US Open Prime Time Day Two: Federer, Keys on Ashe; Kyrgios, Sharapova on Armstrong

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US Open Prime Time Day Two: Federer, Keys on Ashe; Kyrgios, Sharapova on Armstrong

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·         Tuesday on ESPN+:  Two-time Wimbledon Champ Kvitova, 2014 US Open Finalist Nishikori, Summer Sensation Sabalenka and Americans Vandeweghe, Townsend, Anismova, McHale, DiLorenzo, Collins and Mmoh

 

Tuesday’s US Open prime-time playbill has five-time US Open champion #2 Roger Federer, owner of 20 Major titles, play Yoshihito Nishioka, followed by American #14 Madison Keys against Pauline Parmentier on Arthur Ashe Stadium.  Meanwhile, the Louis Armstrong Stadium night session – new this year – starts with #30 Nick Kyrgios vs. Radu Albot then 2006 champion Maria Sharapova vs. Patti Schnyder, who at 39 made the draw via qualifying.

Daytime matches include:

  • #6 Novak Djokovic, who counts two US Open trophies and last month’s Wimbledon among his 13 Major titles vs. Marton Fucsovics
  • #2 Caroline Wozniacki vs. 2011 winner Samantha Stosur
  • 2016 winner Angelique Kerber, the #4 seed fresh off a Wimbledon title, vs Margarita Gasparyan
  • #4 Sascha Zverev vs. Peter Polansky

A number of big names will play earlier in the day on ESPN+, the new direct-to-consumer video service from The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer and International (DTCI) segment and ESPN.  Starting at 11 a.m., key players in action include:

  • Two matchups of Americans – Taylor Townsend vs. 16-year old Amanda Anisimova and Christina McHale vs. Francesca DiLorenzo
  • #5 Petra Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon winner, vs. Yanina Wickmayer
  • American #24 CoCo Vandeweghe, a semifinalist a year ago, vs. Kirsten Flipkens
  • American Daniela Collins vs. #26 Aryna Sabalenka
  • American Michael Mmoh vs. #14 Fabio Fognini
  • #21 Kei Nishikori, a finalist in New York in 2014, vs. Maxmillian Marterer

 

ESPN has exclusive live action of the US Open beginning Monday, Aug. 27, with 130 hours on television and 1,300 more streaming live on the ESPN app via ESPN+ and ESPN3.  The daily action from the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center will culminate with the Women’s Championship on Saturday, Sept. 8, and the Men’s Championship on Sunday, Sept. 9, both at 4 p.m. ET.

Quick Links

 

ESPN & the 2018 US Open

Date Time (ET) Event Network(s)
Aug 27 – Sep 5 11 a.m. US Open – up to 16 courts ESPN+

ESPN3
   
Tue Aug 28 12 p.m. US Open First Round ESPN
  7 p.m. Primetime at the US Open presented by IBM – First Round ESPN
Wed Aug 29 12 p.m. US Open Second Round ESPN
  7 p.m. Primetime at the US Open presented by IBM – Second Round ESPN

 

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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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