2020 World TeamTennis Week 2 TV & Streaming Schedule

Sunday, July 19

12:15 PM- Washington Kastles vs. Vegas Rollers

CBS Digital (cbssports.com, CBS Sports App) & Facebook until 1:30 PM/CBS beginning at 1:30 PM: Jason Knapp, Nicolás Pereira 

4 PM- Chicago Smash vs. Orlando Storm

ESPN+: Leif Shiras, Marc Lucero, Olivia Dekker

8 PM- San Diego Aviators vs. Orange County Breakers

ESPN+: Leif Shiras, Luke Jensen, Olivia Dekker

Monday, July 20

Noon- Philadelphia Freedoms vs. Springfield Lasers

TENNIS: Geoff Chiziver, Marc Lucero, Nick Gismondi 

3 PM- Chicago Smash vs. San Diego Aviators

TENNIS: Geoff Chiziver, Marc Lucero, Nick Gismondi 

7 PM- New York Empire vs. Orange County Breakers

TENNIS: Leif Shiras, Ryan Harrison, Nick Gismondi 

Tuesday, July 21

9 AM- Orlando Storm vs. Washington Kastles

ESPN2: Geoff Chiziver, Marc Lucero, Olivia Dekker 

Noon- New York Empire vs. Springfield Lasers

CBS Digital (cbssports.com, CBS Sports App) & Facebook: Leif Shiras, Jan Michael-Gambill, Olivia Dekker 

3 PM- Philadelphia Freedoms vs. Chicago Smash

TENNIS: Leif Shiras, Nina Pantic, Nick Gismondi 

7 PM- Orange County Breakers vs. Vegas Rollers

CBSSN: Jason Knapp, Nicolás Pereira, Nick Gismondi 

Wednesday, July 22

9 AM- San Diego Aviators vs. New York Empire

ESPN2: Geoff Chiziver, Jan Michael-Gambill, Nick Gismondi 

3 PM- Chicago Smash vs. Springfield Lasers

TENNIS: Jason Knapp, Marc Lucero, Nick Gismondi

7 PM- Vegas Rollers vs. Philadelphia Freedoms

CBSSN: Jason Knapp, Nicolás Pereira, Nick Gismondi 

Thursday, July 23

11 AM- Springfield Lasers vs. San Diego Aviators

ESPN+: Geoff Chiziver, Jan Michael-Gambill, Olivia Dekker

3 PM- Orlando Storm vs. Vegas Rollers

TENNIS: 

7 PM- Orange County Breakers vs. Washington Kastles

ESPN2: Leif Shiras, Nicolás Pereira, Olivia Dekker 

Friday, July 24

11 AM- New York Empire vs. Vegas Rollers

ESPN+: 

3 PM- Orange County Breakers vs. Philadelphia Freedoms

TENNIS: 

7 PM- Washington Kastles vs. Chicago Smash

ESPN2: 

Saturday, July 25

9 AM- Philadelphia Freedoms vs. Orlando Storm

CBS Digital (cbssports.com, CBS Sports App) & Facebook: 

Noon- Orange County Breakers vs. Springfield Lasers

CBSSN: 

3 PM- San Diego Aviators vs. Washington Kastles

TENNIS: 

7 PM- New York Empire vs. Chicago Smash

ESPN+: 

ESPN & TENNIS Channel French Open coverage plans

The French Open begins next Sunday, May 26. ESPN, mostly on ESPN2, TENNIS Channel, and NBC share the rights to cover the French Open, the only Grand Slam that ESPN doesn't have championship rights to. To prep people for this event, TENNIS Channel and ESPN have both released press releases. When NBC issues one this week, it will also get posted here at Eye on Sky.

First from TENNIS Channel

TENNIS CHANNEL TO DEDICATE MORE THAN 200 HOURS TO FRENCH OPEN STARTING MAY 26

Close to 70 Live or First-Run Match Hours on Tap During Two-Week Event, from First Day of Play through Men’s Semifinal Round

Macatee Returns to Host French Open Tonight in Primetime; McEnroe, Navratilova, Davenport, Carillo, Robinson, Eagle, Haber, Gimelstob, Shiras, Adams, Stubbs, Wertheim to Handle Match Action

Hundreds of Hours of Free Digital Coverage Available on Network’s Web Site, Mobile App

LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2013 – Tennis Channel, the only 24-hour, television-based multimedia destination dedicated to both the professional sport and tennis lifestyle, will begin its first day of 2013 French Open coverage with nine consecutive hours of matches followed by a another nine hours of interview-and-encore show French Open Tonight. This daily balance – long blocks of competition followed by an all-night review of the day’s play – will be the template for much of the network’s two-week telecast, set to get underway Sunday, May 26. With plans for close to 70 live match hours, more than 65 hours of encore replays, and 114 hours of French Open Tonight, Tennis Channel will devote more than 200 hours of seemingly round-the-clock coverage to the world’s most prestigious clay-court event this year.

