I pay a little extra on my cable bill for a channel they call Tennis. And they aren't showing any tennis. The grass court season got underway yesterday with the men playing in London and in Halle and the women in Birmingham. But you wouldn't know it if you tuned into tennis' very own network.
TC will show the event in London, historically known as Queen's Club starting with the quarterfinals on Friday. But why such shoddy coverage? And it's like this for the 250 events most of the year - little or no coverage. Hell, Queens Club is loaded with top players as it's commonly known as the mini-Wimbledon.
When I first heard that the Tennis Channel was coming I imagined I'd be able to watch non-stop tennis. Wall-to-wall from the smallest of 250's to the Slams. But that doesn't happen. I'm kind of tired of Tennis Destination already.
I mean, I would have loved to have seen Nikolay Davydenko and Nicolas Keifer's wins today in Halle after a long injury layoffs. Or Andy Murray who is about to take the court in London. And I'd love to see Roger Federer play today in his opening match on grass.
Don't get me wrong - I love the Tennis Channel. (I'm guessing I watch it more than any other channel.) It allows me more tennis veiwing than I ever ever ever had before but it's kind of a bummer that today it left me wanting.
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