Thu, 06 Feb 1997

Tennis Grand Slam, why no live show?

As usual I never miss any grand slam tennis championship throughout the year, especially when broadcast on television. However, I was recently disappointed as there was no live coverage of the Australian Open featuring both the ladies' and men's finals "Down Under".

Tennis is my favorite sport. I even canceled all my appointments just to see the finals. But, I lost my valuable time for nothing.

It should be noted that there are only four grand slams in a year, so it would be very sad to miss them all.

I believe there are a lot of tennis fans in Indonesia, and there are also a growing number of potential young tennis players. How can tennis progress if the players do not have the chance to watch great matches among players of international caliber? I hope the government-owned as well as private television stations give due consideration to broadcasting tennis grand slams in the future.

TEDDY TANDAJU

Manado, North Sulawesi