In its seventh year at Roland Garros, Tennis Channel’s live coverage runs from the first day of play through the men’s semifinal round and includes encore replays of the men’s and women’s singles quarterfinals, semifinal and championship competitions. The network’s most common daily schedule will offer live matches from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ET. From 3:30 p.m.-7 p.m. it will showcase the day’s best action via encore match replays, regardless of whether the matches originally aired live on Tennis Channel or broadcast partners NBC or ESPN2 (a complete schedule follows, below).

French Open Tonight, hosted by Bill Macatee (@BMacatee), will run from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. and then again twice throughout the late night and early morning. Since 2008 the show’s stage has overlooked the scenic Musketeer Plaza in the heart of the Roland Garros tournament grounds, with crowd bustle and spectator applause an ever present audio backdrop. As he has done since Tennis Channel’s first French Open in 2007, Macatee will bring his engaging interviewing approach into tennis fans’ homes each evening, encapsulating the day’s best through conversations with the players, coaches, and industry representatives who will write the history of this year’s tournament. Thirty-seven-and-a-half first-run hours of French Open Tonight are planned for 2013.

From 4 a.m.-5 a.m., Tennis Channel will run daily highlights provided by the event’s governing French Tennis Federation, before ESPN2 initiates a new day of match coverage at 5 a.m. Between Tennis Channel and ESPN2, viewers will have virtually non-stop, 24-hour coverage of the French Open. Since 2007, Tennis Channel has produced all telecasts for both channels, with each network cross-promoting the other’s telecast.

On-Air Talent

In addition to Macatee at the helm of French Open Tonight, Tennis Channel’s coverage in the City of Light has been marked each year by lead analysts Martina Navratilova (@Martina) and John McEnroe, Hall of Famers who return to the network booth in 2013. With 76 major championships between them – and reputations for telling it like it is – both have endeared themselves to tennis fans through unique points of view honed by years of tennis knowhow and accomplishment.

“It’s great to be back at Roland Garros with Tennis Channel,” said Navratilova. “With Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer either attempting or rewriting history, it’s an exciting time in tennis.”

Lindsay Davenport (@LDavenport76) will add her champions’ perspective to the network’s coverage again, along with fellow analysts Justin Gimelstob (@justingimelstob) and Rennae Stubbs (@rennaestubbs). Leif Shiras (@LShirock) and Katrina Adams (@katadams68) will see to Tennis Channel’s multiple-court mosaic offering to DIRECTV customers, while Mary Carillo will host the network’s live tournament desk and conduct interviews for the third consecutive year. Play-by-play responsibilities are again shared by Ted Robinson, Ian Eagle and Brett Haber (@BrettHaber), with Sports Illustrated‘s Jon Wertheim (@jon_wertheim) on hand for special reports and opinion.

 Broadband and Digital Coverage

Tennis Channel’s Web site, www.tennischannel.com, has offered free match streaming live and on demand since its first year of French Open coverage in 2007. Up to five simultaneous courts will be accessible to visitors from 5 a.m. ET through the end of the day’s play, with more than 300 hours overall. New for 2013, the network is launching a free mobile app – Tennis Channel Everywhere – that is available to all users of Apple or Android digital platforms. In addition to French Open matches, the app will include daily updates from Tennis Channel’s online video page with highlights, Court Report news and popular player Bag Check clips.

Veteran tennis reporters Steve Flink and Joel Drucker (@joeldrucker) will be in Paris to contribute to Tennis Channel’s Web site again this year. Throughout the tournament online users can access real-time scoring, photos, daily highlights, interviews, features and segments from French Open Tonight. Interactive tournament draws will be available later this week, as will sweepstakes information and the network’s “Racquet Bracket” tournament prediction game. Additionally, Tennis Channel’s digital team will introduce a Twitter feed, @TCEverywhere, that will be integrated with other social media channels to give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at Tennis Channel and its on-air team’s 2013 French Open production. Tennis Channel currently engages with viewers on Facebook (www.facebook.com/tennischannel), Twitter (www.twitter.com/tennischannel), YouTube (www.youtube.com/tennischannel) and Instagram (http://instagram.com/tennischannel.)

