Tennis fans

[Alan Medic]

In case anyone is interested and doesn't have Amazon Prime, Ch4 will be showing the US Open tennis final live tonight. There may be some local interest involved.

[KidKruger]

Nice one AM.

[Sue]

I'm getting a message Channel 4 currently off air.

Anhyone else?

[Sue]

Plus it says the match is "unavailable live".

WTF?????

[KidKruger]

I?ve just checked - seems fine on C4.

(Tho I?m using Amazon for the match 9pm)

[Sue]

KidKruger Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> I?ve just checked - seems fine on C4.

> (Tho I?m using Amazon for the match 9pm)

Says unavailable live on both my laptop and My mobile 😭😭😭

[Sue]

And my Amazon prime free trial expired two days ago 😭😭😭

[KidKruger]

Sue Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> KidKruger Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I?ve just checked - seems fine on C4.

> > (Tho I?m using Amazon for the match 9pm)

>

> Says unavailable live on both my laptop and My

> mobile 😭😭😭

What about the telly ?

[Sue]

I no longer have a telly

[bodsier]

I suspect Amazon challenged it and forced many to subscribe to prime to watch it....

[KidKruger]

Rubbish match anyway, you?d have hated it.

[Sue]

It was brilliant, we watched it at The Actress in the end 🤣

[KidKruger]

True Dat !

[Sue]

I think it just must not have been available streamed.

I don't normally watch live TV but I just checked and I'm getting Channel 4 fine this morning.

So much for spending the best part of an hour changing passwords, turning things on and off etc etc

😶

[KidKruger]

Sue, I had it on terrestrial (C4) and Amazon (I have Prime) for duration.

The C4 perhaps was available to me because not via Internet ?

[ed_pete]

Not watched much US Open Tennis before. Blimey they need to sort themselves out. Empty seats. Lots of shots of people on their phones. People popping down to the court for selfies in-between points. Heart of Glass.

Thank god for Wimbledon.

And well done Emma, fantastic.

[Seabag]

ed_pete Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Not watched much US Open Tennis before. Blimey

> they need to sort themselves out. Empty seats.

> Lots of shots of people on their phones. People

> popping down to the court for selfies in-between

> points. Heart of Glass.

> Thank god for Wimbledon.

> And well done Emma, fantastic.

There is a touch of the empty sports centre about it

Well done to her, but as a TV spectacle it needs some work.

Wimbledon is very classy in comparison.

[Sephiroth]

Some well dodgy camera angle decisions during play as well

But frankly what a fantastic spectacle, match and result

Watch it with my 10 year old and she could barely watch

Two amazing young people with composure beyond their years. A privilege to behold

[Sue]

KidKruger Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Sue, I had it on terrestrial (C4) and Amazon (I

> have Prime) for duration.

> The C4 perhaps was available to me because not via

> Internet ?

Yes, someone else I know couldn't get it via internet either.

Very annoying,

[Sue]

Sephiroth Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Some well dodgy camera angle decisions during play

> as well

>

> But frankly what a fantastic spectacle, match and

> result

>

Yes, agree with both those.

Though doesn't anybody go to the net any more?! It's a long time since I watched any tennis!

[fishbiscuits]

Sue Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Though doesn't anybody go to the net any more?!

> It's a long time since I watched any tennis!

Yeah it's changed a lot. The serve-and-volley game largely died out when Nadal and Federer came to dominance. I've heard people say that volleying is no longer as effective due to heavier/softer balls...

[JohnL]

Borg was a baseliner and so were others of that era like Connors until that McEnroe appeared on the scene.

[malumbu]

Enjoyed match and very joyed by the result. the Oscars stuff at the end was awful, and the presentation of the billion pound cheque crass. Both players spoke well, the whole presentation could have been made short and sweet.