[Henry Chinaski]

Frew McMillan on Gonzalez:

"He butters his opponent up and then smears all over him."


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[Metis]

Originally Posted by Henry Chinaski

Frew McMillan on Gonzalez:

"He butters his opponent up and then smears all over him."


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[Ferrero Forever]

On the radio, they were talking about Tommy Robredo, and they called him 'Tommy Ro-breed-o' and on the TV today, they had James Blake (USA)
VS Fernando Gonzalez (ESP). Not commentators, but I can't be bothered finding the other threads.

[Langers]

Josh Eagle on Davydenko.

"He better not give out too many sweatbands because without sponsors they can be hard to come by”.

[Loftra]

Dutch Eurosport:
"Andy Murray already beat three Spaniards in this AO: Alberto Martin, Fernando Verdasco and Juan Ignacio Chela"

[Ferrero Forever]

Haha, everybody wants to be a spaniard today

[wipeout]

Originally Posted by trickcy

Before the match, they were talkinh about Federer and he said Federer beat Sampras in Wimbledon in 1996.

Not bad for a 14 year old Federer.

[Allstar]

Wilander got a bit excited with Murray today. The best was

'Murray has the best backhand in the game, and that's not an overstatement'

[stebs]

On the BBC today:

With Murray leading 3-2 in the fourth set - I really feel that Murray can carry this through and win now.

With Nadal servign for the fourth - I never really felt that this match was out of Nadals control.

[Henry Chinaski]

Wilander was ridiculously excitable today. I think he was drunk. Both of these gems came after the first set:

"We thought Federer and Nadal were going to dominate tennis for years to come, but then Andy Murray came along!"

"That was the best set anyone has played in these championships so far and I'm including all of Roger Federer's sets when I say that!"

And on BBC, Andrew Castle was amazed that Nadal was signing autographs with his right hand. I mean it's not exactly a secret is it?

[2moretogo]

Originally Posted by artlinkletter

A commentator on StarSports talking about Marat's tendancy to get into 5 set matches at the Oz Open.

"That's how Marat likes it. Long and hard".

[Kalliopeia]

Originally Posted by Henry Chinaski

And on BBC, Andrew Castle was amazed that Nadal was signing autographs with his right hand. I mean it's not exactly a secret is it?

Apparently that guy didn't get the memo.

[mallorn]

Originally Posted by stebs

On the BBC today:

With Murray leading 3-2 in the fourth set - I really feel that Murray can carry this through and win now.

With Nadal servign for the fourth - I never really felt that this match was out of Nadals control.

Not really a commentary, but when Andy was serving at 0-5 today, his first serve was called out and a lady in the audience shouted, loud and clear: "Are you sure?! "

[Metis]

On Star Sports:

Robredo is looking for his 1st GS semifinal. Only Federer stands in his way.

[2moretogo]

Also on AO radio, during Davydenko v. Haas match,

"So, I was trying to decide if Davydenko was the most unknown #3 seed in AO history. So, I looked up all the year end #3s since 1976 and I could only come up with three names more anonymous than Davydenko... (ed. note: drum roll)

"First, Juan Carlas (instead of los) Ferrero."
(awkward silence, then they decide Juanqui is better known than Davydenko.)

"Ok, how about Alex Corretja?" (commentators discuss and say that he was just a clay courter- so maybe)

"Finally, Yevgeny Kafelnikov." (other box commentators point out that Kafelnikov actually won the AO.)

Priceless.