Any resolution to go to bed earlier is currently shot because Melbourne is 17 hours ahead. Which mean that live coverage here in the CST starts around 9am and goes till 1 am. Then it picks back up again at 2:30am and goes till 6am. The latest I've watched is till 3am, but that is blatantly breaking any resolution.
The upside of all this coverage though is the coverage and commentary. Especially in these early rounds where the matches are pretty lop-sided and don't offer much viewing entertainment. So, the commentators then have hours to fill of talking, speculating, punditry and the like . . . with a cohost. After while, they get a little testy and start to take it out on each other. The best was last night, Chris Fowler and Brad Gilbert. Chris Fowler is a sports broadcaster that covers tennis. Brad Gilbert is a tennis coach (most notably Andre Agassi) doing a bit of braodcasting. Their personalities and backgrounds clashed in the most passive aggressively entertaining way to watch. Neither respected the other and you could feel the tension. More interesting to watch than the actual match itself.
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oh man, i've missed almost all of the open. i love the commentators, no mcenroe this tournament? i also love mary jo
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