All Japan was watching as Kei Nishikori, the first Japanese tennis player to make it to the quarterfinals in a Grand Slam since Shuzo Matsuoka at Wimbledon in 1995, took on the No. 4 seeded Brit, Andy Murray, at the Australian Open Wednesday night. Nishikori, ranked 24th in the world, knew he was up for a tough match but went in optimistic.
I watched the match on the Australian Prime Network, which was a real eye-opener as to what really goes on in Australian sports.
The first shocker was an advertisement for the "McOz burger" from "Mackers" (the Australian term for McDonald's and pronounced "Macka's"). What's a McOz burger? A 100 percent Australian beef burger with beetroot and "classic ketchup" (treading carefully on the use of the word ketchup since the Australians use "tomato sauce.") A quick search on the Internet to find out why Australians call McDonald's "Mackers" reveals an answer on au.answers.yahoo.com, where the "Top answer" is: "Because it's easier for Aussies to speak in two syllables or less, and anything longer requires a beer, which would mean walking to the fridge." A very good point.
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