Friday, September 9, 2011

Only one semifinal to be broadcast live on USA television

If you live in the USA and you rely on Tennis Channel, ESPN and CBS for your U.S. Open coverage, you're out of luck tomorrow. The re-scheduled semifinal between Sam Stosur and Angelique Kerber will  not be televised live on any of those channels. I assume, however, that the match will be shown live on the U.S. Open website, which--for me--has been good venue for viewing the tournament. The Stosur-Kerber match will take place in the Grandstand. U.S. Open officials have shut down Louis Armstrong Stadium because of water bubbles, and Arthur Ashe Stadium will be used for men's semifinals, the men's doubles final and the Caroline Wozniacki-Serena Williams semifinal.

The Wozniacki-Williams final will be broadcast at 8 p.m. New York time, on CBS. The match is listed on the schedule as starting at 7 p.m. I assume there will be some pre-match entertainment. The Stosur-Kerber match begins at 6 p.m. New York time.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

The organisers have made such a mess of this tournament, to have a SF on the grandstand is beyond belief.

Sarah said...

Agree! I didn't hear Sam's comments so don't know what she thinks of it but I'm sure she can't be happy about it. Luckily I'm in Australia so we have just seen her match live. Can't believe Serena and Caroline now have to play so late though with the final tomorrow. Surely they should have put the mens match on last ...

svente said...

I'm glad the US Open site streamed the Stosur/Kerber match. Better than nothing? I begrudgingly guess so. I was really more interested in that match bc I figured it to be more competitive and bc all tournament long Sam and Angelique were ignored by ESPN and CBS sports. The announcers of the Murray/Nadal match seemed genuinely surprised people at the Grandstand were enjoying themselves. :o

I get disappointed each year with the coverage women get at the US Open. When will I learn?

Diane said...

Having to shut down Louis Armstrong Stadium was the last straw, I suppose. Regardless of where it was played, the Stosur-Kerber match should have been shown on live television in the U.S. But at least we got to see it. I've enjoyed watching matches on the U.S. Open website more than on ESPN, CBS and the dreadful Tennis Channel.

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