SN will broadcast nine WTA tournaments in 2020
Montreal, February 21, 2020 – TSN announced on Thursday
the terms of a new agreement with the WTA which will allow them to
increase their tennis broadcasts. In fact, the network will broadcast
nine WTA tournaments in 2020. This will allow tennis
fans from across Canada to follow the best WTA players, including last
year’s US Open Champion, Bianca Andreescu.
“This is great news for tennis fans in Canada as tennis coverage across
the country is continuing to grow,” stated Michael Downey, President and
CEO of Tennis Canada. “It is essential for women’s tennis to take a
more prominent place in the dissemination of
tennis in Canada and this will be achieved with this new agreement
between the WTA and TSN, which is being added to the French broadcast of
women’s tennis that TVA Sports has been providing since 2013.”
“We’re very excited to give TSN subscribers even more access to watch
the elite players of women’s tennis, including Canada’s own Bianca
Andreescu,” said Shawn Redmond, Vice-President, TSN and Discovery. “With
TSN’s exclusive coverage of all four Grand Slams,
a comprehensive schedule of ATP events, and this addition of marquee
tournaments throughout the WTA season, tennis fans now have the
opportunity to watch their favourite players more than ever before.”
The first broadcast is scheduled for Sunday February 23 as the WTA will
be in Doha for the Qatar Open, which will be followed by Indian Wells
and Miami.
TSN’s programming for the live coverage of the 2020 WTA season will include the following tournaments:
- QATAR TOTAL OPEN (Doha): February 23-29
- BNP PARIBAS OPEN (Indian Wells): March 11-22
- MIAMI OPEN: March 24 – April 4
- MUTUA MADRID OPEN: May 2-9
- INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA (Rome): May 11-17
- WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN (Cincinnati): August 17-23
- WUHAN OPEN: September 27 – October 3
- CHINA OPEN (Beijing): October 3-11
- SHISEIDO WTA FINALS SHENZHEN: November 1-8
These broadcasts are supplementing TSN’s already extensive coverage of major tournaments, which includes the four Grand Slams as well as the ATP Masters 1000 and ATP 500 events.
TSN and TSN Direct subscribers can watch the network’s complete slate of live tennis coverage on TSN’s five national television feeds as well as through the network’s digital streaming platforms, including TSN.ca and the TSN app, which also feature breaking news, highlights, scores, and video analysis.
About Tennis Canada
Founded in 1890, Tennis Canada is a non-profit, national sport association with a mission to lead the growth of tennis in Canada and a vision to become a world-leading tennis nation. We value teamwork, passion, integrity, innovation and excellence. Tennis Canada owns and operates the premier Rogers Cup presented by National Bank WTA and ATP Tour events, five professional ATP and ITF sanctioned events and financially supports four other professional tournaments in Canada. Tennis Canada operates junior national training centres/programs in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary. Tennis Canada is a proud member of the International Tennis Federation, the Canadian Olympic Committee and the Canadian Paralympic Committee, and serves to administer, sponsor and select the teams for Davis Cup, Fed Cup, the Olympic and Paralympic Games and all wheelchair, junior and senior national teams. Tennis Canada invests its surplus into tennis development. For more information on Tennis Canada please visit our Web site at: www.tenniscanada.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
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