TSN Delivers 300+ Hours of Live Multi-Court Coverage of the Final Grand Slam of 2015, the US OPEN, Beginning August 31

TORONTO (August 28, 2015) – Bright lights, big city, and a final chance at Grand Slam glory: TSN is in New York City to deliver live multi-court coverage as the world’s best face off and Serena Williams chases Grand Slam history at the US OPEN. In total, TSN’s five national feeds deliver more than 300 hours of live coverage from the first round through to the finals of the final Grand Slam tournament of the year, beginning Monday, Aug. 31 at 11 a.m. ET on TSN (see below or visit TSN.ca for broadcast schedule).

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TSN’s exclusive live coverage of the US OPEN is available for live streaming and on-demand viewing to TSN subscribers through TSN GO. French-language coverage of the US OPEN is available on RDS and RDS2. Hosted by Laura Diakun and Kelcey Brade with on-site reports from Mark Masters, TSN’s daytime multi-court coverage of the US OPEN features live coverage of multiple matches airing at the same time, as well as post-match reports, analysis, news conferences, and highlights throughout the day. Fans can visit TSN.ca/USOpen for a daily lineup of matches that will be featured in TSN’s live multi-court coverage of the US OPEN, which follows all the Canadian players in the draw, including Milos Raonic, Vasek Pospisil, Genie Bouchard, as well as legendary Canadian doubles player Daniel Nestor. TSN’s Mark Masters is on-site in New York City to deliver reports from the tournament for SPORTSCENTRE, and contribute blog posts and web-exclusive one-on-one interviews for TSN.ca. The spotlight will be focused on world #1-ranked player and defending US OPEN champion Serena Williams, who looks to complete a sweep of all four majors in a calendar year and secure tennis’ first Grand Slam since Steffi Graf in 1988. Williams faces off against a field that includes former Grand Slam winners Maria Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Petra Kvitova, and Venus Willliams. Marin Cilic will look to defend his 2014 US OPEN title against a star-studded field that includes superstars Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray alongside 2014 US OPEN finalist Kei Nishikori and 2015 FRENCH OPEN winner Stan Wawrinka. Tennis on TSN As the undisputed Canadian home of the biggest events on the tennis calendar, TSN serves up exclusive Canadian coverage of all four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, including the AUSTRALIAN OPEN, FRENCH OPEN, WIMBLEDON, and US OPEN. Broadcast Schedule TSN’s broadcast schedule* for the US OPEN is as follows (for daily updated listings of TSN’s multi-court and bonus online coverage, please visit TSN.ca/USOPEN): Monday, Aug. 31 11 a.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day #1 (across TSN) 7 p.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day #1 (TSN1, TSN3, and TSN4) 7 p.m. ET – DAYTIME ENCORE: Early Round Coverage: Day #1 (TSN5)   Tuesday, Sept. 1 11 a.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day #2 (TSN1, TSN2, and TSN3) 7 p.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day #2 (TSN1, TSN3, and TSN4) 7 p.m. ET – Daytime Encore: Early Round Coverage: Day #2 (TSN5)   Wednesday, Sept. 2 11 a.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day #3 (TSN1, TSN2, and TSN3) 7 p.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day #3 (TSN1 and TSN3)   Thursday, Sept. 3 11 a.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day #4 (across TSN) 4 p.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day #4 (TSN2)   Friday, Sept. 4 11 a.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day #5 (across TSN) 6 p.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day #5 (TSN1 and TSN3) 7 p.m. ET – DAYTIME ENCORE: Early Round Coverage: Day #5 (TSN2)   Saturday, Sept. 5 11 a.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day #6 (TSN2, TSN3, TSN4, and TSN5) 7 p.m. ET – Early Round Coverage: Day #6 (TSN3, TSN4, and TSN5)   Sunday, Sept. 6 11 a.m. ET – Round of 16 (TSN2) 7 p.m. ET – Round of 16 (TSN2)   Monday, Sept. 7  11 a.m. ET – Round of 16 (TSN2) 7 p.m. ET – Round of 16 (TSN2) 8 p.m. ET – Round of 16 (TSN1) 8 p.m. ET – DAYTIME ENCORE: Round of 16 (TSN4)   Tuesday, Sept. 8 12 noon ET – Quarter-finals (TSN1, TSN3, and TSN4) 7 p.m. ET – Quarter-finals (TSN1, TSN3, and TSN4) 7 p.m. ET – DAYTIME ENCORE: Quarter-finals (TSN2)   Wednesday, Sept. 9 11 a.m. ET – Quarter-finals (across TSN) 8 p.m. ET – Quarter-finals (TSN3)   Thursday, Sept. 10 7 p.m. ET – Women’s Semifinals (TSN2)   Friday, Sept. 11 12 noon ET – Mixed Doubles Final (TSN2) 3 p.m. ET – Men’s Semifinals (TSN2)   Saturday, Sept. 12 12 noon ET – Men’s Doubles Final (TSN2) 3 p.m. ET – Women’s Final (across TSN)   Sunday, Sept. 13 12 noon ET – Women’s Doubles Final (TSN4) 3:30 p.m. ET – Blue Carpet Special (TSN4) 4 p.m. ET – Men’s Final (TSN4)   *Schedule subject to change