LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19, 2009 – Tennis Channel will provide live, wall-to-wall coverage of the round-robin 2009 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals from London, Nov. 22-29. The network will provide close to 60 hours of high-definition coverage of the season-ending tournament and more than 120 hours overall with same-day, prime-time replays.
Tennis Channel’s men’s championships broadcast team features play by play from Leif Shiras, analysis from Jimmy Arias and sideline reports from Justin Gimelstob. From Sunday, Nov. 22 to Saturday, Nov. 28, the network will broadcast live singles and doubles matches from 7:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. ET and 2 a.m.-6 p.m. ET, followed by encore replays of the entire day’s broadcast, beginning at 7 p.m. ET. Sunday, Nov. 23, will begin with the live doubles championship at 7:30 a.m. ET and the men’s singles final at 2 p.m. ET. Both matches will be replayed twice that evening, beginning with the singles championship at 7 p.m.
The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, the largest indoor event in tennis, features the world’s top eight singles players and eight doubles teams, in a competition that concludes the men’s tennis season. Singles qualifiers include Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Fernando Verdasco, Nikolay Davydenko, Juan Martin del Potro and Robin Soderling (replacing the injured Andy Roddick). The twin-brother team of star Americans Bob and Mike Bryan headline the year-end doubles teams in London, along with top seed Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic and third seed Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles.
Tennis Channel’s 2009 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Schedule
Sunday, Nov. 22 -Saturday, Nov. 28 7:30 -11:30 a.m. / 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. ET Live singles and doubles matches
7 p.m. ET Encore singles and doubles match replays
Sunday, Nov. 29 7:30-9 a.m. ET Live doubles championship
2 p.m.-4:30 p.m. ET Singles championship (same-day delay)
7 p.m. ET Encore singles and doubles championship replays
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