Glad that the Australian Open will be back to January.
Good get in the US Open too for 2022 onwards.
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Nine grabs US Open
Nine today announced it has secured the exclusive rights to the US Open in 2022, in a landmark three-year deal. Nine is now the home for all four Grand Slams tournaments.
Channel 9 and Stan Sport will bring viewers all the action from one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, with the big names, thrilling matches and great stories live from New York City. Will 2022 see the rise of the new crop of tennis stars? Or redemption for this year’s runner-up in the tournament, Novak Djokovic?
Director of Nine Sport, Brent Williams , said: “We are thrilled to have one of the world’s most prestigious sporting events in the US Open coming to Nine and Stan Sport. Today’s exciting announcement makes us the exclusive home of all four tennis Grand Slams.
“With the Australian Open, Wimbledon, Roland Garros and now the US Open, we have expanded both our FTA and live streaming offering, with unprecedented coverage of elite tennis all year round.
“We are excited that fans will be able to access every superstar player, every thrilling match and every single point of these iconic tournaments on a Nine platform.”
United States Tennis Association Chief Revenue Officer, Lew Sherr , said: “We have always admired the Nine Network’s coverage of the Australian Open, so we know that the US Open has found a great home on Nine and Stan Sport.
“They have a proven commitment to tennis and a demonstrated ability to elevate and integrate the sport’s presentation across all their platforms.”
And our tennis coverage doesn’t stop there. As well as rights to all four Grand Slams, Channel 9 and Stan Sport have the broadcast rights to the Davis Cup, Billie Jean King Cup and Laver Cup Tennis Tournament. Plus all the summer lead-up tournaments to the Australian Open, including the ATP Cup.
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and in the mornings/early afternoon so as not to disrupt Nine’s daytime schedule.
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Cue the “Australia’s Home of Tennis” Promos!
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With ESPN@‘s contract which started in 2017 ended on Monday I was expecting this to happen
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9Gem will show a one-hour highlights of Laver Cup this Saturday (October 2) at 10am.
Team Europe dominated throughout the tournament, beating Team World 14-1 on the third and final day.
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Who is watching this a week later? It’s not the 1990s
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Tennis Australia told me early to mid November we should have the Australian summer of tennis events confirmed.
I read an article that suggested the ATP Cup is a big doubt for 2022.
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Billie Jean King Cup
Tuesday, 2 Nov on 9GO!
8:30 PM - 1:30 AM [300 mins]
WWOS presents Australia v Belgium live from the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Repubic. The Australian Team – Ajla Tomljanovic, Astra Sharma, Storm Sanders, Ellen Perez and Olivia Gadecki and Captain Alicia Molik. Live Play from 20:30PM AEDT
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9Gem will show the Billie Jean King Cup between Australia and Belarus live from Prague this Thursday (November 4) at 8.30pm AEDT. Semi-finals and final coverage is TBA.
Interestingly, neither Nine or beIN Sport will show the clash between Belarus and Belgium tomorrow (November 1).
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Nothing on Stan Sport. Thought Stan will have the Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup Finals this November
The deal was signed before SS, right?
The Billie Jean Cup is on 9Gem (edit : 9Go) at the moment. Australian Daria Gavrilova beat Belgian G. Minnen in the opening match.
Todd Woodbridge and Jelena Jokic are the hosts from the studio.
So far, the coverage is good.
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It’s on 9Go for some stupid reason in QLD 
Pretty sure it was on 9Go nationally
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It was. I made a mistake on my above post saying it was on 9Gem in Sydney. It was in fact 9Go. The ratings for the tennis weren’t good.
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From the Footy on Nine studio in Melbourne, correct?
Not surprised, nobody probably knew it was on.
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