Thursday, July 06, 2006

Thanks for nothing, ESPN

The two women's semifinal matches were played today at Wimbledon. ESPN showed the first one, between Justine Henin-Hardenne and Kim Clijsters, then switched over to the men's quarterfinal between Rafael Nadal and Jarkko Nieminem. First, it was a quarterfinal, not a semifinal, and second--short of a miracle--it was obvious that Nadal was going to cruise through, which he did, in straight sets.

I couldn't believe it. Then, when that match was over, Brad Gilbert and Chris Fowler sat and chatted about the men's match. After that, they showed highlights of the first women's semifinal, followed by shots of Evert and Navratilova, from the 80s. Then they showed part of the Federer/Ancic quarterfinal again.

Meanwhile, there was high drama going on between Amelie Mauresmo and Maria Sharapova, and thank goodness I have Wimbledon Live so I could watch the match on my computer screen. ESPN did go off the air before the women's match was completed, so it would have been frustrating, anyway, but to not show any of it was, well...it was ESPN.

The good news is that Mauresmo won and is into the finals.

3 Comments:

Women sports is secondary even to a bunch a f males playing poker. Which really irks me.

And the fact that they make less money if the win is really insulting.

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