Nadal/Fed at 3:45AM, this is bogus..

[SBR Lou]

I understand that for everyone abroad overseas this start time makes sense, and that tennis is about as popular as NHL in the States, but geez.....

What an unbelievable match this will be and can't even watch it live unless you pull an all nighter, and not like you can watch the replay without a million scrolling bars on ESPN telling you who the winner was.

[Shark79]

Early morning ....

[themajormt]

DVR that shit CL!

[SBR Lou]

I don't have a TIVO cable box.

[themajormt]

ohhh thats rough! Switch to Directv, we will each get a $50 credit if you use me as a referral!

[pavyracer]

Why don't you go to bed at 8 tonight and get up at 3:45 am to watch it live? Order some Domino's this evening and eat the leftovers for breakfast when you get up.

[SBR Lou]

Why don't you go to bed at 8 tonight and get up at 3:45 am to watch it live? Order some Domino's this evening and eat the leftovers for breakfast when you get up.

Problem with that approach is, it's on tomorrow.

[EaglesPhan36]

As an experienced tennisphile Lou, WTF are you thinking here? That they are gonna change the start time all of a sudden to cater to the States?

Honestly, ESPN has done a good job not spoiling it with the scroller. The other morning I was up early and watched Fed kill Del Potro. There wasn't even a tennis section on the bottom line. Either find a way to record it or suck it up and stay up.

[HeeeHAWWWW]

8:30am in the UK for the Aussie night games, which is OK. The real toughies were the morning games over there, if they were late on court they started at 5am our time :-( I ended up watching the Fed-Berdych match to the end, and it was something like 7:30am

[jjgold]

It always the final use to be on at 10:00PM EST on Sat night

What happened

[Boner_18]

Prime time TV for the local networks. That's what it boils down to.

[SBR Lou]

Prime time TV for the local networks. That's what it boils down to.

Yeah, Americans aren't into interesting sports. Just in your face ones. Tennis, soccer, are lost on American audiences.

If America cared, we'd win the time slate or at the very least have it more balanced.

[The General]

I am in the same boat, I want to watch, but do I want to watch it enough to get up and then make tomorrow one loooong day. Great primer's getting ready for the Super Bowl. I am interested in the women's final just as much, too.

GL, Lou and everyone.

[pavyracer]

Is the game tonight or tomorrow night?

[SBR Lou]

Is the game tonight or tomorrow night?

Tomorrow.

[Tchocky]

1. Federer -150
2. Federer 3-0

[xxxvince]

u gonna stay up for this tennis match of be fresh for superbowl.. mmmmm SUPERBOWL bitc****! just bet on the game, check the score when u get up in the morning. learned my lesson staying up watching 5 hour marathon nadal vs verdasco. aint up for another one of that.. no way!