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Over 75 million people watched all or some of the 2007 us open tennis promotion on television. More than 45 million people watched all or part of CBS’s coverage, including nearly 17 million viewers of the Men’s Final. ...

No Tennis Event Has More Buzz Than US Open
An era was officially closed Monday as the USTA announced a new TV deal that will place the US Open on ESPN and Tennis Channel beginning in 2009. This September will be the 25th and final Open to air on USA. The obvious disclaimer: this ...

ESPN to add Hannah Storm, US Open tennis
And TV Week reported back on Friday that ESPN and Tennis Channel will share the cable rights to the US Open tennis tournament starting next year, another step toward simplifying the complicated business of trying to figure out who ...

Kim clijsters
In 2006: It took her two years to do it, but maria sharapova us open tennis finally won her second career Grand Slam title.The third-seeded Russian defeated No. 2 Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium 6-4, 6-4 in the US Open women’s final ...

Press Release :: OLYMPUS US OPEN SWEEPSTAKES DELIVERS WINNING ...
... May 14, 2008 – Olympus, sponsor of the US Open and the Olympus US Open Series, announces today its second annual national sweepstakes that will send five winners and their guests on the trip of a lifetime to the 2008 US Open Tennis ...

Kim clijsters
The US Open originated from two separate tournaments: the men’s tournament and the us open women s tennis The event was first held in August 1881 and staged at the Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island (men’s singles only). ...

The End of the Belgian Era
1999: Belgian Open, Antwerp Finals: 16 2007: Sony Ericsson Open Miami 2006: US Open 2006: Wimbledon 2006: German Open 2006: Australian Open 2005: Rogers Cup 2003: Porsche Tennis Grand Prix 2003: Sparkassen Cup Int´l Grand Prix ...

Henin retires from tennis
Justine Henin at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open Reports from a Belgian newspaper are saying that Justine Henin will retire from the sport of tennis today. According to the article, Henin will call a press conference to announce her ...

Blake, Berdych upset in Germany
Blake had reached the quarters last week in Rome, but after this loss he will turn his attention to the French Open where he will try to avoid suffering a first round loss two straight years. Tipsarevic will face Albert Montanes in the ...

Top-seeded Ivanovic goes down
For the first time in 2008, Ana Ivanovic lost before the third round of a tournament. Previously, her worst results came in Doha and Miami where she lost in the third round. Today, however, she fell to Tsvetana Pironkova 6-4, 5-7, ...

ESPN takes US Open tennis from USA Network
NEW YORK — The US Open tennis tournament's cable TV coverage is leaving USA Network after 25 years and moving to ESPN and Tennis Channel starting in 2009.

Justine's Decade
It's at the US Open later that year in which Justine is truly introduced to the international tennis fans on a center court match against Anna Kournikova. Rookie Justine defeats the then glam queen of tennis 6-4 7-6, and is defeated by ...

ESPN Adds US Open, Officially Becomes Grand Slam Tennis Network
This groundbreaking television and multi-platform partnership creates a summer-long “Open Season” for tennis featuring more than 400 national television hours for the US Open and the Olympus US Open Series — an increase of nearly 100 ...

Landmark Television, Digital Media Partnership For US Open ...
The USTA, ESPN and Tennis Channel today announced a groundbreaking television and multi-platform partnership creating a summer-long “Open Season” for tennis featuring more than 400 national television hours for the US Open and the ...

Henin’s Moments To Remember
Last year, Henin produced arguably the best tennis of her career, posting a 63-4 record and winning 10 of the 14 events she entered, including Roland Garros, the US Open and the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Madrid where ...

US Open To Be Aired on ESPN
I knew that something bugged me when I heard that ESPN was to broadcast the entirety of the US Open (taking over from USA Network), starting in 2009. And it wasn’t just the annoyance of the :18 and :58 banners and breathless coverage of ...

Buhskyooze: Justine Henin retires from tennis
In 2007, she sat out the Australian Open in January while going through a divorce from Pierre-Yves Hardenne, then returned to the tour and won the French Open and US Open, eight other tournaments and more than $5 million. ...

