French Open Day 1 & 2

First topic message reminder :

Sunday 24th May.

The schedule is here :-
http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/schedule/index.html

summerblues wrote:HN, have you tried espn3 in Canada?

In the US, it comes under this link:

http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index

Also, when I type "espn3" into my browser, it directs me there automatically.

Thanks for that SB but it asks for my tv provider... and Guess what... its not listed

Can you make one up?

Nishi 4-3 up against Matheu

temporary21 wrote:Can you make one up?

Awwwwwwwwwww you are awful.... But I could give it a whirl. .

Haddie-nuff wrote:Thanks for that SB but it asks for my tv provider... and Guess what... its not listed

Sorry to hear that.  I tried to poke around internet some more and unfortunately I could not find any indication of a multi-court streaming in your neck of the woods.  Apparently TSN2 and TSN5 are both showing RG today, but no sign of anything more than that.

Ive tried it but you have to log in with your username and pwd...

summerblues wrote:

Haddie-nuff wrote:Thanks for that SB but it asks for my tv provider... and Guess what... its not listed

Sorry to hear that.  I tried to poke around internet some more and unfortunately I could not find any indication of a multi-court streaming in your neck of the woods.  Apparently TSN2 and TSN5 are both showing RG today, but no sign of anything more than that.

You are an SB thanks for your time and effort.

Grannolers gets it don in 3 Sets up a (relatively) interesting match with le Roj

Nishi a break down in the second set.

...but he breaks right back.

Nishi takes the second set and 2:0 up on third.

Jahu wrote:Nishi takes the second set and 2:0 up on third.

Great. I hope he gets through as fresh as possible for the bigger matches ahead.

Yeah, did you watch Monaco? Quite a massacre done by Mercedes for Hamilton

Jahu wrote:Yeah, did you watch Monaco? Quite a massacre done by Mercedes for Hamilton

Watched large parts of it. Odd decision but Hamilton could have refused to come in.

Agree, but now drivers are just highly paid robots to press buttons on the steering wheel, not the strong fighters and hot heads they once were.

Tsonga 3:0 up.

Cheers temporary.

Andy Murray is last on Philippe Chatrier tomorrow and Rafa and Novak wait until Tuesday to start their tournament.

CaledonianCraig wrote:Cheers temporary.  

Andy Murray is last on Philippe Chatrier tomorrow and Rafa and Novak wait until Tuesday to start their tournament.

That's bloody harsh. They should've been on today, or at least tomorrow if bottom half must play today.

Silver wrote:

CaledonianCraig wrote:Cheers temporary.  

Andy Murray is last on Philippe Chatrier tomorrow and Rafa and Novak wait until Tuesday to start their tournament.

That's bloody harsh. They should've been on today, or at least tomorrow if bottom half must play today.

I agree. All First Round matches should be played on the first two days. They manage it at Wimbledon and I think the Australian Open so they should be able to manage it at RG. They don't manage it at the US but their scheduling is freakish anyway.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/32866992

The great man is not happy!!

legendkillarV2 wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/32866992

The great man is not happy!!

I am very interested to hear the forum denizens' views on this.

Silver wrote:

legendkillarV2 wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/32866992

The great man is not happy!!

I am very interested to hear the forum denizens' views on this.

Mines? What a poser.

The French are idiots about this; if some nutcase comes on and does something crazy they'll have no excuse.

Never mind Federer, they should ask Monica Seles whether it's worth taking this subject seriously.

^^^

Exactly this. It's crap a Slam has such lapse security in a match and practice too!

You mean the selfie kid? 2 years ago they managed to let a half naked guy with an already lit flare through on the only match that day.

Take selfie with the kids and stop moaning papi.

Have you see this pictures from his practice the day before? One kid got on and got a selfie as he was leaving and the next thing he and ONE security guy were overrun by around 50 kids, adults.

I think the main issue beyond setting a precedent so that others start doing it is that,like today, they approach from behind. No player, especially after Seles, wants to have an unknown person allowed to come at them from behind. There are tons of crazies out there.

Visitors are screened by metal detectors now, at least to tournaments I've been it was quite a Airport style pat-down and control, so there is no scare of knifes any more, at least I hope.

Jahu wrote:Visitors are screened by metal detectors now, at least to tournaments I've been it was quite a Airport style pat-down and control, so there is no scare of knifes any more, at least I hope.

Check out some of the exposes on the Internet, news shows of what people can get through airport metal detectors and security. Security at a sporting event is virtually useless against someone with real intent to do harm. Shocking to me it's even a question that stuff like this should have a 0 tolerance policy. I bet not one player would think its okay.