Tennis Channel’s Live 2013 French Open Match Schedule
(Men’s/Women’s Singles Unless Otherwise Specified)

Sunday, May 26 — 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., First-Round Action
Monday, May 27 — 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., First-Round Action
Tuesday, May 28 — 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., First-Round Action
Wednesday, May 29 — 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Second-Round Action
Thursday, May 30 — 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Second-Round Action
Friday, May 31 — 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Third-Round Action
Saturday, June 1 — 5 a.m.-Noon, Third-Round Action
Sunday, June 2 — 5 a.m.-1 p.m., Round-of-16 Action
Monday, June 3 — 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Round-of-16 Action
Tuesday, June 4 — 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Quarterfinals
Friday, June 7 — 7 a.m.-11 a.m., Men’s Semifinal

Tennis Channel’s encore coverage will include same-day replays of singles quarterfinals and semifinals, and the men’s and women’s singles championship matches after the tournament concludes (ET):

Wednesday, June 5 – 1 p.m.-7 p.m.: men’s and women’s singles quarterfinals
Thursday, June 6 – 2 p.m.-7 p.m.: women’s singles semifinals
Friday, June 7 – 5 p.m.-midnight: men’s semifinals=TBD: men’s and women’s finals

On Tuesday, June 11, the network will air the women’s doubles championship from 6 a.m.-8 a.m. ET and men’s doubles championship from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. ET.

Tennis Channel’s French Open Tonight Schedule

Viewers who miss Tennis Channel’s live or encore match coverage during this year’s tournament can tune into French Open Tonight Sunday, May 26-Thursday, June 6. Typically the show airs from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. (all times ET), followed by immediate repeats from 10 p.m.-1 a.m. and 1 a.m.-4 a.m. On Saturday, June 1, the show originally airs from 3 p.m.-6 p.m., followed by encores from 6 p.m.-9 p.m., 9 p.m.-midnight and 12 a.m.-3 a.m. The schedule on Sunday, June 2, sees a first run from 4 p.m.-7 p.m., then 7 p.m.-10 p.m., 10 p.m.-1 a.m. and 1 a.m.-4 a.m. Thursday, June 6, the show will air from 7 p.m.-11:30 p.m. and then 11:30 p.m.-4 a.m.

And now onto ESPN.

ESPN at the French Open: Live Morning Matches Start Sunday, May 26

50+ Hours on ESPN2, ESPN3 with 330 Hours; Most View Nadal (despite ranking), S.Williams the Favorites 

Live morning matches on ESPN2 and day-long coverage via ESPN3 will bring French Open action to fans starting Sunday, May 26.  ESPN2’s schedule of more than 50 hours – starting live at 5 a.m. ET most days – continues weekdays through Thursday, June 6, culminating with the women’s semifinals.  ESPN3 will provide up to seven screens of action on the days ESPN2 is on the air, totaling 330 hours.

In both the women’s and men’s draws, contenders hope to break the stranglehold the top players have had on recent major championships. 

• On the men’s side, injuries – both current and Nadal’s in 2012 – leave the seeding up in the air.  Novak Djokovic is ranked No. 1 and won the year’s first major in Australia while No. 2 Andy Murray, who finally won his first Grand Slam title at the 2012 US Open is likely to withdraw because of injury.  No. 3 Roger Federer – who has reached the quarterfinals of 35 consecutive majors, winning a record 17 – heads to Roland Garros without a title in the current year for the first time since 2000.  Defending champ Rafael Nadal is ranked No. 4, thanks to his long layoff the latter half of 2012, but leads the 2013 points race with six victories (five on clay) and few would be surprised if he were to bring home his eighth trophy from Paris.  The contenders after Nadal – David Ferrer, Tomas Berdych, Juan Martin Del Potro (who may be forced to withdraw) and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – have have all shown the ability to defeat a member of the Big Four but a major title would be a huge break through.
• At 31, Serena Williams’ recent play certainly befits the top-ranked player in the world: 36-2 this year, riding career-best win streak of 24 matches and five titles.  Winner of two of the last three majors and 15 overall, she is looking to avenge her stunning first-round defeat a year ago in Paris and win back the crown she has won just once (2002).  No. 2 Maria Sharapova is the defending  champion and 30-4 in 2013 but three of those losses came to Williams in finals.  No. 3 Victoria Azarenka is 22-2 year to date with two titles including her second straight Australian Open.  She fell to Williams 6-1, 6-3 Sunday on clay in the Rome final.  At No. 4 and No. 5, Agnieszka Radwanska and Sara Errani are at a career-best ranking but each has only reached one Grand Slam final (Wimbledon, 2012; French Open, 2012, respectively) while No. 6 Li Na took the trophy in Paris in 2011 and reached the final of this year’s Australian Open.  American Sloane Stephens, 20 – who emerged as a threat with an upset of Williams in Australia – is ranked No. 17 while Varvara Lepchenko of Allentown, Pa., is No. 29 but reached the fourth round at Roland Garros 12 months ago.

