2012 US Open tennis TV schedule

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The final Grand Slam event of the year returns to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., for the US Open Aug. 27-Sept. 9. Victoria Azarenka, Agnieszka Radwanska, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams and Petra Kvitova are the top challengers to 2011 women’s champ Samantha Stosur. On the men’s side, defending Open champ Novak Djokovic will try to start a new Grand Slam streak by staving off Roger Federer, Andy Murray, David Ferrer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Rafael Nadal has withdrawn due to injury.

ESPN2, Tennis Channel, CBS Sports Network and CBS air the tournament through Sept. 9. ESPN2 airs nearly 100 total hours of tournament coverage on weekdays. ESPN3 has multi-court online coverage throughout the tournament. Tennis Channel airs live matches throughout the day, plus has complementary programs like US Open Tonight and Breakfast at the Open. The qualifying matches on Aug. 21-24 will air on national TV for the first time on CBS Sports Network. CBS has weekend and Labor Day coverage, as well as the men’s and women’s semifinals and finals Sept. 7-9. Full US Open tennis TV schedule below:

2012 US Open Tennis TV Schedule
All times ET
Tuesday, August 21
Qualifying, 1pm, CBSSN
Wednesday, August 22
Qualifying, 1pm, CBSSN
Thursday, August 23
Qualifying, 5pm, CBSSN
Friday, August 24
Qualifying, 11am & 5pm, CBSSN
Monday, August 27
Men’s first round/Women’s first round, 11am & 2pm, Tennis Channel
Men’s first round/Women’s first round, 1pm, ESPN2
Primetime matches, 7pm, ESPN2
Tuesday, August 28
Men’s first round/Women’s first round, 11am & 2pm, Tennis Channel
Men’s first round/Women’s first round, 1pm, ESPN2
Primetime matches, 7pm, ESPN2
Wednesday, August 29
Men’s first round/Women’s second round, 11am & 2pm, Tennis Channel
Men’s first round/Women’s second round, 1pm, ESPN2
Primetime matches, 7pm, ESPN2
Thursday, August 30
Men’s second round/Women’s second round, 11am & 2pm, Tennis Channel
Men’s first round/Women’s second round, 1pm, ESPN2
Primetime matches, 7pm, ESPN2
Friday, August 31
Men’s second round/Women’s third round, 11am & 2pm, Tennis Channel
Men’s first round/Women’s third round, 1pm, ESPN2
Primetime matches, 7pm, ESPN2
Saturday, September 1
Men’s third round/Women’s third round, 11am, CBSSN
Men’s third round/Women’s third round, 12:30pm, CBS
Primetime matches, 7pm, Tennis Channel
Sunday, September 2
Men’s third round/Women’s Round of 16, 11am, CBSSN
Men’s third round/Women’s Round of 16, 11am, CBS
Primetime matches, 7pm, Tennis Channel
Monday, September 3
Men’s Round of 16/Women’s Round of 16, 11am, CBSSN
Men’s Round of 16/Women’s Round of 16, 11am, CBS
Men’s Round of 16/Women’s Round of 16, 7pm, ESPN2
Tuesday, September 4
Men’s Round of 16/Women’s quarterfinals, 11am, ESPN2
Men’s Round of 16/Doubles Matches, 11am, Tennis Channel
Men’s Round of 16/Women’s quarterfinals, 7pm, ESPN2
Wednesday, September 5
Doubles/Juniors, 11am, Tennis Channel
Men’s quarterfinals/Women’s quarterfinals, 12pm & 7pm, ESPN2
Thursday, September 6
Doubles/Juniors, 11am, Tennis Channel
Men’s quarterfinal/Mixed doubles final, 12pm, ESPN2
Men’s quarterfinal, 8pm, ESPN2
Friday, September 7
Women’s semifinals; Men’s doubles final, 12:30pm, CBS
Saturday, September 8
Men’s semifinals, 11am, CBS
Women’s final, 8pm, CBS
Sunday, September 9
Women’s doubles final, 12:30pm, ESPN2
Men’s final (following NFL coverage), 4pm, CBS

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