Did you even know the French Open is going on? (Tennis)

[ClaytonN]

Just wondering...

[tbach24]

Anyone who goes to a sports.yahoo.com or espn.com would have to know this.

[kerssens]

I know its going on but when it comes on SportCenter I usually tune it out...don't really care.

[partygirluk]

How big is The British Open (Wimbledon) in the States?

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

It's as big as tennis, which is to say it's somewhat big, but I think you'll find that most of the people here (OOT) ignore it. The French gets the least attention because Americans tend not to do very well there - we don't give two shits about clay. Americans do far better at Wimbledon, so it holds our attention a little better.

[gumpzilla]

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The French gets the least attention because Americans tend not to do very well there

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True, but I'd say people probably pay even less attention to the Australian. The French at least as its own distinctive flavor.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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The French gets the least attention because Americans tend not to do very well there

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True, but I'd say people probably pay even less attention to the Australian. The French at least as its own distinctive flavor.

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Yeah, there's definitely a distinct gap between the US Open and Wimbledon and then the Australian and French. the US Open and Wimbledon get similar amounts of attention, maybe the US Open is 1a and Wimbledon 1b, then a significant fall off to the Australian and French. I think it goes back and forth between those two as far as which gets the least interest. The Australian has a more severe time zone problem for major network coverage in addition to gumpzilla's mention of how similar it is to the US Open in surface and style of play.

[CallMeIshmael]

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How big is The British Open (Wimbledon) in the States?

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Is it known as the British Open in the UK?

Here (im Canadian, but in America as well) it is called Wimbledon like 100% of the the time.

[ClaytonN]

I was wondering that, as well. British Open?

[edtost]

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I was wondering that, as well. British Open?

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...would refer to the open championship (golf).

[tworooks]

only reason i know about it is because of sharapova.

[mmbt0ne]

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It's as big as tennis, which is to say it's somewhat big, but I think you'll find that most of the people here (OOT) ignore it. The French gets the least attention because Americans tend not to do very well there - we don't give two shits about clay. Americans do far better at Wimbledon, so it holds our attention a little better.

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This is pretty much correct. I think you'll get more interest in the French than the Australian though.

I watch all of them, probably because I've been living with/working around tennis players for most of the last 3 years, so it just kind of grows on me. I will say that I don't understand near as much about the clay game as I do about hardcourt and grass, but it's still fun to watch. Now if only someone here could learn how to play on it.

[Bez]

Normally called Wimbledon.

[BeerMoney]

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How big is The British Open (Wimbledon) in the States?

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Wimbledon used to be huge.. At least it seemed that way.. Back when Boris Becker won it and earlier... It's sort of lost a little with the new racquets I think. Too much of a power game.

I love watching tennis majors. They are the best covered sports events on TV. You either have John McEnroe or Patrick McEnroe doing a lot of the announcing, and both are fantastic.. (Patrick's somewhat better though.)

[Dynasty]

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How big is The British Open (Wimbledon) in the States?

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Wimbledon used to be huge..

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Winbledon was great when it was covered by HBO They did an awesome job.

[partygirluk]

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How big is The British Open (Wimbledon) in the States?

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Is it known as the British Open in the UK?

Here (im Canadian, but in America as well) it is called Wimbledon like 100% of the the time.

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Called Wimbledon 100% of the time here. Thought it was just a local thing. Major in France = French Open. Major in US = US Open. Major is Australia = Australian Open. Major in Britain = Wimbledon /images/graemlins/confused.gif

[TimTimSalabim]

Tennis jumped the shark years ago. Poker gets more coverage on the sports channels.

[Dynasty]

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Tennis jumped the shark years ago. Poker gets more coverage on the sports channels.

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You don't even know what jumping the shark means, do you?

[TimTimSalabim]

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Tennis jumped the shark years ago. Poker gets more coverage on the sports channels.

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You don't even know what jumping the shark means, do you?

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I do, I just enjoy using the term incorrectly /images/graemlins/crazy.gif.

[ClaytonN]

Wimbledon used to be a lot more interesting with the net rushers. Made for better and more interesting points.

Now, Henman is the only net rusher in the top 20. Everybody else just stays at the baseline. Some, like Federer, mix it up.

But watching Rafter vs. Sampras was SO much better than watching, say, Roddick vs. Safin.

[Clarkmeister]

Left out "I know, but I don't care"