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June 19th, 2006 02:31 pm
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Turn off the blaring bleat of your alarm clock and snap off the snooze button: ESPN2 will be delivering your daily Wimbledon wake-up call starting this month. ESPN2 plans to present 119 hours of coverage from the grass-court Grand Slam starting on Monday, June 26 and continuing daily through Sunday, July 9.
Each weekday of the fortnight, the network’s coverage will commence at 7 a.m. Eastern time with “Wake Up To Wimbledon”, a one-hour show featuring highlights, player interviews, features and analysis of the day’s early action.
ESPN2 is promoting its Wimbledon coverage as daily “live coverage of matches”, including all-day coverage the first week leading up to a live women’s semifinals starting at 8 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, July 6 and a live men’s semifinal starting at 8 a.m. Eastern on Friday, July 7. Daily coverage for the first 12 days of the tournament (June 26-July 7), culminates with at least two hours of highlights and a review of the days play on “Today At Wimbledon” hosted by Suzy Kolber and Luke Jensen.
Chris Fowler will host “Wake Up to Wimbledon”, scheduled to start at 7 a.m. Eastern Monday-Friday.