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08-18-2009, 06:04 AM
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Re: Commentary at its finest
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Originally Posted by Or Levy
Was is goodall with that hilarious imitation of Rafa "Roger's favorite for sure, no?" during the Murray/Potro match? He was talking about Del Potro trying to shift the pressure to the Murray camp, and said Nadal was very good at that.
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They were both doing it, but Goodall took it further.
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“ On Nadal bumping him on the changeover, Rosol said: "It's ok, he wanted to take my concentration; I knew he would try something".
Wilander on Dimitrov - "He has mind set on imitating Federer and yes it looks good. But he has no idea what to do on the court".
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Originally Posted by Filo V.
I definitely would have preferred Gaba winning as he needs the points much more, but Jan would have beaten him anyway. I expect Hajek to destroy Machado, like 6-1 6-2.
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Machado wins 6-2 6-1
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08-18-2009, 01:09 PM
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Re: Commentary at its finest
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Originally Posted by MacTheKnife
Don't feel bad, I think for the most part it seems to suck everywhere around the world. VERY few exceptions.
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I think it is exceptionally bad on the Canadian networks. There are usually two commentators. One of them actually knows something about tennis, the other guy knows nothing (Vic Rauter), he does commentary for F1 and soccer as well. So the whole time Vic Rauter is asking silly questions about tennis that most fans should already know. The whole broadcast presents tennis as a very foreigner sport to Canadians. |
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08-18-2009, 03:43 PM
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Re: Commentary at its finest
Goodall on Verdasco
He has the "10" on the hat, is that the amount of hot women he has gone out with for the week, or this is what he rates himself when he looks in the mirror".
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“ On Nadal bumping him on the changeover, Rosol said: "It's ok, he wanted to take my concentration; I knew he would try something".
Wilander on Dimitrov - "He has mind set on imitating Federer and yes it looks good. But he has no idea what to do on the court".
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Originally Posted by Filo V.
I definitely would have preferred Gaba winning as he needs the points much more, but Jan would have beaten him anyway. I expect Hajek to destroy Machado, like 6-1 6-2.
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Machado wins 6-2 6-1
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08-18-2009, 05:39 PM
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Re: Commentary at its finest
I think it was Goodall (I can't remember names too well)...but during the Soderling-Hewitt match, he was talking about how Soderling plays so erect and doesn't really bend to hit his shots, and he said "Most guys don't mind being erect" followed by a Doug Adler laugh
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08-18-2009, 06:25 PM
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Re: Commentary at its finest
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Originally Posted by straitup94
I think it was Goodall (I can't remember names too well)...but during the Soderling-Hewitt match, he was talking about how Soderling plays so erect and doesn't really bend to hit his shots, and he said "Most guys don't mind being erect" followed by a Doug Adler laugh
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08-18-2009, 09:11 PM
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Re: Commentary at its finest
Commentator during the Kunitsyn match: "James Blake is a big fellow: 183lbs. [That's] big and chunky in my book."
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08-18-2009, 09:39 PM
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Re: Commentary at its finest
Umpire to Blake, after Kunitsyn's first serve was called good, and Blake was asking if he is sure about that call: "Came so fast, I'm not sure!"
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08-18-2009, 09:50 PM
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Re: Commentary at its finest
Anybody watching the ATP feed for Blake/Kunitsyn? Did Kunitsyn run over Doug Adler's dog or something? Alder really seems to dislike the Russian.
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08-18-2009, 09:57 PM
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Re: Commentary at its finest
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Originally Posted by bluefork
Anybody watching the ATP feed for Blake/Kunitsyn? Did Kunitsyn run over Doug Adler's dog or something? Alder really seems to dislike the Russian.
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I think he's just pissed at the quality of play, it's awful out there.
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08-18-2009, 11:43 PM
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Re: Commentary at its finest
I got TTC in the background while i am working and so far i've heard "was her top down" and "haas is going to kill himself" and "james blake is going to win this match", 2 minutes later, he lost
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08-18-2009, 11:58 PM
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Re: Commentary at its finest
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Originally Posted by Action Jackson
Goodall on Verdasco
He has the "10" on the hat, is that the amount of hot women he has gone out with for the week, or this is what he rates himself when he looks in the mirror".
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08-20-2009, 05:04 PM
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Re: Commentary at its finest
I'm getting pretty sick of hearing Brad Gilbert pronounce Ferrer's name Fey-rehr or Ferrerer. I'm not sure whether BG is trying to be funny or if he's just mentally challenged, but it's really bugging me.
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08-20-2009, 05:09 PM
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Re: Commentary at its finest
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I'm not sure whether BG is trying to be funny or if he's just mentally challenged
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08-20-2009, 07:16 PM
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Re: Commentary at its finest
A baby starts to cry during the Murray serve and Fowler? says that must be the Federer girls
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08-20-2009, 08:06 PM
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Re: Commentary at its finest
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A baby starts to cry during the Murray serve and Fowler? says that must be the Federer girls
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Interesting, that exact same line was used by Sam Smith on Sky Sports commentary at the time it happened. They don't come up with many zingers I suppose, got to share 'em round.
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