Jahu I am worried about you. I was even going to go as far as to thinking someone had hacked your account as you have gone from cryptic jumbled sentences to full coherent sensible comments

What's happened to you!!??

Agree, after Seles scandal, it always on sports players and organizers mind, though 2-3 times now at RG, seems a little careless.

things aren't all bad for Nadal. He has to take confidence in this:

Bojana Jovanovski today:

"The courts are very slow, much slower than in Rome. I couldn't get used to it.
Hitting the ball fast is not dangerous at all, you have to play with a lot of spin and try and open up the court"

Stan: " There is too much difficulty hitting though the court, there is no easy power to be had"

Federer: "It's a slow as I can remember. Returning second serves is a joke with these balls"

Looks like the weather is going to get hotter in the second week. Looking very good indeed for Rafa.

temporary21 wrote:You mean the selfie kid? 2 years ago they managed to let a half naked guy with an already lit flare through on the only match that day.

Indeed. And the 2009 final, and of course Seles before that. Those are just the ones we know about on the showcourts, too.

Away from security, Karlovic and Garcia-Lopez were the seeds to fall today, no other upsets.

legendkillarV2 wrote:Jahu I am worried about you. I was even going to go as far as to thinking someone had hacked your account as you have gone from cryptic jumbled sentences to full coherent sensible comments

What's happened to you!!??

Hahah the Brighton boy hits back 

I'm typing here sitting with my gf closeby and trying to impress her with my sensible non-flirting & erotic-less comments, so I don't scare her  

I said last week, Babolat will fix balls for Nadal!!!

bogbrush wrote:The French are idiots about this; if some nutcase comes on and does something crazy they'll have no excuse.

Never mind Federer, they should ask Monica Seles whether it's worth taking this subject seriously.

The Americans weren't much better, were they:


http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/sep/09/rafael-nadal-us-open-kiss

Jahu wrote:

legendkillarV2 wrote:Jahu I am worried about you. I was even going to go as far as to thinking someone had hacked your account as you have gone from cryptic jumbled sentences to full coherent sensible comments

What's happened to you!!??

Hahah the Brighton boy hits back 

I'm typing here sitting with my gf closeby and trying to impress her with my sensible non-flirting & erotic-less comments, so I don't scare her  

I bloody knew it!! A girl has got to you!!

We are powerless in front of them, or so they say

Keep it up man

A bit harsh to Nadal/Djokovic to start on Tue, I would have thought start the tournament with the players who have the toughest draw and most needed recovery time, they're making at already biased situation worse, only slightly worse though, I don't think it will make a huge difference in the big run of things. I would have thought that they would start with the champion on day one as well, or give them the choice.

If it was up to me I would start slams on a Friday night and have R1 done by Monday, or Tuesday at the latest for any players coming from a final the previous week.

legendkillarV2 wrote:Jahu I am worried about you. I was even going to go as far as to thinking someone had hacked your account as you have gone from cryptic jumbled sentences to full coherent sensible comments

What's happened to you!!??

Did Jahu make it through the metal detectors? (Ah, he has been enchanted - welcome to the club, Jahu.)

Silver wrote:

legendkillarV2 wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/32866992

The great man is not happy!!

I am very interested to hear the forum denizens' views on this.

Typical. so rude to a kid who only wanted a photo. Its ok to make millions from the fans but not ok to take one measly picture?

Lopez on his way out

ZZ wrote:

Silver wrote:

legendkillarV2 wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/32866992

The great man is not happy!!

I am very interested to hear the forum denizens' views on this.

Typical. so rude to a kid who only wanted a photo. Its ok to make millions from the fans but not ok to take one measly picture?

Im jumping to federers defence here, he cannot possibly accept a selfie from every kid who walks up to him after a match, hed be completely swamped all the time, and its not totally safe either. A man in that demand has to have clear boundaries between him and his fans, a selfies ok at a pr event or maybe just after a training knock up, but not there.

Lopez out in straights. Very odd performance.

I wonder if Bedene is the new Bogdanovic

zz is a wum, ignore...

Has anyone noticed that the color combination which Federer wore yesterday, is now being sported by Krajinovic and Pouile. All of them show Nike signs. Has Nike run out of color combinations?

Wasting there time. Black on black with s black headband has always been Feds best colour.  Gold platings never suited him

All star showing on PC tomorrow with Kvitova, Nadal, Djokovic and Williams on the bill.