TSN and TSN2’s 2010 Tennis Season Begins Sunday with Live Coverage of the AUSTRALIAN OPEN
– 2010 tennis broadcast schedule includes 600 hours of coverage featuring all four Grand Slam tournaments, the men’s and women’s Rogers Cup events, every ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event and the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals –
– AUSTRALIAN OPEN coverage begins Sunday, Jan. 17 at 8 p.m. ET on TSN –
Toronto, ON (January 15, 2010) – TSN and TSN2 are serving up an action-packed tennis broadcast schedule in 2010 featuring 600 hours of coverage from the biggest tournaments on the tennis calendar all year long. Highlights include live coverage from all four Grand Slam tournaments: both the men’s and women’s Rogers cup events in Toronto and Montreal, respectively; every ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament; and the Barclays ATP World Tour Final. Coverage will be in full-swing starting this Sunday, Jan. 17 at 8 p.m. ET on TSN with live coverage from the AUSTRALIAN OPEN.
The AUSTRALIAN OPEN takes place from January 17 to January 31 and fans won’t miss a minute of the action from the first Grand Slam event on the tennis calendar with TSN and TSN2 providing live coverage from the first round through to the finals (see broadcast schedule attached). TSN.ca will also have select matches on-demand and highlights throughout the entire tournament.
2009 AUSTRALIAN OPEN champion and current world #2-ranked player, Rafael Nadal, returns to Melbourne looking for a second-consecutive title and continues his quest to overtake Roger Federer in the ATP world rankings. Federer, however, has his sights set on adding to his record 15 career Grand Slam titles – including three AUSTRALIAN OPEN wins. Both Nadal and Federer will be in tough against a field comprised of 128 of the world’s best players.
On the women’s side, four-time AUSTRALIAN OPEN champion Serena Williams returns to defend last year’s title against an impressive field including the red-hot Kim Clijsters who has already moved to #15 in the WTA world rankings since returning to the tour last August following a two-year hiatus. Clijsters’ impressive run includes defeating Williams on her way to the 2009 US OPEN title and another tournament win at last week’s AUSTRALIAN OPEN tune-up, the Brisbane International.
TSN/TSN2’s 2010 Tennis broadcast schedule includes the following:
- Australian Open January 17 – 31
- ATP Masters Series 1000: Indian Wells March 15 – 21
- ATP Masters Series 1000: Miami March 29 – April 4
- ATP Masters Series 1000: Monte Carlo April 12 – 18
- ATP Masters Series 1000: Rome April 26 – May 2
- ATP Masters Series 1000: Madrid May 10 – 16
- French Open May 23 – June 6
- Wimbledon June 21 – July 2
- ATP Masters Series 1000: Rogers Cup (Toronto) August 9 – 13
- Sony Ericsson WTA Tour: Rogers Cup (Montreal) August 16 – 20
- ATP Masters Series 1000: Cincinnati August 16 – 22
- US Open August 30 – September 12
- ATP Masters Series 1000: Shanghai October 11 – 17
- ATP Masters Series 1000: Paris November 8 – 14
- Barclays ATP World Tour Finals: London November 22 – 28
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