I'm certainly not a tennis freak, but I'll probably tune in from time to time. I can enjoy watching tennis in modest amounts, but not hour after hour.
Australian Open - Tennis- Anyone else watching?
Its this time of year again where I am going sleepless. 17 hour time difference really messes up everything with this Grand Slam.
Coverage starts today at 5:30 pm eastern time on ESPN 2 in the US. And also on ESPN Go. I had to set the dolphin browser up on my Fire HD so I can watch the other courts.
So matches start at 6pm for morning matches and 2 am
for the evening matches. Yikes.
I remember one match, I think it was Hewitt or Bagdatis. I fell asleep in the middle of the night and they were still playing when I woke up.. I think they played until 4 am local time.
I used to watch tennis in Germany with my mother all the time. I don't know what was worst, starting the morning matches at 6 pm in the US and having the evening matches then in the middle of the night, or as in Germany the morning matches started at 1 am and then we could watch the evening matches in the morning. I think that was better as many of the real interesting matches happen in the evening.
The older I get, the harder it is for me to stay up.
Am I the only Tennis freak here on Kindleboards?
Coverage starts today at 5:30 pm eastern time on ESPN 2 in the US. And also on ESPN Go. I had to set the dolphin browser up on my Fire HD so I can watch the other courts.
So matches start at 6pm for morning matches and 2 am
for the evening matches. Yikes.I remember one match, I think it was Hewitt or Bagdatis. I fell asleep in the middle of the night and they were still playing when I woke up.
. I think they played until 4 am local time. I used to watch tennis in Germany with my mother all the time. I don't know what was worst, starting the morning matches at 6 pm in the US and having the evening matches then in the middle of the night, or as in Germany the morning matches started at 1 am and then we could watch the evening matches in the morning. I think that was better as many of the real interesting matches happen in the evening.
The older I get, the harder it is for me to stay up.
Am I the only Tennis freak here on Kindleboards?
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I am the hour after hour, day after day type. 
. But then its the only sport I watch and like, outside of the various stuff at the Olympics.
. But then its the only sport I watch and like, outside of the various stuff at the Olympics.
I like watching tennis -- but the Australian open is at an ungodly hour! We used to have a receptionist who was a real tennis freak. . .she was always kind of droopy during these two weeks because she'd stay or get up to watch the matches!
We used to have a receptionist who was a real tennis freak. . .she was always kind of droopy during these two weeks because she'd stay or get up to watch the matches!
I'm definitely a tennis fan, but this Slam is the opposite side of the world to me so they're always playing when I'm in bed.
If I didn't have to work and only had myself to please I'd probably watch a fair bit of it - as it is I'll see some bits at the weekend and luckily I can usually see the finals - or at least record and watch them before I hear the results!
If I didn't have to work and only had myself to please I'd probably watch a fair bit of it - as it is I'll see some bits at the weekend and luckily I can usually see the finals - or at least record and watch them before I hear the results!
I don't know if I am going to last 2 weeks on this little sleep. . But its really the first week where everything is hectic because so many more matches to try to catch.
I suffered 2 more losses last night. Tommy Hass and Dolgopolov. Haas because he is the old guy still doing it. He is 34. If he hadn't had all those crazy injuries during his career, who knows what would have happened with his talent. His one handed backhand is a thing of beauty. Dolgopolov I like because he just is so unpredictable. But he is also not consistent. But he was stuck playing Monfils in the first round, that was a tough one. But so very entertaining.
Haas played Nieminen, another old guy.. They slugged it out for 5 sets. Love those kind of matches and players.
Federer is my favorite and I am already worrying about when he retires as I am not a big fan of some of this new-ish type of play.
I always get exited when something unexpected happens. Like Date-Krumm getting past the first round. She is a 42 year old mom.
. But its really the first week where everything is hectic because so many more matches to try to catch. I suffered 2 more losses last night. Tommy Hass and Dolgopolov. Haas because he is the old guy still doing it. He is 34. If he hadn't had all those crazy injuries during his career, who knows what would have happened with his talent. His one handed backhand is a thing of beauty. Dolgopolov I like because he just is so unpredictable. But he is also not consistent. But he was stuck playing Monfils in the first round, that was a tough one. But so very entertaining.
Haas played Nieminen, another old guy.
. They slugged it out for 5 sets. Love those kind of matches and players. Federer is my favorite and I am already worrying about when he retires as I am not a big fan of some of this new-ish type of play.
I always get exited when something unexpected happens. Like Date-Krumm getting past the first round. She is a 42 year old mom.
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