Tennis News: Tennis Channel to cover US Open Series in depth

Tennis Channel will air more than 100 hours of live and same-day match coverage during eight tournaments in this summer’s US Open Series. From July 20 through August 18, the network’s coverage includes seven prime-time Sunday double finals in addition to numerous singles semifinals, quarterfinals and early-round competition. With match repeats the network will devote more than 200 hours of airtime to US Open Series play.

Tennis Channel will televise weekday and weekend singles and doubles matches at five ATP men’s tournaments: the Countrywide Classic (Los Angeles), Indianapolis Championships (Indianapolis), Legg Mason Tennis Classic (Washington, D.C.), Western & Southern Financial Group Masters (Cincinnati) and Rogers Cup (Montreal), as well as three women’s Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event’s: The Acura Classic (San Diego), East West Bank Classic (Carson, Calif.) and Rogers Cup (Toronto). The network has been a partner with the United States Tennis Association (USTA), the governing body of the tournament series, since the US Open Series’ inception in 2004, along with fellow broadcasters ESPN, CBS Sports and NBC Sports. Combined, the four television networks will air more than 300 hours of live and same-day US Open Series coverage in 2007.

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