TV Coverage

After the opening day, ESPN2’s schedule will continue with an all-live telecast starting at 5 a.m. each day through Friday, May 31, and again on Monday, June 3.  The network will air live quarterfinal action Tuesday, June 4, at 1 p.m. and Wednesday, June 5, at 8 a.m.  ESPN2 will air the women’s semifinals live Thursday, June 6, at 9 a.m.  All the action on ESPN2 is also available through WatchESPN online at WatchESPN.com and on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app. 

Chris Fowler and Chris McKendry will again share host duties on ESPN2, with Fowler also calling matches.  They will be joined by Evert, along with returnees Darren Cahill, Cliff Drysdale, Mary Joe Fernandez, Brad Gilbert and Pam Shriver.

ESPN networks present all four Grand Slam events and have televised the French Open 1986 – 1993 and since 2002.  ESPN3 delivers an unmatched multi-screen presentation of the sport’s four majors, all ATP 1000 and 500 tournaments, WTA Premier Events and season-ending championships for both tours.    
For the seventh consecutive year, ESPN2 is working with Tennis Channel to bring viewers an almost around-the-clock tournament experience, with each channel cross-promoting the other’s schedule.  Tennis Channel will produce all coverage for both channels, with each making use of its own on-air team. 

ESPN3
ESPN3’s French Open schedule totals 330 hours with a multi-screen offering of up to seven courts and ESPN2’s coverage and is available on the days the network is televising.  ESPN3 will begin each day early in the morning with the first ball in the air and continue to the last shot of the day.  Matches will also be available after they take place via replay.  Additionally, ESPNPlay in Latin America and the Caribbean will provide customers with extensive live coverage with multiple windows totaling over 500 hours in both English and Spanish on broadband platforms in addition to televised coverage throughout the regions.

Other ESPN Platforms
Fans will have a variety of ways to follow the French Open with live action and updates on an array of ESPN platforms wherever they are and regardless of whether there is live television offered. 

ESPN.com will provide comprehensive coverage before, during and after the French Open, highlighted by CourtCast, which will feature all the live action from ESPN3.  As always, it will also include real-time scoring from all courts, plus continuous live polling with results revealed immediately in ESPN2’s telecasts.  CourtCast will also provide an augmented  social media feed (Twitter and Facebook) from the players, analysts and writers. And, of course, ESPN.com will have the latest news, analysis, schedules and more.  Fans can watch Digital Serve daily with ESPN2 commentators discussing the latest action and previewing key matches.  Other highlights include:

• The Latest Dirt – a daily notebook roundup of all the day’s action;
• Center Court – a tennis video show featured each week on all the major news from Roland Garros;
• espnW.com – Comprehensive daily coverage of the women’s draw by senior writer Jim Caple;
• What We Learned – ESPN.com senior writer Greg Garber and others will highlight the day’s news and notes with quick video snippets on the overlooked storylines.

The WatchESPN App – for fans who receive ESPN’s linear networks as part of their video subscription via Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Verizon FiOS TV, Comcast Xfinity TV, Midcontinent Communications, Cablevision, Cox, Charter or AT&T U-verse – will provide access to for ESPN2’s live coverage online at WatchESPN.com and through the WatchESPN app on smartphones and tablets, in addition to ESPN3’s multi-screen offering. 

ESPN Mobile TV will have 46 hours of live coverage, simulcasting ESPN2’s live programming, highlighted by the women’s semifinals Thursday, June 7.

ESPN Interactive TV, exclusive to DIRECTV, will present the French Open showing ESPN2 or Tennis Channel’s live coverage along with five other courts available with commentary.  Other features include interactive data, the tournament draw, up-to-date scores, and daily order of play.

