Well, some good news somewhat - the tennis channel will be showing one men's match per night from 3/29 to 4/1 for the Sony Ericsson (see attached). Called the tennis channel to complain why it wasn't more (and why the women always get dissed), and he said their viewers love ATP and WTA so it's not on them for not showing it - it's more on the tournaments who are independently governed and called them at the last second giving them last-minute matches to show. The tennis channel guy admitted that they're really making no money on this due to the lateness of the situation - his window to get ad sales is gone really - just doing it for the tennis fans. Of course then called the Miami tournament to complain, but really no answer from them. Seems like basically these tournaments are TV contract idiots and don't seem to be able to negotiate the best contract with the best network to get maximum TV coverage - oh well :-). Probably need a more uniform voice for negotiating TV rights to get the best tennis coverage. Also, of course the tennis channel guy promoted the upcoming French Open coverage - and I asked him about the stupid situation last year when I think McEnroe made a mistake since they're not supposed to talk about the NBC matches/results - he said they could report results when the matches are over and it won't be an issue after the 1st weekend - we'll see how it goes :-); but look forward to it.
As for the tennis yesterday - basically done with Blake - just plays way too wild to ever be consistent - not really sold on Nadal (kind of like a backboard, but of course does come with some force - but plays way, way back - it's insane), but he'll keep winning as long as he keeps playing weak-minded players (e.g., Blake, Tsonga, etc.) - but of course that all stops with Djoko tomorrow :-).
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