I told you we could expect greatness. An opening worthy of Duchamp after a long booze out with James Murphy, we get a broken gold commode in an alley. A brassy dump-ster that's been snapped in half. Already I'm picking up hints of gutter humor, 21st-century luxury product irony, disco jokes, and perhaps a soupçon of Martin Parr.
Or, am I smelling a lemon? As they say, it ain't cooking if you don't put flame to the ingredients -- that's just shopping. How much work, really, did Naz put into his one big shot? Dude had 24 hours and all we got was a lousy toilet. You want a toilet? I can get you a toilet, believe me. There are ways, Dude. Hell, I can get you a toilet by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with gold enamel. These fucking amateurs...
But, no. My money says Naz thought of all of this, and is playing a true professional's gambit. A Roddick blaze of layers and pixel fonts would be too easy, too art school. This here is true Federer, the mark of a man who has played the game two million times in his sleep. Elegant, powerful, the simple Swiss touch.
Now it's up to Chris to see if he's got some Nadal-ish flair up his sleeve.
Play by play commentary for this match is provided, as it happens, by Rosecrans Baldwin.
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The votes were counted and recounted. Every hanging chad was examined. In both Semi-Finals the winner prevailed by a very slight margin. The Finals are now set for Friday, July 10 at 2pm Chicago time. Lots more about the match and our expanded coverage soon.
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Layer 10 is up. And that's a wrap for our second semi-final match.
The Ref's coin-flips and also his preview of today's first live Semi-Final featuring Aaron Draplin versus Greg Hubacek have been posted. Shaun Inman plays Scott Hansen in the nightcap and Jim Coudal's preview for that match is live too.
The votes were counted and recounted. Every hanging chad was examined. In both Semi-Finals the winner prevailed by a very slight margin. The Finals are now set for Friday, July 10 at 2pm Chicago time. Lots more about the match and our expanded coverage soon.
Winners will be decided by your votes and will advance to the Finals on July 10th. To vote for a player simply post a Twitter message that includes #LYT and your favorite's name with the "hash" sign in front of it. Use These: #LYT plus #mrdraplin or #mrhubacek for the early match. #LYT plus #mrinman or #mrhansen for the late match. Voting is closed, winner announced later today.
Layer 10 is up. And that's a wrap for our second semi-final match.
The Ref's coin-flips and also his preview of today's first live Semi-Final featuring Aaron Draplin versus Greg Hubacek have been posted. Shaun Inman plays Scott Hansen in the nightcap and Jim Coudal's preview for that match is live too.
Layer 10 is up. And that's a wrap! You can vote for the winner of each match by tweeting #lyt and either #sinman or #ascamihorn for our first match and #shansen or #jkoxvold for the second match. We'll announce the winners on Monday.
Live Double-Header tomorrow! Inman vs Scamihorn in the early match at 10 am Chicago, check your time here. Koxvold vs Hansen in the late match at 2pm Chicago, check your time here.
Greg Hubacek and Aaron Draplin prevail in the fan voting. One Semi-Final for the 26th is set. The other will be decided during Friday's live double-header.
Voting is open through the weekend. We'll announce who goes to the Semi-Finals on Monday. You can vote as often as you like, but we only count your first one. Another Double-Header next Friday.
Layer 9 is up.
The Ref hits the road for the coin flips.
Get your office pool going. Here are the pairings for the 2009 post-season tournament.
We're just finishing up the brackets for our post-season tournament. Thanks to the thousands of Season Ticket holders who voted on who should play. There will be two First Round live matches on June 12th and two on the 19th. The Semi-Finals will be held on the 26th and the Finals will be on Friday July 10th. We've got lots of surprises planned so mark your calendars. Of course, Season Tickets holders will get the news first.
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Layer 10 is up. And that's a wrap! Thanks a million to everyone for playing and watching and Twittering. Don't forget to tell us who you thought won and if you have a moment please fill out our survey and tell us what you think of this season of Layer Tennis.
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Two great Layer Tennis qualifiers earlier today: David Stewart vs Britton Walters and Studio Nufabric vs Court Bryan. Tune in, turn on, drop shadow!
A special Scandinavian Edition today with Joakim Jansson playing from Oslo taking on Jakob Nylund, a Swede working in London, with commentary by Mr. Joshua Allen. The Match Preview is live. Check the time of the match in your area.
Layer 10 is up. And that's a wrap! Thanks a million to everyone for playing and watching and Twittering. More fun next Friday from Layer Tennis with a head-to-head match. Season Ticket Holders, you know what to do. Don't forget to vote for the winner by tweeting #lyt and either #butdoesitfloat or #iso50
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Be sure to follow two Qualifying matches, starting today at Noon CDT: Alex Kislitsyn vs Beanbag Amerika and Eric Collins vs Paul Bellila.
If you couldn't view Chris Glass' Layer 9 on Friday because of Ref ineptitude, we've fixed the video.
Aaron Draplin's volley 10 is live, and the match is a wrap! Thanks everyone, Season Ticketholders, time to vote!
Did we mention that Miron Kiriliv and Greg Hubacek killed it over on our second stage?
Chris Glass wins our coin flip and will serve vs. Aaron Draplin. Dave Cuzner's match preview is up. Match starts at 2 central, find your local time here. Also: don't forget our qualifying match at noon central.
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