According to this theory, they might as well just show football 24/7, why waste money on showing basketball, f1, tennis, blahblah blah blah.

In Australia, Pay TV penetrates 25% of the home while Astro penetrates 42% of the home.. yet here in Australia we have sports channels like FoxSport 1,2,3, Setanta Sports, ESPN. They are able to show the Masters Series whole day in one of their channel. Astro has 5 sports channels as well, but most of them only show football. Australians love footy so much, definitely more than tennis, yet they can have 1 channel to show all the tennis they want, why Astro can't do that? Because Astro doesn't use its resouces efficiently.

This post has been edited by Bepeon: Apr 16 2009, 09:24 AM

They actually have more channels, since they can easily open channel 816 and beyond for tennis or even some other sports for that matter.

Either case, Fed vs his fellow Swiss companion Wawrinka will be a good one. Wawrinka has an awesome 1-handed backhand and I reckon its better than Fed's backhand now.

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Added on April 16, 2009, 8:27 pmWow just watched the match between Andy Murray and Victor Hanescu, that match was awesome. So many drop shot saves by Murray and Hanescu, both played awesome. Andy was practically all over the court!

The slices by Hanescu was superb as well.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Apr 16 2009, 08:27 PM

Federer lost to wawrinka 4-6 5-7...something's definitely wrong with him these days..and i doubt he'll be able to get back to his best when there's strong players around..he's mentality just changed..HE NEEDS OUTSIDE HELP!!!

He won't admit it, but its obvious. He's sidetracked by other personal affairs and his very own weak mentality. He's one of those guys who can't stand up again after taking a major loss, as he's always been on top for so long.

Time is running out for him really.... age 27, a baby coming, and just recently a new family.

Federer lost again...huhuhu

actually he has already reached another stage of his career, where things are certainly going against you, and right now he must find a way to overcome all these negatives surrounding him. that's what a true champion should do. if not, he shouldn't even mention about the GOAT.

agassi is a classical example of how to redefine a career. does federer have the same ability? agassi played challenger tournaments to earn his way back into the main draw, i doubt federer will do so (if his ranking drops way way below).

somehoe, i no longer feel disappointed when federer lose.. well, good for my emotions, bad for federer coz seems like my expectations of him have decreased.. am i the only one? pls say no, i feel so guilty =(

Don't feel guilty. I'm one of those people who always wish for the top person to fail. Which was Federer before and Nadal now.

heh.. clearly, i am not looking forward to see federer failing. nadal on the other hand... =)

One day Nadal too gonna gone through what Federer's going through at the moment.
Nothing last forever

This post has been edited by Raikkonen: Apr 18 2009, 09:54 AM

Thats right.
Pete Sampras didn't last forever.
Even Andre Agassi didn't last forever.

Although unlike Fed, both these 2 legends are one to respect. Especially Agassi.

Better retire when your seed is dropping
From #1 to #2.
Don't wait till #3

I'm not referring to any players...just my 2 cents

It doesn't matter when Fed retires.
I'd rate a player by what he's achieved in his carrier not only looking at the end of his career.
So although if he nvr win a title from now on, he's still undoubtedly the most gifted and talented player ever.

By they way, Nadal will conquer all the clay court tournements he enters this year!!

Sometimes its not only what he achives, its also the way and attitude he has when he takes a loss. Don't get me wrong, Federer is like you said... one of the most gifted and talented player in tennis history.

As for Nadal conquering every clay court tourney.... well, I don't know. I would say Andy Murray will give him a good run for the money.

Hopefully

i think not. murray can beat nadal a few =)

Murray was owned by Nadal this year

Looks like Djokovic is in the final took 3 sets to beat Warinka, next match is Murray Vs Nadal, hopes Nadal takes it, coz if not Murray could be World No:2 if he wins the tournament ,could be wrong abt that though.....

if to choose between sampras and agassi..i'd give more edge to aggasi..with all respect to sampras..agassi clawed his way back into the top draws when he was 30+ i think?? the oldest man to reach no.1 .. so all the credits goes to agassi...

Well federer on the other hand..only time will tell..he's mentality has certainly changed..from winning almost everything to suddenly losing to lower ranked players..kinda hard to take..no?

Nadal just beaten Murray in straight set.

I was a big fan of Agassi too.
And he has played till the age of 35 or 36?
At the age of 33, he still can win Grand Slam titles.
And he is among the players who win all the 4 grand slams.

I would bet Nadal is the next one to achieve it.