No live coverage for Roddick again tonight in US

Point_Spread · 01-24-2003, 06:08 AM

It appears that ESPN would rather show a replay of Wayne Ferreira vs. Andre Agassi than live tennis. That is what ESPN has scheduled at 3:30am today (the same time that Roddick match will start). This might be the dumbest programming decision ever.

cody · 01-24-2003, 06:31 AM

point,
they have to show the live match in that case.

Mr Negative · 01-24-2003, 06:50 AM

espn2 at 12:30 pacific

Point_Spread · 01-24-2003, 07:11 AM

I hope you guys are right, but ESPN is advertising the match at 2pm tomorrow.

Point_Spread · 01-24-2003, 07:31 AM

No, ESPN has choosen to show a replay from 24 hours ago...This is insane. I really don't understand the decision.

cody · 01-24-2003, 07:39 AM

wtf is this crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cody · 01-24-2003, 07:40 AM

point,
i may puke!

kiwi steve · 01-24-2003, 07:41 AM

Whats going on over there in the States, unbelievable that its not on live. You guys got colour television over there yet??

cody · 01-24-2003, 07:41 AM

will they pick up the roddick match in progress?

cody · 01-24-2003, 07:44 AM

kiwi,

hussein has taken over television programming. please keep us updated on the LIVE match. thank you..

rocketman · 01-24-2003, 07:44 AM

Just started, Roddick chose to receive, apparently his wrist injury is bothering him.

Point_Spread · 01-24-2003, 07:50 AM

Nobody tell me who won this Ferreira-Agassi match from yesterday...It must of been a great match for ESPN to show it again when Roddick is on live...lol

beantownjim · 01-24-2003, 10:22 AM

HEY WHATS THE MATTER WITH YOU FAGS DO YOU REALLY EXPECT THE ESPN CREW TO SHOW US GOOD AMERICANS A FAG SPORT LIKE TENNIS AT 2.30 AM WHO THE F-CK WOULD BE UP WATCHING SOME AMERICANS HAVE TO GO TO WORK.NOW KNOCK OF THIS GAY TALK I MEAN TENNIS TALK.JESUS CHRIST THIS AUSTRALIAN TENNIS MATCHES CANT END SOON ENOUGH FOR OLD BEANTOWNJIM

ANYBODY WHO DOESNT THINK THERE IS RACISM IN THIS COUNTRY IF YOUR GAY BROTHER WAS DATING KORDELL STEWART,MICHAEL JACKSON.OR FAG RODDICK WHO WOULD YOU WELCOME WITH OPEN ARMS[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

Conrad · 01-24-2003, 11:15 AM

You didn't miss much today, guys. Roddick was playing with an injury throughout the game btw, sad to see him bow out this way.

nostaw1952 · 01-24-2003, 03:31 PM

I suspect that, like the US tennis officials, I am in the minority here, but I think the other 3 Slam Tournaments ought to scrap the "no tiebreakers in the last set" rule. I don't see that the greater good of the game is served having a player who had the misfortune to have a marathon decisive set play a day or two later. It doesn't exactly make television scheduling easier, either: maybe one of the reasons that ESPN won't commit to live coverage is that they can't say with any degree of certainty how much time to set aside to the match(although whether the match goes 3,4, or 5 sets is obviously unavoidable).

nostaw1952 · 01-24-2003, 03:37 PM

HEY, BEANBRAIN JIM, FOR A GUY WHO HAS SO LITTLE USE FOR TENNIS, YOU SURE SPEND A LOT OF TIME READING AND COMMENTING ON IT. DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA "TURN" ALL OF US TENNIS
FAGS, IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE SPORT STAY THE F**K OUT OF THE THREAD AND STOP WASTING YOUR TIME AND OURS, JAGOFF. HOPEFULLY THE MAJOR WILL STEP IN AGAIN SOON AND BOOT YOUR LOWBROW ASS OUT OF HERE AGAIN.

Louis Cypher · 01-24-2003, 03:43 PM

Friday, January 24
Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Rainer Schuettler had too much energy for a tired and bruised Andy Roddick.

Schuettler beat the ninth-seeded Roddick 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Friday in the Australian Open to advance to the final against three-time champion Andre Agassi.

Schuettler, the German seeded 31st, finished off the American in 2 hours, 19 minutes, breaking Roddick at love with a backhand down the line.

Roddick outlasted Morocco's Younes El Aynaoui 21-19 on Wednesday in the longest fifth set in Grand Slam tennis to advance to the semifinals. He injured his wrist during a fifth-set fall and consulted a tournament doctor before the match.

"I knew going out there it was sore. ... but it didn't get better,'' Roddick said. "I thought if the adrenaline started pumping -- it's a very strong thing -- but it just didn't happen.''

The 20-year-old American never considered retiring from the match.

"It was tough but I went out and tried my best,'' he said. "I wasn't going to pull out of another Grand Slam -- it wasn't going to happen.''

A hamstring injury forced him out of a third-round match against No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in the 2001 French Open.

Agassi advanced Thursday with a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 victory over South Africa's Wayne Ferreira.

Roddick struggled throughout his first semifinal in a major, but it didn't wreck his week.

"I can't complain about these two weeks. There have been a lot of special moments for me,'' he said.

After losing the first set, he had white strapping bound around a blue sweatband on his right wrist and then broke Schuettler twice to race to a 4-0 lead in the second. Roddick tied it at a set apiece with a service winner and again received treatment.

This time, a towel draped over his head to soak up the sweat, Roddick had anti-inflammatory gel rubbed into the wrist and new strapping applied.

Schuettler dominated the third set, working Roddick around the court, forcing him to run.

The German had chances on Roddick's serve in the second and fourth games but didn't break until the sixth, after the American crashed to the court.

Roddick tripped and fell over a plant box at the edge of the court, where he'd picked up an Elmo doll that had tumbled down from the bleachers, and fell behind 4-2 when Schuettler drilled a forehand winner on break point.

"Right now I'm really speechless,'' Schuettler said. "Sometimes you have a chance to realize a dream. You have to have dreams otherwise it's pretty boring.''

Schuettler's longest previous match in the tournament was 2:18 against Wimbledon runner-up David Nalbandian. The German got the benefit of a walkover into the fourth round when No. 3 Marat Safin withdrew because of a wrist problem.

In all, Schuettler had spent 7:53 on court in five matches, while Roddick had been on court for 13:55.

"He won the big points when he had to ... he played a smart match,'' Roddick said. "All credit, he deserves to be in the final.''

Roddick received treatment from trainer Bill Norris for his tired muscles and cuts and grazes on his hands and knees following his scrambling victory over El Aynaoui in 4:59.

The match finished at 12:47 a.m. Thursday, 1:50 after Roddick saved a match point at 5-4 in the fifth. The last set lasted 2:23.