Tennis
Brussels weather
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time for cats
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Jaziri bageled
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was he in your accumugator?
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he wasn't, was on all the early matches and won
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woulda done one on later matches but heard forecast was bad
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boooooooooooooooo, bad dutchies!
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Mug organisers.
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yeah fuck them al right
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@ one post above
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n88uk 21 May 13 17:34
The organisation in Brussels has put whole new meaning to the term backwards thinking. I always think Wimbledon handle rain badly, but this takes it to a whole other level. we've already both made the same point, but wimbledon can afford to be difficult: the players aren't going to fack off early to make it to New Haven if there's a risk of it overrunning. this is just major self harm: the big money for the sponsors and the venue, as well as its reputation, is getting the big players on thursday, friday and saturday. they've just categorically facked things up at the expense of what - a few people missing out on some low level filth being played in the cold damp dark. i can't think of a single mitigating argument for their decision to not move indoors today. |
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and i'm almost certain that the fft will make NO concessions whatsoever for any of the finalists.
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Of course they won't. Why would they. It's set in stone. Whoever ends in the opening half of the draw will play Monday. They didn't make any concessions for Gasquet in 2010, they won't make any for any of the nobodies here.
It's a big issue in tennis that too many events are reactive to rain rather than proactive. You have weather forecasts, you can see it coming, but never do anything until after it comes. It annoys me to no end when events release order of plays they know there is a zero percent chance of happening, it's just a waste of ink. |
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Btw can someone post a link to the order of play for tomorrow when it comes available. Thank you.
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i'm sympathetic to holding off on moving indoors even if the forecast is miserable, if it's the latter stages of a tournament: there are crowds and sponsors to appease; but there is NO excuse to not go in today, when it's effectively wednesday and you've only completed four main draw matches.
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tanks aplenty then
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weather forecasters can get it wrong, so they are right to release the order of play and get on with it
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the thing is if that if they were playing through to sunday, and this was happening, i don't think anyone would mind so much.
but they're acting like they are when their players can't. |
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10 am Kanepi cc, Stephens court 1. Android has it, did not find it yet elsewhere.
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http://www.wta-brusselsopen.com/upload/programme/programme-jour-2013-mer-22.pdf
7 matches on a court with no floodlights. Who are they kidding? |
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Surprised Stephens second match didn't make the TV courts over Peng's second match.
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half of a draw will pullout with mistery injuries,nap
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Oudin could take title here
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she would need full draw to pull out and only coco left |
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''From 3.00 pm we could play at an alternate site if needed to complete all the matches''
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That line at the bottom just makes it utterly stupid they didn't move indoors today.
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Oudin will be an interesting name in a few years on the Birmingham roll of honour when it becomes a premier on the middle week and all the top names are playing.
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she beat jankovic crostea makarova vesnina to win this title not that bad
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was underdog in every match bare one
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btw birmingham last year was exactly same situation like brussels now , absolute piss
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oudin had to play 2 matches sunday i think final on monday
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