If U.S. Open resumes tonight, it will be on ESPN2 (updated)


(Update: If the match is still going at 10:15 p.m., it will move to ESPN Classic, as ESPN2 is obligated to show the beginning of the Chargers-Chiefs NFL game. Once the Ravens-Jets game is over on ESPN, the Chargers-Chiefs will shift to there, and the tennis, if still going, will move to ESPN2.)

When the men’s final of the U.S. Open tennis championship resumes, the telecast will shift to ESPN2.

The match, which began on CBS and has been stopped by rain, is in the second set, with top-seeded Rafael Nadal leading No. 3 Novak Djokovic 6-4, 4-4.

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Pete Dougherty

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  1. Such frustrating coverage yesterday. First CBS 6 bumps their part of it over to the CW with no advance notice that I could find, which isn’t a big deal if you were watching live, but rather problematic had you set a DVR 8 hours beforehand. Then the only notice ESPN2 gives that they were going to bump tennis was on the Bottom Line, which I and I’m guessing many others do our best not to look at when watching a live event. Luckily Novak ran out of steam in the 4th set, so all of the match and most of the trophy celebration fit into ESPN2′s coverage window. But they still cut out 2 seconds after Rafa lifted the trophy, and ESPN Classic never did pick up the rest. I realize ESPN2 *had* to switch to show all of the football, but were they contractually obligated to show Hank Williams Jr.’s theme song too? Seems like they could have stayed for another minute or two, which was all tennis fans probably needed, and not lost anything for the football crowd.