ESPN International will present over 100 hours of live French Open coverage to more than 50 countries in Spanish-speaking Latin America and the Caribbean on its pan-regional and regional networks.  Matches will be chosen based on local interest, and commentary will be offered in English and Spanish, with expert analysis provided by two Spanish-speaking announce teams: Luis Alvarez & Javier Frana and Eduardo Varela & Jose Luis Clerc  In addition to both SD and HD television telecasts, ESPN International’s broadband service, ESPN Play, will stream over 500 hours of live French Open matches, including the men’s and women’s finals.

ESPN – All Four Slams, All In One Place
Tennis has been part of ESPN since its first week on the air and provided many memorable moments, but it has never been as important as today, with the US Open joining the lineup in 2009, giving ESPN all four Grand Slam events, something no other U.S. network has ever done, let alone in one year. ESPN has presented the Australian Open since 1984, the French Open since 2002 (plus 1986 – 1993), and Wimbledon since 2003, with exclusivity for live television with all other rights extended in a 12-year agreement starting in 2012.

ESPN debuted September 7, 1979, and the first tennis telecast was exactly one week later, September 14, a Davis Cup tie, Argentina at U.S. from Memphis with Cliff Drysdale on the call and John McEnroe playing.

ESPN3, now in 85 million homes, carries every major global tennis event on the men’s and women’s circuit, including all four Grand Slam tournaments, every ATP World Tour 500 and ATP Masters 1000 event and WTA Premier events featuring all the top-seeded players.  Also, ESPN Classic shows great matches from the past and the sport receives extensive coverage on SportsCenter, ESPNEWS, Spanish-language ESPN Deportes, ESPN Radio, ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine.  ESPN 3D aired its first tennis at Wimbledon in 2011.

2013 French Open on ESPN2 & ESPN2 HD

Date	Time (ET)	Event
Sun, May 26 –  Fri, May 31	5 – 10 a.m.	Early Round Action	Live
Mon, June 3	5 – 10 a.m.	Round of 16	Live
Tue, June 4	1 – 7 p.m.	Quarterfinals	Live & Same-day action
Wed, June 5	8 a.m. – 1 p.m.	Quarterfinals	Live
Thur, June 6	9 a.m. – 2 p.m.	Women’s Semifinals	Live

2013 French Open on ESPN3

Date	Time (ET)	Event
Sun, May 26 –  Fri, May 31	5 a.m. – 3 p.m.	Early Round Action	Live
Mon, June 3	5 a.m. – 3 p.m.	Round of 16	Live
Tue, June 4	8 a.m. – 7 p.m.	Quarterfinals	Live
Wed, June 5	5 a.m. – 1 p.m.	Quarterfinals	Live
Thur, June 6	5 a.m. – 1 p.m.	Men’s Doubles SemisWomen’s Semifinals	Live

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200+ Hours of Tennis to air on ESPN3 leading up to French Open

When you think of ESPN Tennis, you typically focus on the Grand Slam events. What many people, myself included, tend to forget is that ESPN3 carries many of the ATP and WTA events that Tennis Channel airs. The two weeks leading up to the French Open will be no exception. ESPN3 will air more than 200 hours of Tennis fro the ATP and WTA tours. Many of these matches will also air on Tennis Channel if you want to watch it on TV, but seeing as ESPN has released a press releases about it and Tennis Channel hasn't, let us share that with you.

Tennis on ESPN3: 200+ Hours from Madrid, Rome on Road to French Open

14 Consecutive Days of Clay Court Action Starts Monday

ESPN3 will provide more than 200 hours of live matches during 14 consecutive days from the ATP and WTA back-to-back events in Madrid and Rome from Monday, May 6, through Sunday, May 19.  With top fields, the two events will determine the critical seeding for the climax of the clay court campaign, the French Open in Paris starting on ESPN2 on Sunday, May 26.

At the Mutua Madrid Open, top-ranked Novak Djokovic – fresh off ending Rafael Nadal’s eight-year stranglehold on the title in Monte Carlo – leads the men’s field, followed by the 2012 winner No. 2 Roger Federer, No. 3 Andy Murray, No. 4 David Ferrer and No. 5 Nadal.  Meanwhile, Serena Williams is both the defending champion and the top-ranked player in the world, followed by Maria Sharapova, 2013 Australian Open champ Victoria Azarenka, Agnieszka Radwanska and Li Na.  The schedule follows, with ESPN3 airing largely early morning play beginning Monday, May 6, at 4:50 a.m. ET through the championship Sunday, May 12, at 10 a.m.

