Australian Open 2012 live on British Eurosport

January 15, 2012   ·   2 Comments

British Eurosport will broadcast comprehensive coverage of the opening Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open from Melbourne between 16-29 January 2012.

Eurosport will screen two weeks of non-stop live tennis from Melbourne Park every day from 12 midnight until the end of the days play. The 2012 tournament marks the beginning of a new five-year broadcast deal for Eurosport whose association with the tournament extends over twenty years.

With full coverage of day and night sessions, British Eurosport, Eurosport 2 & Eurosport HD will broadcast an unrivalled 300 hours of  tennis including 230 hours live, this in contrast to the BBC who have scaled back their commitment to the tournament.

Eurosport tennis presenter, Rob Curling will be joined in the studio by former British No.1, Greg Rusedski and supported by a commentary team consisting of Simon Reed, Chris Bradnam, Jo Durie,  Frew McMillan, Lucie Ahl and Mats Wilander. Barbara Schett will be court-side interviewing the biggest stars live throughout the tournament.

“Game, Set and Mats”, the popular 30-minute daily review show presented by Mats Wilander and Annabel Croft also makes a return in 2012.  Wilander, the triple Australian Open Champion analyses the best of the days action alongside interviews with players and news updates.  Game, Set and Mats is broadcast at the end of the days play and will be repeated just before the start of the live session the following day.

In addition to the extensive coverage on British Eurosport, British Eurosport 2 and Eurosport HD, you can watch your choice of seven courts on the Eurosport Player.

By subscribing to the service you can watch up to 3 courts simultaneously with a choice of action from Rod Laver, Hisense Arena, Margaret Court, Court 2, Court 3,Court 6 & Court 8.

To the action on court itself, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic will be hoping to build on a brilliant 2011 with a succesful defence of his men’s title and Belgian Kim Clijsters seeks a repeat of her victory in the women’s event.

Britain’s Andy Murray has reached the men’s final in each of the last two years but ultimately succumbed to Roger Federer in 2010 and current world number one Novak Djokovic last year.

Expectations remain high for the Brit in his first Major since appointing 51-year-old Czech legend Lendl as his coach. However Murray, believes it will take at least six months for his new coach to make a big difference.

The world No.4 said: “I’m not going to get the benefits from having Ivan this week. I’m going to see it in six months or a year when all the things we work on start falling into place.

“It’s good to have someone with his experience around in the Slams but in terms of actual improvements in my game it’s going to take a bit longer than a week.”

Tags: Andy Murray, Annabel Croft, Australian Open, Barbara Schett, British Eurosport, Greg Rusedski, Kim Clijsters, Mat Wilanders, Melbourne Park, Novak Djokovic, Rob Curling, Rod Laver Arena