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[Albion] The Aussie open





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The voice of reason.
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Mar 16, 2005
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Chandlers Ford
Agreed. Utterly ludicrous.

how is it sensible or beneficial for the players, the crowd, or the domestic TV audience? Madness.
 


DerekZoolander

Active member
Aug 15, 2011
171
Complete nonsense time to be playing any sport.

Time aside, players arguably might like it, as surely likely to be cooler at that time, rather than playing at 3/4pm Aussie time.
 


zeetha

Well-known member
Apr 11, 2011
1,312
3.15am Aussie time, and Konta has just lost :(

Shame that such a good match was played when very few people were watching
 






Tom Hark Preston Park

Will Post For Cash
Jul 6, 2003
69,880
2:40am and Konta is still playing.

Ridiculous.

I was in Oz a couple of years back during the Aussie Open when they had the latest ever finishing match. One of the Williams sisters refused to have her match switched from the centre court. So the men's singles match scheduled for that court had to wait til her match had finished. Forget who was playing now, but the game started about 1am and finished something like half four in the morning. Madness.
 




Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75
Oct 4, 2003
10,895
I was in Oz a couple of years back during the Aussie Open when they had the latest ever finishing match. One of the Williams sisters refused to have her match switched from the centre court. So the men's singles match scheduled for that court had to wait til her match had finished. Forget who was playing now, but the game sfarted about 1am and finished something like half four in the morning. Madness.

That was the match between Baghadtis and Leyton Hewitt, something like 15,000 fans stayed to the end to cheer on Hewitt. Mental.
 





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