Too many fillers not related to tennis.Tennis is international, and tennis talent is not confined to American shores. Watching a re-run of a Nadal match on TTC, with the more subdued TTC coverage, I could appreciate so much more the virtuosity of Nadal's performance. Bouncing around from head to head detracts from the tennis. A case can be made that there are too many commentators. ESPN provides too many people with microphones.His final comment was reserved for the ESPN coverage, in which he talked about the omnipresent ‘Crawl.’ This excited a wave of comments about the ESPN tennis coverage (in which The Crawl was universally loathed). During the Australian Open, 2009, I was logged into the blog at almost every day, and mid way through the week, Steve Tignor (a regular editor) published his first impressions of the Slam.Different commentators take the lead at different times in a tournament, giving the viewer the benefit of different ‘flavors’ to the coverage at any given time.A far cry from the old days where you could hardly follow what was at stake with a single broadcast of an isolated final. Though it looked a little bit like The Hollywood Squares, what a treat for a tennis fan! It was like the build-up to the Superbowl, and the match itself did not disappoint. 2), was at Wimbledon watching four different ‘boxes’, and about 12 different commentators, give their editorial remarks, on-air on ESPN, about the looming (and now classic) 2008 Wimbledon final. 1) and Roger Federer (13-times Slam Champion and world No. One of my favorite moments in the 2008 coverage of one of the best rivalries in sports these days-that between Rafael Nadal (the world’s No. I love the mix of commentators on ESPN, and mostly find that by comparison The Tennis Channel’s (TTC) broadcasts lacks a certain energy.The absence of John McEnroe (OK, I do enjoy John, but a little of John goes a long way).Play-by-play and commentary with Patrick McEnroe and Dick Edberg.

Commentary with the three guys: Fowler, Brad Gilbert, and Darren Cahill.

Of the venues in which tennis can be enjoyed, ESPN produces clear winners! ESPN paints the lines, getting just inside the boundaries, and keeping the error count low. (For a tennis fan, the only thing worse than tennis coverage from ten to fifteen years ago is Fox Sports Network tennis coverage today, in which matches cannot be found, move around to channels not originally listed, and/or are pre-empted by high school basketball matches or anything not-tennis that Fox can find.)

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