And Becker for the first part of the match until he had to go over to Centre for the Federer match when Tsonga left after injury.

DAY 4

Del Potro vs. Levine : Chris Bradnam & John McEnroe
Williams vs. Garcia : Nick Mullins & Tracy Austin
Lisicki vs. Vesnina : Sam Smith & Virginia Wade
Li vs. Halep : Mark Petchey & Anne Keothavong (god knows why the BBC hired her- maybe they feel sorry for her?)

Shows how confident you are in your playing ability when you sign up to commentate as well as play in a tournament doesn' it ?

Blake Vs Tomic --- David Mercer and Paul Hand
Stosur Vs Puchkova --- Guy McCrea and Elizabeth Smylie

Live @ Wimbledon ( Website )
Presenters:
Mats Wilander, Annabel Croft, Rob Walker, Cara Robinson, Lynsey Hipgrave
Reporters: Rob Walker, Cara Robinson, Lynsey Hipgrave

its good to watch, they show live action too

It really does. She was awful (not unlike her tennis, I suppose ) and Petchey seemed to be doing both roles- she's certainly a woman of few words. "fluid shot", "good footwork" is hardly the cutting-edge analysis the viewers want, is it?


Radwanska vs. Johansson : Simon Reed & Lindsay Davenport
Dimitrov vs. Zemlja : Ron McIntosh & John Lloyd
Brands vs. Berdych : Karthi Gnanasegaram & Mark Cox

Wimbledon Day 5

Robson v Marino - Matt Chilton, John McEnroe + Sam Smith
Ferrer v Agut - Simon Reed + Tim Henman
Kanepi v Kerber - Chris Bradnam + Tracy Austin
Dimitrov v Zemlja - Ronald McIntosh + John Lloyd
Chardy v Struff - Andrew Cotter + Peter Fleming
Wang v Haas - Paul Hand + Jo Durie

Unfortunately we have to put up with the awful Andrew Castle on Murray's match today, he's alongside John Lloyd and Pat Cash. When will the BBC and other channels who employ him, realise that Castle is as bad a commentator as he was player. Will have to watch it in silence then.

I've got the 5 Live commentary on instead now. AC is simply unlistenable. It will be awful for us all when he has the final that Murray *could* win.

I know Mark Petchy wasn't an amazing player either but he is heaps better than Castle on commentary.

i think bbc give them all a Andy Match.
lets hope if he makes the final John Mc will do the final depending which final he does for US...

The difference is Petchey is a better commentator than he was player, where as Castle is far worse a commentator than he was player, and with Castle achieving a high ranking of 80, that says something about his commentary work.

Janowicz vs. Almagro : Barry Davies & Peter Fleming ()
Robredo vs. Murray : Andrew Castle (), John Lloyd & Pat Cash



Completely agree. Petchey has a far better turn of phrase and is infinitely more knowledgeable than Castle. He also doesn't have a smug or self-important tone and lets the co-commentators, the real experts, analyse and do most of the talking. Can't understand Castle's continued status as No1. Petchey is excellent- a much better choice for the men's singles final IMO.



Unfortunately, we'll be left with the usual trio of Castle, Henman and Becker. Castle and Henman just bore me to death- awful commentators.
McEnroe is doing Wimbledon primarily for ESPN in America so the BBC get to use him on the matches ESPN don't need him for. He'll probably be doing the women's final with Petchey and Davenport.

well he did the womens last year.. so lets hope he does the mens this year...
why is Castle rated highly this year hes done BBC,Sky Sports and Eurosport.....

McEnroe will always do the mens final for US TV which used to be NBC and now is ESPN, he also works for CBS when he covers the US Open.

So sadly i feel for a few years we will be stuck with the 'dream' team of Castle, Henman and Becker for the mens final at SW19.

Becker i can live with, but as for the other 2, well i concur with others sentiments on here.

It seems to be an obsession over here than any ex player can make the commentary box or as a summariser, whether it is cricket, golf, football, rugby etc, never mind whether they are any good or not. Sky are guilty of this as well.

Saturday 29th June - Sky Sports 1

British & Irish Lions Tour Live: Second Test Match: Australia v Lions

Alex Payne presenting from the Etihad Stadium, Melbourne alongside Paul Wallace, Sir Ian McGeechan, Will Greenwood and Scott Quinnell, with Will, Scott and Brendan Cannon doing links from pitchside

Commentators: Miles Harrison and Stuart Barnes, with Will Greenwood and Scott Quinnell providing "special comments" from pitchside

Reporters: Rod Kafer (Fox Sports Australia) and Will Greenwood

Payne presented last night's preview show from the Melbourne docklands, joined at various points by Wallace, McGeechan, Greenwood, Quinnell and Barnes, with Dean Ryan contributing analysis from the SkyPad in Isleworth.

Yey! The Rugby World Sevens is live streaming through their website today. Yesterday it was geo-blocked for me.

If wonder if Dean Ryan would have been out in Australia had he not joined Worcester. From a personal of view I think the Sky coverage misses that technical element he would have brought

DAY 6


Gasquet vs. Tomic : Mark Petchey & John McEnroe
Robson vs. Erakovic : Simon Reed & Sam Smith
Kvitova vs. Makarova : David Mercer & Lindsay Davenport
Gulbis vs. Verdasco : Doug Adler & Fred Stolle
Monaco vs. De Schepper : Guy McCrea & Paul Hand

why ?

well I found adler and stole quite entertaining so maybe that's why and sue barker liked them as well

I wasn't keen on them at first but Stolle made some good points and Adler was ok- not as bad as that Karthi woman as a lead commentator.

Lisicki vs. Stosur : Jason Goodall & Tracy Austin
Djokovic vs. Chardy : Andrew Castle & Tim Henman

Does anyone know why David Harmon isn't commentating on the Tour de France for Eurosport? It's Carlton Kirby (who's usually involved in some capacity anyway) with Sean Kelly this year.

Don't get me wrong i am not doubting their ability just wondering why the BBC used them when they have a veritable abundance of commentators