Tennis 2008

[Egan]

Kuznetsova will be a challenge for Stosur. But if she doesn't go into a power contest, rather a game of good shots she definitely has a chance of winning.

What a win for Australia if our first women's grand slam title for many a year was a French Open...very unpredictable.

I would suspect media attention on Stosur will increase if she wins through the semi finals.

[Jeffles]

BUMP!

Anyone watch Four Corners last night? Bloody political lot!

[the crow]

yes it was an interesting insight to the backroom brawling. it is replayed tonight if anyone wants to watch it or on I View at the ABC website.

[Jeffles]

The next TA election will be very interesting. I quite like MacNamee. He seems to have the 21st century world view Pollard doesn't.

A lot of allegations and imputations last night. The big ones were against Harold Mitchell and Ashley Cooper. I think people are entitled to have a beef with TA. Our good junior result are not translating on the proper tour; the Plexicushion change was a massive hyped up, cash-grab wank; coaches are getting pushed out including some of our most successful like Roche and Cahill.

What will come of it I'm not sure but given TA's financial position, they have few excuses left. I'm not saying we should be the world beaters of the 1950s and 1960s - tennis is a much bigger game thatn that these days but it is sh*t to have only one player in each top 50 singles.

[Jeffles]

For all the NSL fans out there.

http://www.daviscup.com/ties/tie.asp?tie=100014706

[Egan]

Apparently we are going to play Japan in Brisbane for the next tie.

[beastjim]

We actually have a tennis stadium to use as well, no using a corner of QSAC this time around for Brisbane.

[yob]

I'll watch the sport when they release a Tivo for grunters.

[hot_dogma]

Went past Pat Rafter Arena the other day. Looks impressive.

[stadiumking]

The clay court on Pat Rafter Arena looked fantastic! Took around three days to make and will take three to dismantle.

This video has a time-lapse video of the clay court being laid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZBS4c2_eGE

To be fair, the Four Corners video did project a very one-sided view of things.

[Jeffles]

It did look fantastic, and good to see the Aussies moving up the ranks.

[Egan]

The clay court on Pat Rafter Arena looked fantastic! Took around three days to make and will take three to dismantle.

This video has a time-lapse video of the clay court being laid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZBS4c2_eGE

To be fair, the Four Corners video did project a very one-sided view of things.

Is that coming from a Tennis Australia media perspective lol.

[Jeffles]

Putting Todd Woodbridge on the spot was a bit harsh but the report did reveal some importantr points that should be addressed.

There is a new man at the top now. We'll see what happens.

[Egan]

So much sport on at the moment is squeezing out Sam Stosur's rise to the Quarter Final. Hopefully she gets greater coverage as she proceeds into the quarter final of the French Open...

[Egan]

For all those interested Stosur plays Serena Williams at 8:00pm WST or 10:00pm EST tonight on Fox Sports...