9Gem’s coverage of 2022 Davis Cup finals knockout stage starts Wednesday morning at 2am AEDT, when Australia take on Netherlands in the first quarter-final in Malaga. 9Gem will also broadcast a semi-final and the final live, depending on Australia’s progress.
UPDATE 24/11: Australia will face Croatia in the first semi-final on Friday local time, after they defeated Netherlands and Spain respectively. The semi-final will be shown live on 9Gem and beIN Sports 1 at 2am AEDT Saturday (11pm AEDT Friday in Perth).
UPDATE 26/11: Australia have advanced to Sunday’s Davis Cup final after beating Croatia 2-1 in the semi-final. The final will be shown live on 9Gem and beIN Sports 1 at 11pm AEDT Sunday.
After broadcasting ATP Cup in January this year, more lead-up tournaments to Australian Open will stream on Stan Sport next month, according to this article from Mediaweek. Could it mean less live tennis on 9Gem and 9GO?
Stan Sport will also showcase the action from the United Cup (December 29 – January 8, replacing the ATP Cup), the Adelaide International (January 1-14) and Hobart International (January 9-14) in the lead up to the 2023 Australian Open (January 16-29).
Also Stan will stream centre court matches from AO in 4K for the very first time.
12:00 pm AEDT The inaugural United Cup brings together the best ATP Tour and Hologic WTA Tour players in an 18-country teams’ event played over 11 days across three Brisbane, Perth and Sydney. Live play from 12:00PM AEDT main channel. 04:30 pm Switch to 9Gem 07:00 pm Live play continues. on main channel
Friday 30 December
10:00 am AEDT Live play from 10:00AM AEDT. main channel 04:30 pm Switch to 9Gem 07:00 pm Live play continues. on main channel
Saturday 31 December 10:00 am AEDT Live play from 10:00AM AEDT. main channel 05:00 pm Switch to 9Gem until 10:00 pm
(no main channel coverage in prime time)
According to advance guide in this week’s TV Week, Adelaide International tournament 1 will be shown live on 9GO! on the first week of 2023, except for the Thursday when it airs on 9Gem (rest day for United Cup).
Adelaide International will be held as two separate tournaments, held on the first two weeks of January.
The United Cup will fire up the Australian summer of tennis when the brand new mixed team event starts live and free on the 9Network and 9Now on December 29.
Prizemoney of $22 million is up for grabs when 18 teams play across 11 days in the three host cities, Brisbane, Perth and Sydney.
The world’s best men’s and women’s players will join forces to represent their countries ahead of a huge month that gets the global tennis season underway.
In Sydney, world No. 2 Rafael Nadal, Australia’s top ranked players Nick Kyrgios, Alja Tomljanovic and Alex De Minaur, as well as world No. 3 Jessica Pegula and world No. 9 Madison Keys of the United States, will feature.
Brisbane will play host to World No. 1 Iga Swiatek and three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka, while Greek duo Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari will be the headline acts in Perth.
Each tie features two men’s singles matches, two women’s singles matches and one mixed doubles match, with the winners to converge on Sydney for the finals.
Nine’s Wide World of Sports tennis expert, Todd Woodbridge, said: “The United Cup is that unique experience where you can watch the very best players go head to head every day. Normally we only get to see these match-ups in the semis or finals of Grand Slam tournaments.”
Nine’s live coverage will be hosted by James Bracey, Roz Kelly and Danika Mason and available on the 9Network, with every match streamed on 9Now.
I thought he said a while ago he would never play for Australia again because we weren’t loyal to him (or words to that effect). I won’t ever watch a game of his again.
Wow. was not expecting that.
