[Other Sport] Isner v Anderson

[Quinney]

Some superb rallies, quality tennis. Not going to finish tonight.


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[dazzer6666]

Shame they didn't schedule the semis the other way around, with this match played first, followed by the 7 hour freak show.

Freak show should’ve been on No 1.......

 

[Surrey Phil]

Floodlights under the roof. Play stops at 11 I think

It’s a bit pathetic that the greatest tennis tournament in the world has to stop (at 11pm) due to the local Council. Would only ever happen in the UK!

 

[Bry Nylon]

It’s a bit pathetic that the greatest tennis tournament in the world has to stop (at 11pm) due to the local Council. Would only ever happen in the UK!

If they play much beyond that it would be in front of a half empty stadium as most of the spectators would have no way of getting home.

 

[Surrey Phil]

But other majors play well into the small hours. The US Open even has evening sessions! In all truth it’s very rare (other than rain) that Wimbledon would continue so late so for the sake of one night in the year, surely the authorities could see sense?

 

[Goldstone1976]

But other majors play well into the small hours. The US Open even has evening sessions! In all truth it’s very rare (other than rain) that Wimbledon would continue so late so for the sake of one night in the year, surely the authorities could see sense?

Alternatively, Wimbledon could schedule matches to start before 1pm? Just a thought.

 

[Bry Nylon]

But other majors play well into the small hours. The US Open even has evening sessions! In all truth it’s very rare (other than rain) that Wimbledon would continue so late so for the sake of one night in the year, surely the authorities could see sense?

But if they played till midnight nobody would be able to get home as all the tubes and trains would have stopped. So they could carry on playing till past 11pm but the stands would be 75% empty.

 

[Surrey Phil]

Alternatively, Wimbledon could schedule matches to start before 1pm? Just a thought.

Good idea but then the women’s semi’s only lasted 3 hours so they’d have problems filling the rest of the day! BTW I’m lost with this equality thing when the women play for 3 hours and the men play for 10+ hours but both get the same pay? I’d love a job on full pay when only working a third of the hours!

 

[Bozza]

Shame they didn't schedule the semis the other way around, with this match played first, followed by the 7 hour freak show.

It's not accidental though - they wanted the big match to coincide with UK prime time TV, and they got that. Wimbledon always schedule their matches this way.

 

[Pickles]

It's not accidental though - they wanted the big match to coincide with UK prime time TV, and they got that. Wimbledon always schedule their matches this way.

There are so many wrong statements on this thread, but this is awful, Bozza.

Nothing to do with uk prime time tv etc.

Wimbledon is global, and the biggest tennis tournament in the world, end of.

 

[clapham_gull]

Wimbledon completely exposes the hypocrisy of the press and public's reaction to the English football team over the years.

The most prestigious tennis tournament on the planet and never an English player near the final. It's the real repeating national sporting failure, not the the football.

The England do badly in a tournament or don't qualify they have FAILED.

A plucky English tennis player gets knocked out in the early rounds and they have made A JOLLY GOOD ATTEMPT.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

The US Open, the French Open and the Australian Open are all on tv.

Anderson won't have any stamina left for the final, so it's either Nadal or Djokovic on Sunday as champion.

I was on the wind up on this thread.

I understand that interest in sport is an individual thing. Fair enough. Tennis is the only sport I sit and watch and think 'this is shit' with no redeeming features and I'll watch more or less anything in the Olympics when it's on. I wish the tennis boys well but just don't get it.