TSN Confirms Massive Slate of ATP Tennis Coverage, Kicking Off with ABN AMRO WORLD TENNIS TOURNAMENT from Rotterdam, Beginning Today

TORONTO (February 8, 2016) – TSN’s expansive slate of world-class tennis coverage gets even bigger this month, as the network today confirmed its February broadcast schedule for ATP World Tour 500 tournaments from Rotterdam, Rio de Janeiro, Dubai, and Acapulco, the first events to be broadcast as part of TSN’s newly-acquired slate of ATP World Tour events. Coverage begins with the ATP World Tour 500’s debut event of the year, the ABN AMRO WORLD TENNIS TOURNAMENT in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Early Round Coverage began this morning on TSN platforms (see below for broadcast schedule). TSN’s live coverage of the ATP World Tour 500 in February continues with the following events:

• RIO OPEN, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, beginning Monday, Feb. 15
• DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, beginning Monday, Feb. 22
• MEXICAN OPEN Presented by HSBC from Acapulco, Mexico, beginning Monday, Feb. 22

ATP World Tour 500 and ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments are part of TSN’s expanded tennis coverage for the 2016 season, which delivers more than 1600 hours of world-class tennis across TSN’s five national feeds. TSN will confirm broadcast details of upcoming ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in the coming weeks. TSN subscribers can access live streaming and on-demand viewing of the network’s coverage of the ATP World Tour 500 and ATP World Tour Masters 1000 through TSN GO. French-language coverage of the ATP World Tour 500 and ATP World Tour Masters 1000 is available on RDS. The ATP World Tour 500 (featuring events in Rotterdam, Rio, Acapulco, Dubai, Barcelona, Halle, London, Hamburg, Washington, Beijing, Tokyo, Basel, and Vienna) and ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (featuring events in Indian Wells, Miami, Monte-Carlo, Madrid, Rome, Cincinnati, Shanghai, and Paris) are world-class tournaments headlined by the biggest names in men’s tennis, including Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, and Canadian stars Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil. TSN Digital platforms keep fans up-to-date throughout the tennis season with:

• Live streaming and on-demand viewing of TSN’s ATP coverage through TSN GO
• Updated daily match schedule available at TSN.ca/ATP
• All the latest news, highlights, recaps, scores, and stats

Broadcast Schedule TSN’s broadcast schedule* for ATP World Tour 500 events in February is as follows: 2016 ABN AMRO WORLD TENNIS TOURNAMENT – Rotterdam, Netherlands            Monday, Feb. 8

• 5 a.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day 1 (TSN GO)
• 1:30 p.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day 1 (TSN5)

Tuesday, Feb. 9

• 5 a.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day 2 (TSN GO)
• 1:30 p.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day 2 (TSN5)

Wednesday, Feb. 10

• 5 a.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day 3 (TSN GO)
• 1:30 p.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day 3 (TSN5)

Thursday, Feb. 11

• 5 a.m. ET – Round of 16 (TSN GO)
• 1:30 p.m. ET – Round of 16 (TSN5)

Friday, Feb. 12

• 6:30 a.m. ET – Quarter-finals (TSN GO)
• 1:30 p.m. ET – Quarter-finals (TSN5)

Saturday, Feb. 13

• 8 a.m. ET – Semifinal #1 (TSN5)
• 1:30 p.m. ET – Semifinal #2 (TSN5)

Sunday, Feb. 14

• 9:30 a.m. ET – Final (TSN5)

  2016 RIO OPEN – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Monday, Feb. 15

• 2 p.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day 1 (TSN GO)
• 3:30 p.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day 1 (TSN2)

Tuesday, Feb. 16

• 2 p.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day 2 (TSN GO)
• 3:30 p.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day 2 (TSN2)

Wednesday, Feb. 17

• 2 p.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day 3 (TSN GO)
• 3:30 p.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day 3 (TSN2)

Thursday, Feb. 18

• 2 p.m. ET – Round of 16 (TSN GO)
• 3:30 p.m. ET – Round of 16 (TSN2)

Friday, Feb. 19

• 11:30 a.m. ET – Quarter-finals (TSN2)

Saturday, Feb. 20

• 4 p.m. ET – Semifinals (TSN2)

Sunday, Feb. 21

• 4:30 p.m. ET – Final (TSN GO)
• 6:30 p.m. ET – (ENCORE) Final (TSN2)

2016 DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Dubai, United Arab Emirates Monday, Feb. 22

• 5 a.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day 1 (TSN GO)
• 10 a.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day 1 (TSN2)

Tuesday, Feb. 23

• 5 a.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day 2 (TSN GO)
• 10 a.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day 2 (TSN2)

Wednesday, Feb. 24

• 5 a.m. ET – Round of 16 (TSN GO)
• 10 a.m. ET – Round of 16 (TSN2)

Thursday, Feb. 25

• 6 a.m. ET – Quarter-finals (TSN2)

Friday, Feb. 26

• 8 a.m. ET – Semifinals (TSN2)

Saturday, Feb. 27

• 10 a.m. ET – Final (TSN2)

  2016 MEXICAN OPEN Presented by HSBC – Acapulco, Mexico Monday, Feb. 22

• 5 p.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day 1 (TSN2)
• 9 p.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day 1 (TSN2)

Tuesday, Feb. 23

• 5 p.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day 2 (TSN2)
• 9 p.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day 2 (TSN2)

Wednesday, Feb. 24

• 5 p.m. ET – Round of 16 (TSN2)
• 9 p.m. ET – Round of 16 (TSN2)

Thursday, Feb. 25

• 4 p.m. ET – Quarter-finals (TSN2)
• 9:30 p.m. ET – Quarter-finals (TSN2)

Friday, Feb. 26

• 7 p.m. ET – Semifinals (TSN2)
• 11 p.m. ET – Semifinals (TSN2)

Saturday, Feb. 27

• 10 p.m. ET – Final (TSN2)

  *Schedule subject to change