If it was on at a regular time, I might give it a whirl. But the fact that it's on at 3:30 AM Eastern, (2:30 AM Central), really takes away any desire I might have to watch the Australian Open Final.
It's kind of a shame. If there is any tennis match I'd actually want to watch, it would be a match between the two best players in the world. Roger Federer will battle Rafael Nadal in the wee hours of the morning Sunday.
Granted, Nadal is apparently so physically and mentally exhausted from the matches prior to the Sunday final that the experts are picking Federer. Worse yet, it appears Nadal has a hand injury that could hamper his abilities as well.
This is a match with history riding on it, though. This is the first time the two are meeting on a hard court to decide a grand slam final, and if Nadal wins, he would have beaten Federer on all three surfaces. Even more historic, however, is that if Federer wins, he'll tie Pete Sampras for the most grand slam wins all-time (14).
So the intrigue is there, for any fan of sports. If only it wasn't at such a ridiculous time. For people like me, who are less than casual fans of tennis, it's a shame this match couldn't be live at another time. If more people could watch it, it could have helped the sport get back in the forefront of the sports world.
Instead, it'll go on while we're all sleeping through it.
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