Comments on: Robbie Koenig: Checking in from Doha

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:29:39 +0000

Thanks Steph for the positive response! You’re spot on as far as as your last comment is concerned, i don’t know everything, and don’t pretend to…..i think its lazy journalism to guess when you are not sure to “sound like you know it all”. I think the fans, like you, appreciate honesty above all things, i will keep your comments firmly in mind!
As for catching up in I Wells, i often wander around the courts between matches to see whats going on. We’ll have to arrange to meet outside the practise courts one day. Please send a contact number so we can communicate.
Regards
Robbie

By: stephanie

stephanie — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:15:03 +0000

One more thing- How do we find you at Indian Wells to say hi and talk tennis? It looks like you guys are way up in the booth and we need to show a media pass or something to get up there. It’d be nice to put a face next to a name.

Thanks
Steph

By: stephanie Dixon

stephanie Dixon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:42:29 +0000

Hi Robbie:

What a pleasant surprise to hear you online-albeit for 7 minutes. I live in LA and unfortunately did not get TV coverage of any of the Doha matches, except when I found a 7 mn footage on you tube. I heard you and Jason. What a relief to hear you guys’ voice and superb commentary. I echo Marcus’s comments. Glad that you guys talk about the matches and also like your sense of humor. Wish I could hear your comments sometime somewhere before March during a whole match on TV. What I especially like is that when you don’t know something you say it, and don’t just agree with Jason just to sound smart. Appreciate the honest job you two do.

Hi to Jason from LA, California. Thanks again.

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:25:37 +0000

Thanks Marcus for your feedback, we like that! Myself and Jason are doing a few extra events this year, so you’ll hear a bit more of us. As far as that Super-Slow motion Camera is concerned, the smaller events don’t always have it…..its an extrmely expensive piece of equipment. I absolutely love it, and couldn’t agree with you more. I’ll keep that in mind and try to put some of that into our commentating whenever possible!
You take care, and thanks again for your response.
Robbie

By: Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:30:24 +0000

Hi Robbie!
Nice to hear from you again. I didn’t expect you and Jason commentating on the ATP Tour until March, so it was a positive surprise to hear you reporting from Doha. Are you gonna make the world feed at even more “smaller” tournaments this year?

I ask cause I think you make a great job. What I really like is that you guys stick to the match and don’t talk about random things. Your match analyses in combination with the use of Hawk Eye graphics are simply superb. And you always give good reasons to your arguments. That’s appreciated.
Just one suggestion: What about some stroke analysis in slow motion? There’s a guy on Youtube who does that pretty well. I just thought you could do this as well. It would perfectly suit between the changeovers and would enhance the quality of coverage even more. Is that possible?

So long!
Marcus