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ESPN Presents Tennis’ Western & Southern Open from New York

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ESPN Presents Tennis’ Western & Southern Open from New York

Photo of Dave Nagle Dave Nagle Follow on Twitter August 20, 2020
Queens, NY - August 26, 2019: Madison Keys competing in the 2019 US Open. (Photo by Joe Faraoni / ESPN Images)
  • More Hours of Coverage Than Ever — 44, Starts August 22
  • Fields include Djokovic, Williams Sisters, Coco Gauff, Osaka, Thiem, Tsitsipas, Zverev
  • Medvedev, Keys Defend Titles

ESPN will again provide extensive coverage of the ATP/WTA Western & Southern Open – traditionally held in Cincinnati but being held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York for the first time – beginning with an eight-hour telecast Saturday, Aug. 22 – with an event-record 44 hours planned across ESPN and ESPN2.

Coverage will continue daily, including 10 hours on Tuesday, Aug. 25; eight hours of quarterfinal action on Wednesday; all four semifinals during an eight-hour telecast on Thursday and the championships back-to-back Friday at 2 p.m. (WTA) and 4 p.m. (ATP).

During Thursday’s coverage of the semifinals, the US Open draws will be announced.

Danill Medvedev and Madison Keys will be looking to defend their titles.  The men’s field will be led by Novak Djokovic, the top-ranked player in the world and winner of 17 Major titles.  Others include Dominic Thiem, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev and John Isner.  Karolina Pliskova will lead the women’s field, which also includes Naomi Osaka, Serena Williams, Sloane Stephens, Coco Gauff, Venus Williams Sofia Kenin, Kiki Bertens and Belinda Bencic.

The ESPN team on hand in New York includes Darren Cahill, Mary Joe Fernandez, Chris Fowler, Brad Gilbert, Jason Goodall, Patrick McEnroe, Chris McKendry and Rennae Stubbs.

ESPN’s exclusive first-ball-to-last-ball coverage of the US Open, tennis’ second Major event of the year in 2020, will follow the Western & Southern Open at the National Tennis Center, beginning Monday, Aug. 31.  Also, the day before the first ball in the air, ESPN2 will air SportsCenter at the US Open at 11 a.m. ET to preview the tournament Sunday, Aug. 30.

Date Time (ET) Event Network
Sat, Aug 22 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Western & Southern Open
First Round		 ESPN
  5 p.m. – 9 p.m. Western & Southern Open
First Round		 ESPN2
Sun, Aug 23 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. Western & Southern Open
First/Second Round		 ESPN2
Mon, Aug 24 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Western & Southern Open
Second Round		 ESPN2
Tue, Aug 25 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Western & Southern Open
Men’s & Women’s Round of 16		 ESPN2
  7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Western & Southern Open
Men’s & Women’s Round of 16		 ESPN
Wed, Aug 26 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Western & Southern Open
Men’s & Women’s Quarterfinals		 ESPN2
Thu, Aug 27 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Western & Southern Open
Men’s & Women’s Semifinals		 ESPN2
Fri, Aug 28 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Western & Southern Open
Women’s Championship		 ESPN2
  4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Western & Southern Open
Men’s Championship		 ESPN2

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As I write this on 11-11-21, it's now 35 years for me at ESPN, the only real job I’ve ever had. I joined merely to help with the upcoming America’s Cup in Australia. I was told it would be for three months at all of $5.50 per hour. I like to say I simply kept showing up. I’ve worked on almost every sport, plus answered viewer calls and letters (people used to write!), given tours, written the company newsletter and once drove NASCAR’s Jeff Gordon to the local airport. My travels have been varied…I’ve been to Martinsville, Darlington, Indy and Super Bowls; the America’s Cup (all 3) in San Diego and College GameDay in the sport’s meccas such as Eugene, Auburn, Lubbock, Stillwater and more; the NBA Finals, Wimbledon (16 times and counting) and the “other Bristol,” the one with a race track in Tennessee. These days, my main areas are tennis, UFC, boxing, network-wide ratings (by month/quarter/year), and corporate communications documents, including fact sheets, chronologies, lists and nearly 35 of the Year in Review press releases. UPDATE EXACTLY ONE YEAR LATER: Today, November 11, 2022, I am retiring from ESPN -- 36 years to the day I began. As I ride off into the sunset – top down and E Street Radio blaring – I do so with so many wonderful memories, proud of my contributions and a heart full of gratitude for the opportunity. 
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