Date	Time (ET)	Event
Mon, May 6	4:50 – 8:50 a.m.	WTA Mutua Madrid Open First Round
	7 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.	ATP Mutua Madrid Open First Round
Tue, May 7	4:50 – 11 a.m.	WTA Mutua Madrid Open First/Second Round
	5 a.m. – 4 p.m.	ATP Mutua Madrid Open First/Second Round
Wed, May 8	4:50 – 11 a.m.	WTA Mutua Madrid Open Second Round
	5 a.m. – 4 p.m.	ATP Mutua Madrid Open Second Round
Thur, May 9	4:50 – 2 p.m.	WTA Mutua Madrid Open Round of 16
	8 – 5:30 p.m.	ATP Mutua Madrid Open Round of 16
Fri, May 10	4:50 – 8:50 a.m.	WTA Mutua Madrid Open Quarterfinals #1 and #2
	9:15 a.m. – 6 p.m.	ATP Mutua Madrid Open Quarterfinals
Sat, May 11	9:30 a.m. – Noon	ATP Mutua Madrid Open Semifinal #1
	1 – 3:30 p.m.	ATP Mutua Madrid Open Semifinal #2
Sun, May 12	10 a.m. – 1 p.m.	ATP Mutua Madrid Open Championship

In Rome at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Nadal – currently ranked No. 5 because of his long layoff the latter half of 2012 – seeks to repeat as champion in hopes of rising to No. 4 for in the French Open.  He defeated Djokovic in that final and went on to win his 11^th major title with a record seventh victory in Paris.  Maria Sharapova used a title here last year as a springboard to completing a career Grand Slam with her first French Open crown.  The ATP schedule follows (the WTA schedule is TBD), with action beginning at 5 a.m. on Monday, May 13, and continuing daily, ending with the championship Sunday, May 19.

Date	Time (ET)	Event
Mon, May 13	5 a.m. – 5 p.m.	ATP Internazionali BNL d’Italia First Round
Tue, May 14	5 a.m. – 3:30 a.m.	ATP Internazionali BNL d’Italia First/Second Round
Wed, May 15	6 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.	ATP Internazionali BNL d’Italia Second Round
Thur, May 16	6 a.m. – 5 p.m.	ATP Internazionali BNL d’Italia Round of 16
Fri, May 17	6 – Noon	ATP Internazionali BNL d’Italia Quarterfinals #1-3
	3 – 5 p.m.	ATP Internazionali BNL d’Italia Quarterfinal #4
Sat, May 18	10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	ATP Internazionali BNL d’Italia Semifinal #1
	2 – 4:30 p.m.	ATP Internazionali BNL d’Italia Semifinal #2
Sun, May 19	10 a.m. – 1 p.m.	ATP Internazionali BNL d’Italia Championship

ESPN3
ESPN3, the company’s live multi-screen sports network, carries every major global tennis event on the men’s and women’s circuit, including all four Grand Slam tournaments, every ATP World Tour 500 and ATP Masters 1000 event and WTA Premier events featuring all the top-seeded players. 
ESPN3 delivers thousands of global sports events annually and accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members.  It is currently available to 85 million homes at no additional cost to fans who receive their high-speed Internet connection or video subscription from an affiliated service provider.

ESPN – All Four Slams, All In One Place
Tennis has been part of ESPN since its first week on the air and provided many memorable moments, but it has never been as important as today, with the US Open joining the lineup in 2009, giving ESPN all four Grand Slam events, something no other U.S. network has ever done, let alone in one year. ESPN has presented the Australian Open since 1984, the French Open since 2002 (plus 1986 – 1993), and Wimbledon since 2003, with exclusivity for live television with all other rights extended in a 12-year agreement starting in 2012.

ESPN debuted September 7, 1979, and the first tennis telecast was exactly one week later, September 14, a Davis Cup tie, Argentina at U.S. from Memphis with Cliff Drysdale on the call and John McEnroe playing. 

ESPN3, now in 83 million homes, carries every major global tennis event on the men’s and women’s circuit, including all four Grand Slam tournaments, every ATP World Tour 500 and ATP Masters 1000 event and WTA Premier events featuring all the top-seeded players.  Also, ESPN Classic shows great matches from the past and the sport receives extensive coverage on SportsCenter, ESPNEWS, Spanish-language ESPN Deportes, ESPN Radio, ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine.  ESPN 3D aired its first tennis at Wimbledon in 2011. 

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