First, I want to thank you for your great coverage of the French Open this past weekend. I especially enjoyed, as always, the commentary by John McEnroe. However, I do have one complaint. I realize you probably didn’t anticipate the match to be over so quickly, but you should put more effort into thinking about your “filler” match choices. I think re-playing last year’s Wimbledon final featuring Nadal v Federer was a classless choice. Yes, it was a great match, but it was a Federer win, and a Federer record-breaking moment. It would have been nice to see a Nadal dominated match – as a tribute to him for not only winning yesterday, but for all he has accomplished at the French Open. To switch the coverage to last year’s Wimbledon was unfair to Nadal – it took away from his win yesterday in my mind.
Yesterday should have been totally about Nadal and the French Open. Today we can start looking forward to Wimbledon.
4 responses so far ↓
Heidi // June 9, 2008 at 7:43 pm |
I agree completely. Rafael Nadal deserved better than that. They need to get with the program and realize that there are other amazing players on the men’s tennis circuit besides Federer.
Well done!
Katie // June 9, 2008 at 8:09 pm |
Even though I don’t have particularly strong feelings about Federer or Nadal, I think you are completely right. Any filler should have been devoted to the reigning French Open champion…not the sorely beaten runner up!
Keep up the good work!
Linda // June 10, 2008 at 3:59 pm |
I still can’t believe they (NBC) used last year’s Wimbledon as filler because Nadal beat the pants off Federer. How tactless! Nadal deserved better from the network.
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