posted May 17, 2008

Whenever the world No1 speaks,
whatever the world No1 says,
I agree with her!

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posted May 17, 2008

If they moved the whole thing, as they really should do to help space the slams evenly, to March they wouldnt have to play at night.

BTW - the night thing is about global TV audiences, nothing to do with the weather.

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posted May 17, 2008

If Screamapova said "jump off a cliff", conosu would do it.

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posted May 17, 2008

"Jump!" she commands.
Says I, "How high?".

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posted May 17, 2008

Well, I'm very pleased that I will no longer have to either get up at 2am or stay up till 5am on a cold January morning! Now it's the Americans' turn to suffer.

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posted May 17, 2008

A cynic would claim that this was as much to please the global television audience than protect the players. Hard not to think of sport's foremost entrepreneur Bernie Eccleston pushing tirelessly to change the Aussie GP to a night race in the same vein as Singapore will be this year.

That said, the temperatures at Melbourne park have always caused problems. I always wondered why it was the first GS to have a roof when Wimbledon has been crying out for one for years. That was until I seen it being used to shade the players from the belting Antipodean sunshine, rather than persistant British rain.

Sensible move either way...

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posted May 19, 2008

i don't think many matches should be played at night, even though night matches are something special, the human body starts to shut down ever so slightly after midday, this could affect players best performances

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