the "good" commentators for the night session?
Don't you just hate it when it's late (it's late in Melbourne), they (ES France) is showing a match no one cares about (sorry but not many people care about Fish-Ljubo in France ) and there is that poor lonely commentator who's talking alone with such a passion that he makes you want to go back to bed and that it's obvious they kept the "good" commentators for the night session?
At the end of Baggy match the commentator said, "Finally the misery is over."
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