#Us open tennis amazon prime tv#

One ‘match of the day’ will also be available on-demand, as well as replays of all quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals for men’s and women’s singles matches.Ĭoverage of the US Open will be followed by further live coverage of the Laver Cup next month (21st -23rd September) from the United Center, Chicago. Full-day highlights will be available on-demand from approximately 7.00am each day, showing the previous day’s coverage highlights. There will also be a daily highlights show and a replay of the top Day Session match at approximately 9.00pm BST. Prime Video’s live multi-stream coverage of the US Open will begin daily at 4.00pm BST and finish at approximately 4.00am BST. Finally, with the tournament celebrating its 50th Anniversary, former world number one, eight-time Grand Slam winner and five-time US Open champion Jimmy Connors will complete the expanded Prime Video line-up, providing in-studio analysis as well as commentary. Further commentary will be provided by Robbie Koenig, Nick Lester, Sam Smith, Arvind Parmar, Barry Cowan and Susan Thearle, alongside Anna Whiteley, who will act as as on-site reporter in New York. Catherine Whitaker will return to host coverage alongside BBC Radio 4’s sports correspondent Karthi Gnanasegaram, a new addition to the team. Greg Rusedski and Daniela Hantuchova will return as experts and will now be joined by former world number one, four-time Grand Slam winner and US Open finalist Jim Courier along with former player and established analyst and commentator Mark Petchey and former British number one Annabel Croft. Prime Video will have a studio on-site at the US Open and will expand their presenting, studio expert and commentary team building on their live studio coverage of the Fever-Tree Championships at The Queen’s Club and the Nature Valley International from Eastbourne earlier this summer.

The first time a major tennis tournament has been available exclusively on a streaming service, Amazon’s coverage will include multiple streams from several courts, catch up highlights and full-match replays.

#Us open tennis amazon prime tv#

Jimmy Connors, Jim Courier and Annabel Croft are joining Amazon Prime Video’s line-up of TV presenters for its streaming of the US Open this summer.Īmazon Prime Video will bring customers in the UK and Ireland live and exclusive coverage of the US Open, which takes place from 27th August to 9th September 2018 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York.