Anyone forTennis.......Wimbledon 2013

[Nick Armstrong]

Inverdale who presents it comes across as gormless to me

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23214821

[gurnemanz]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23214821

I've just clicked that Inverdale link -how horrible. I started off wanting Lisicki to win but ended up really rooting for Bartoli. This had nothing to do with Lisicki herself. For a start, Bartoli was playing far better tennis, but I wanted the biassed BBC pundits and Centre Court crowd to be thwarted.

[Mr Pee]

And this from the valued member who posted only today on this very thread ...

'Wasn't it good to watch two women playing tennis relatively quietly ... ?'

[Bryn]

Wasn't it good to watch two women playing tennis relatively quietly

Quite agree. Murray and Janowicz were a right pair of grunters in comparison.

[scottycelt]

I've just clicked that Inverdale link -how horrible. I started off wanting Lisicki to win but ended up really rooting for Bartoli. This had nothing to do with Lisicki herself. For a start, Bartoli was playing far better tennis, but I wanted the biassed BBC pundits and Centre Court crowd to be thwarted.

Inverdale is a complete bounder to speak of a young lady in that fashion whether it be a Misses or a Mizzes. His father played Rugby Union so the seeds and signs of ignorance may well have been apparent right from the beginning. In any case, away from a tennis court and with her hair down, Ms Bartoli appears to be a very pleasant and attractive young lady. Rather more significantly she is also a better tennis player at present than the adored Miss Lisicki.

However, in contrast to Ms Bartoli, Miss Lisicki displayed a human weakness and vulnerability alongside her natural, charming demeanour which is an irresistible and therefore winning mix indeed when it comes to popularity with a British crowd. Of course, the cynics amongst us may have suspected that Miss Lisicki, on occasion, exploited these very attributes to the full in order to garner crowd sympathy and support. I hasten to add that I am not one of those cynics, and am absolutely confident that Miss Lisicki would never have even dreamt of employing such unsavoury tactics.

Finally, I wonder which ugly, grunting male the Wimbledon crowd and commentators will come out in favour of today and what verbal garbage we can expect from BBC pundits like Inverdale. I'll probably go for the safe option and just switch the TV sound off.

Meanwhile, without a hint of bias, good luck to A. Murray!

[Pabmusic]

Inverdale is a complete bounder to speak of a young lady in that fashion whether it be a Misses or a Mizzes. His father played Rugby Union so the seeds and signs of ignorance may well have been apparent right from the beginning. In any case, away from a tennis court and with her hair down, Ms Bartoli appears to be a very pleasant and attractive young lady. Rather more significantly she is also a better tennis player at present than the adored Miss Lisicki...Meanwhile, without a hint of bias, good luck to A. Murray!

Scotty, I agree with this entirely (please note). Mrs Pab, who likes tennis, is urging Murray on from 8,000 miles away. I guess I am too.

[french frank]

I've just clicked that Inverdale link -how horrible. I started off wanting Lisicki to win but ended up really rooting for Bartoli. This had nothing to do with Lisicki herself. For a start, Bartoli was playing far better tennis, but I wanted the biassed BBC pundits and Centre Court crowd to be thwarted.

Indeed. But if you want evidence of a trivial mind, look no further than that.

[salymap]

I've just found the link. What a horrible man.


Bartoli deserved to win although I felt sorry for Lisicki in a way

[amateur51]

Indeed. But if you want evidence of a trivial mind, look no further than that.

Indeed.

I wonder if Inverdale has ever imagined a conversation between Andy Murray and his mum that went the same way ... " You're never going to be a looker ..." No, I thought not.

The casual sexism of it all, and this is the twenty-first century.

[aeolium]

That's certainly far and away the worst example of Wimbledon punditry, but the commentating in general has been of an abysmal quality - with the exception of McEnroe - with numbing levels of banality and statements of the obvious. Also the flagrant partisanship has extended beyond games involving British players to for instance the Radwanska v Lisicki semi-final, where the contrast was repeatedly made between the cold and calculating Radwanska ("storing it in her database") and the passionate and emotional Lisicki, calculation in tennis being bad and emotion being good.

But at least a lot of the tennis has compensated, especially that fantastic game between Djokovic and Del Potro

[Anna]

I wonder if Inverdale has ever imagined a conversation between Andy Murray and his mum that went the same way ... " You're never going to be a looker ..." No, I thought not.

The casual sexism of it all, and this is the twenty-first century.

Perfectly put Ams. One wonders what century Mr. Inverdale is living in .... but then we also have comments from scotty such as "away from a tennis court and with her hair down, Ms Bartoli appears to be a very pleasant and attractive young lady"

However, ontopic, although I don't watch/follow tennis I did enjoy the second half of the last Murray match and the afternoon promising to be rather hot I think I'll tune in and see what the outcome is.

[salymap]

I've set my box at 301 to record the match on 8th's advice. Hope it works

[eighthobstruction]

No that's not what meant Salymap....I do not think that will record the final....what I was saying was, that if you miss it (the final) , it is likely to be repeated (full match) during the evening on 301....(but you will have to take potluck as to when it starts and finishes)................the matches I saw on 301 were played in entirety (after the live match had finished), then when that finished they started again at the first point, first set on a loop....

[Anna]

I think saly is worried about them switching channels if it overruns, but according to the RT they've allowed until 6pm and say if that happens subsequent programmes will change/run late - it cannot be on BBC2 because at 6pm the mixed doubles is on. Wouldn't it be best to record on BBC1 with the safety net of 301 in the unlikely event that they switch channels?

[mangerton]

I think saly is worried about them switching channels if it overruns, but according to the RT they've allowed until 6pm and say if that happens subsequent programmes will change/run late - it cannot be on BBC2 because at 6pm the mixed doubles is on. Wouldn't it be best to record on BBC1 with the safety net of 301 in the unlikely event that they switch channels?

Yes, that is what I would do. If I were a betting man, I'd bet on the whole final being on BBC1, even if WW3 broke out this afternoon.

I'll be listening to music and possibly reading a book.