ESPN at the Australian Open

http://sportsmediajournal.com/ ESPN plans on providing over 100 hours of live tennis coverage on ESPN2 and over 600 hours on ESPN3 of the upcoming Australian Open Tennis Championship. ESPN’s 29th year covering the tournament begins January 13th. Cliff Drysdale will lead ESPN’s coverage in he booth. Analysts Darren Cahill, Chris Evert, Mary Joe Fernandez, Brad Gilbert, Patrick McEnroe and Pam Shriver return with hosts Chris Fowler and Chris McKendry. Tom Rinaldi will contribute features, news and interviews during event coverage and on SportsCenter. Here is the ESPN tournament schedule: Date Time (ET) Event Sun, Jan 13 6:30 p.m. – 7 a.m. Early round play LIVE Mon, Jan 14 2 - 5 p.m. “ Same-day 9 p.m. – 7 a.m. “ LIVE Tue, Jan 15 2 – 5 p.m. “ Same-day 9 p.m. – 7 a.m. “ LIVE Wed, Jan 16 2 – 5 p.m. “ Same-day 11 p.m. – 7 a.m. “ LIVE Thur, Jan 17 2 – 5 p.m. “ Same-day 11 p.m. – 7 a.m. “ LIVE Fri, Jan 18 2 – 5 p.m. “ Same-day 9 p.m. – 7 a.m. “ LIVE Sat, Jan 19 7 – 9:55 a.m. “ Same-day 9 p.m. – 2 a.m. Round of 16 LIVE 3 – 7 a.m. “ LIVE Sun, Jan 20 9 p.m. – 2 a.m. “ LIVE 3:30 – 6 a.m. “ LIVE Mon, Jan 21 9 p.m. – 2 a.m. Quarterfinals LIVE 3:30 – 6 a.m. “ LIVE Tue, Jan 22 2 – 5 p.m. “ Same-day 9 p.m. – 2 a.m. “ LIVE 3:30 – 6 a.m. “ LIVE Wed, Jan 23 2 – 5 p.m. “ Same-day 9:30 p.m. – 2 a.m. Women’s Semifinals LIVE 3:30 – 6 a.m. Men’s Semifinal #1 LIVE Thurs, Jan 24 1 – 4 p.m. Men’s Semifinal #1 reair 3:30 – 6 a.m. Men’s Semifinal #2 LIVE Fri, Jan 25 1 – 4 p.m. Men’s Semifinal #2 reair 3 – 5:30 a.m. Women’s Championship LIVE Sat, Jan. 26 9 – 11 a.m. Women’s Championship reair 10 p.m. – MID Women’s Championship reair 3 – 6:30 a.m. Men’s Championship LIVE Sun, Jan 27 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Men’s Championship reair 7:30 p.m. – 12:30 a.m. Men’s Championship reair