Nine Serves Up Fast4 Tennis

[Mingo]

This is bad

 

[Underarm]

If only cricket commentators would shut up like this....

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

This is bad

It's what happens when you mess with something that you can't mess with.

You end up with a bloated piece of s**t.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

The winners in this are Hewitt and Federer. Other than that it's game of tennis.

 

[Ashton Agar]

Forgot completely about this. What have I missed?

 

[Mingo]

Forgot completely about this. What have I missed?

Ummmm.....

 

[Hinkler]

I dont see the point in quicker Tennis.

 

[IQ3]

nothing to see here. move on

 

[vaughany]

Bit of fizzer unfortunately. Stick with the real stuff.

 

[JackNah_8]

this is really bad, i cant even watch it anymore

 

[IQ3]

only reason I'm still watching is to catch glimpses of brunette bec

 

[davis_756]

I dont see the point of halving sets, maybe if they added double points for clean winners so we seen a fast paced attacking game it might work

 

[GreekLunatic]

What's the point of this I don't get it

 

[BACCS]

Ah, thought that was Steve Smith in Hewitt's box

 

[Hudu Gurusingha]

Ah, thought that was Steve Smith in Hewitt's box

Smith is so awkward

 

[IQ3]

Smith is so awkward

not at the crease he isnt

 

[Hudu Gurusingha]

not at the crease he isnt

Well he is - but its damn effective

 

[Hudu Gurusingha]

Wonder how much people paid to see this.

 

[Ashton Agar]

Seemed really quite pointless change from standard tennis. I don't see a future for it. It wasn't any faster or more attacking (like T20), just the sets were shorter which looked stupid and a couple of stupid rule changes. RF was struggling to adjust to the no let rule for example.

 

[Underarm]

Yeah, not really different to a normal tennis match. Especially because it was 5 sets so it essentially went as long as a normal 3 set victory might have gone for.

In a round robin format it could work, But I don't think the tennis world is crying out for some other, smaller format...are they?

 

[Hudu Gurusingha]

Watching the interview afterward, while it was of a higher standard than Channel s**t (7), the whole time I was having the same emotional experience as watching The Office

 

[Underdog]

Did anyone understand anything Ken Sutcliffe said?

 

[vaughany]

Watching the interview afterward, while it was of a higher standard than Channel s**t (7), the whole time I was having the same emotional experience as watching The Office

Agree the interview afterwards had it's awkward moments and weird questions yet at the same time it was more polished and less cringy than a ch7 interview...

 

[Spitta09]

Yeah, not really different to a normal tennis match. Especially because it was 5 sets so it essentially went as long as a normal 3 set victory might have gone for.

In a round robin format it could work, But I don't think the tennis world is crying out for some other, smaller format...are they?

Yeah was rubbish big deal lets play to 4 games. if you are going to do it needs to be like the ITPL which worked well.

 

[Sultan]

I gave it a go but I can't really see what it offers over traditional tennis. I was bored as I was expecting a quick game, but it dragged on just as long as a normal match.

Also, for some reason I found it annoying when Hewitt and Federer tried to lighten the mood or engage with the crowd. It felt a bit unnatural and the mics barely pick it up anyway.