ESPN, Tennis Channel Get US Open Cable Rights
“Tennis has provided many memorable moments in ESPN history, and to finally acquire the excitement and drama of the US Open is a crowning achievement, truly making ESPN2 ‘The Grand Slam Network,’” executive vice president of content ...

On the Baseline Tennis News :: ESPN Adds US Open, Officially ...
... it was not until Monday that the cable network could officially be called the home of all four majors in tennis. The United States Tennis Association announced yesterday that the US Open will be added to ESPN's repertoire in 2009.

Biofile: The Sania Mirza Interview
Competing on her favored hard courts during the 2007 US Open Series, Mirza responded with the best tennis of her career. She posted a 13-5 record during the US Open Series, falling to Anna Chakvetadze in the Cincinnati semis and the ...

Levine moves on
American and NBTA student, Jesse Levine, won his opening round match at the Bradenton Challenger event. Levine beat Australian lefty Carsten Ball 6-2, 6-2 and will now face either qualifier Raian Luchici or lucky loser Michael Yani in ...

Stunner: No. 1 Justine Henin retires from tennis...
Justine Henin, three-time defending French Open champion, reigning US Open champion and top-ranked female tennis player in the world, announced Wednesday that she is leaving the sport that she ruled magnificantly last year when she set ...

ESPN2 and Tennis Channel are Your New Homes of the US Open
The United States Tennis Association, ESPN and the Tennis Channel have all announced a new deal that gives the US Open a new home starting in 2009. Just as ESPN2 and Tennis Channel have sharing agreements on the first three Grand Slam ...

Allez Justine! Farewell to a Champion
Justine Henin has come a long way from the child who dreamed of winning a big trophy, the adolescent who visited Roland Garros with her mother, or even the woman who first hoisted a US Open trophy in 2003. ...

Henin Calls It Quits
Henin, who celebrates her 26th birthday on June 1, won 10 titles of the 14 tournaments she entered in 2007, including her third straight French Open title and her second career US Open title. "I also want to travel, to get away from the ...

ESPN, TC Acquire US Open Rights
ESPN will officially fill the bill of "Grand Slam Network" and Tennis Channel will take another step forward as a major player when the USTA formally announces the two networks have acquired US Open cable television rights in a midtown ...

ESPN Acquires Cable And ‘Expansive’ Digital Rights For Tennis’ US Open
The US Open moves to ESPN in 2009, giving the Disney sports unit bragging rights for the tennis Grand Slam: US Open, Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. The six-year agreement includes a home on ESPN2 and ‘expansive’ digital ...

Tennis Channel’s Grand Slam
Also beginning with the 2008 Olympus US Open Series, Tennis Channel is producing all tournament matches for ESPN, an arrangement that will continue with today’s agreement. The network also has the rights to replay finals matches from ...

US Open starting in 2009 to air on ESPN2 and Tennis Ch.
Starting in 2009, the US Open Tennis Championship will be shown on ESPN 2 and Tennis Channel, instead of USA Network. According to Multichannel News, a new deal is expected to be announced today, with ESPN2 airing 100 hours of live ...

Chris Cantell Discusses Sports: Federer, Henin loom large as US ...
Henin defeated the German Julia Goerges with 6-0, 6-3 on the main court at the National Tennis Center. She won the French Open in June, faced only one break point in beating the 145th-ranked Goerges.Eight-time Slam champion Serena ...

Justine Henin Retires: World Number 1 Tennis Player To Retire ...
The news conference comes less than two weeks before the start of Henin's favorite tournament, the French Open. She is the three-time defending champion and won in 2003. She also won the Australian Open in 2004, and the US Open in 2003 ...

Krajinovic falls in opener
Sixteen-year old Academy student Filip Krajinovic lost his first round match at the Bradenton Challenger event yesterday. Krajinovic was up 4-1 in the first set before American Tim Smyczek mounted his comeback. ...

Monday Round-Up (05/12/08)
The US Open and US Open Series are getting more coverage. Starting in 2009, ESPN and the Tennis Channel will join CBS in showing the tournaments. Under the new deal, the US Open will receive 200 hours of total coverage, an increase of ...

