I am being taught by a teacher who is a non native speaker. Her boyfriend comes from an English-speaking country. The problem is that she asked him whether the following sentences are correct:
I am excited to play against Federer tomorrow/next week.
I am excited I'll play against Federer tomorrow/next week.
I am excited I am going to play against Federer tomorrow/next week.
I am excited I'll be playing against Federer tomorrow/next week.
Options 3 and 4 are correct in his opinion. However numbers 1 and 2 aren't. Sentence number two is "weird". What is it that is weird on the sentence number two? Would you use it? If not, why?