ESPN2, Tennis Net US Open Deals
The United States Tennis Association is expected to announce today that it has signed multiyear rights deals with ESPN and Tennis Channel to televise the US Open tennis championships, beginning with the 2009 tournament. ...

Aces and Faults: Samantha Stosur Awarded French Open Wildcard
Peter Bodo has written an interesting article about ESPN’s recent partnership with the USTA and the US Open. (Tennis World). Tennis Week has published an opinion piece by Sony Ericsson WTA Tour CEO Larry Scott. (Tennis Week) ...

TV Guide Sports Report - ESPN and Tennis Channel Net US Open Cable ...
ESPN and the Tennis Channel have won the cable rights to the US Open starting next year and running through 2014. The two networks take over from USA, which has held the rights since 1984. For ESPN (which will air the tennis matches on.

Sports-News :: US Open to air on ESPN, Tennis Channel (AP)
The US Open tennis tournament’s cable TV coverage is leaving USA Network after 25 years and moving to ESPN and Tennis Channel starting in 2009. The six-year deal through 2014 with the US Tennis Association was to be announced formally ...

The mirroring arcs of Justine and Kim's careers
Both lose early at the French and on the same day in the round of 16 at the US Open in tough three setters. Both have strong indoor seasons with Clijsters beating Justine en route to the season ending championships. ...

ESPN nets US Open rights (Reuters)
Fans stand during the national anthem at the US Open tennis tournament in Flushing Meadows, Reuters - ESPN said Monday that it would acquire the cable rights to the US Open of tennis beginning in 2009. Financial terms of the six-year ...

US Open Picked Up By ESPN, The Tennis Channel
ESPN and the Tennis Channel will start televising the United States Open starting next year through 2014, ending the USA Network's reign as the Open's exclusive cable TV home. The agreement will be announced at a news conference Monday. ...

ESPN, Tennis Channel To Televise US Open
ESPN and the Tennis Channel will start televising the United States Open starting next year through 2014.

ESPN Completes It's Grand Slam Of Tennis Coverage
This development completes a Grand Slam for ESPN….the company now presents all four tennis majors: the Australian Open (since 1984), the French Open (1986 – 1993 and since 2002), Wimbledon (since 2003) and the US Open – on ESPN2, ...

Your Comments: ESPN, Tennis Channel Get US Open Broadcast Rights
"This completes a five-year process of reinventing the television and digital landscape for the sport of tennis in North America," said Arlen Kantarian, CEO Pro Tennis, USTA. "Tennis will now be prominently featured for eight straight ...

Maria Sharapova: Tennis Princess
Highest-paid female athlete in 2006, Maria Sharapova is currently the reigning US Open champion, having defeated Justine Henin in the final of the 2006 US Open. Two years earlier, she defeated Serena Williams in the final at Wimbledon. ...

ESPN Acquires Cable And 'Expansive' Digital Rights For Tennis' US Open
The US Open moves to ESPN (NYSE: DIS) in 2009, giving the Disney sports unit bragging rights for the tennis Grand Slam: US Open, Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. The six-year agreement includes a home on ESPN2 and 'expansive' ...

2008 US Open (Tennis) on Long Island
The tennis greats will once again converge upon Long Island to play in the 2008 US Open along with thousands upon thousands of spectators at the USTA’s Billie Jean King National Tennis Center August 25 th through September 7th 2008. ...

US OPEN NEWS
The USTA, ESPN and Tennis Channel today announced a groundbreaking television and multi-platform partnership creating a summer-long “Open Season” for tennis featuring more than 400 national television hours for the US Open and the ...

Djokovic conquers Rome
Personally, I miss being at the Italian Open with Arias, Krickstein, Courier and Agassi. Those were the good old days, where no one dropped out during the event. The semifinal withdrawals took to much away from the final weekend of ...

retirements/WO against fed/sampras
5 retirments/WO against federer from Wimbledon 2003 to AO 2008 2 retirements/WO against Sampras from US Open 1990 to US Open 2002.

ESPN nets US Open rights
ESPN said Monday that it would acquire the cable rights to the US Open of tennis beginning in 2009. Financial terms of the six-year deal between ESPN and the US Tennis Assn. weren't announced. Full story. ESPN nets US Open rights.

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