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- Wimbledon is the Major Tennis Debut for ESPN+
- Kyrgios, Sock Matches also on ESPN+
Day Two at Wimbledon will conclude the first round Tuesday, July 3, and ESPN has all the action exclusively in the U.S. with ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3 and – making its Major tennis debut this week – the new ESPN+ service with coverage of 14 courts. The latter’s offerings will include Court Three where the order of play includes #5 seed Juan Martin del Potro, two-time Major winner #11 Angelique Kerber vs. 2010 Wimbledon finalist Vera Zvonareva, #10 David Goffin and #6 Caroline Garcia.
ESPN+ will also stream:
- Court 12 where #15 Nick Kyrgios and #18 Jack Sock of the U.S. will play their opening round matches.
- Court 7 where three Americans will play: Taylor Fritz, Taylor Townsend and Alison Riske.
For the first time, there are cameras on every court at the All England Lawn Tennis Club – celebrating its 150th anniversary. ESPN’s coverage – first ball to last ball – includes more than 500 matches, all available for fans between ESPN3 and the new ESPN+ on the ESPN app; 140 hours of action will be on TV. The action will climax with the Ladies’ Championship and the Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Doubles Championships on ESPN on Saturday, July 14, and the Gentlemen’s Championship on Sunday, July 15, followed by the Mixed Doubles Championship.
ESPN+ will stream live the following 14 courts at Wimbledon, Tuesday, July 3 (action on each court begins at 6:30 a.m. ET; all matches available on demand until the end of the tournament):
| Court | Matches |
| Court 3 | #5 Juan Martin Del Potro vs Peter Gojowczyk
#11 Angelique Kerber vs Vera Zvonareva Matthew Ebden vs #10 David Goffin Belinda Bencic vs #6 Caroline Garcia |
| Court 4 | Ana Bogdan vs Lara Arruabarrena
Alison Van Uytvanck vs Polona Hercog Vasek Pospisil vs Mikhail Kukushkin Benoit Paire vs Jason Jung |
| Court 5 | Alize Cornet vs Dominika Cibulkova
Marius Copil vs Robin Haase Julien Benneteau vs Marton Fucsovics Marketa Vondrousova vs Sachia Vickery |
| Court 6 | #27 Damir Dzumhur vs Maximilian Marterer
Vera Lapko vs Christina McHale — T/F 5/7 7/5 3/2 Jennifer Brady vs Kateryna Kozlova Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs Mischa Zverev Magda Linette vs Yulia Putintseva |
| Court 7 | Feliciano Lopez vs Federico Delbonis
Lorenzo Sonego vs Taylor Fritz Pauline Parmentier vs Taylor Townsend Alison Riske vs Mariana Duque-Marino |
| Court 8 | #26 Daria Gavrilova vs Caroline Dolehide
Radu Albot vs #20 Pablo Carreno Busta — T/F 3/6 6/0 6/7(5) 6/2 3/1 #14 Diego Schwartzman vs Mirza Basic David Ferrer vs Karen Khachanov Sara Sorribes Tormo vs Kaia Kanepi |
| Court 9 | Jiri Vesely vs Florian Mayer
Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs Stephane Robert Sofia Kenin (USA) 21 vs Maria Sakkari (GRE) 22 #27 Carla Suarez Navarro vs Carina Witthoeft |
| Court 11 | Ana Konjuh vs Claire Liu
Frances Tiafoe vs #30 Fernando Verdasco Gilles Simon vs Nikoloz Basilashvili |
| Court 12 | #17 Ashleigh Barty vs Stefanie Voegele
#15 Nick Kyrgios vs Denis Istomin #18 Jack Sock vs Matteo Berrettini Heather Watson vs Kirsten Flipken |
| Court 14 | Christian Harrison vs #24 Kei Nishikori
Gabriella Taylor vs Eugenie Bouchard Katie Boulter vs Veronica Cepede Royg |
| Court 15 | Su-Wei Hsieh vs #30 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Pablo Cuevas vs Simone Bolelli Guido Andreozzi vs Horacio Zeballos |
| Court 16 | Shuai Peng vs Samantha Stosur
Yuichi Sugita vs Bradley Klahn Saisai Zheng vs Qiang Wang |
| Court 17 | Bernard Tomic vs Hubert Hurkacz
Denisa Allertova vs #28 Anett Kontaveit #29 Marco Cecchinato vs Alex De Minaur Danielle Collins vs #15 Elise Mertens |
| Court 18 | Ernests Gulbis vs Jay Clarke
Taro Daniel vs #19 Fabio Fognini Monica Niculescu vs #18 Naomi Osaka Jana Fett vs Daria Kasatkina |
In addition to live matches, throughout Wimbledon ESPN+ also will offer:
- Match Replays – every match that airs live on ESPN+ will be available for the entire tournament
- Wimbledon Archive Matches – 50 of the great Wimbledon matches of all time
- Official Wimbledon Films – Up to 30 one-hour films produced by AELTC and IMG.
- Daily Highlights Show – 52-minute show produced by IMG each day
About ESPN+
Launched in April, ESPN+ is the first-ever multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer and International division in partnership with ESPN. Its lineup includes hundreds of MLB, NHL and MLS games, Top Rank boxing, Grand Slam tennis, PGA TOUR golf, college sports, international rugby, cricket, original shows and series, the full library of ESPN Films (including 30 for 30) and more. Fans can subscribe to ESPN+ for just $4.99 a month (or $49.99 per year). It is available within the newly redesigned ESPN App and through ESPN.com.
ESPN and Tennis
Tennis has been part of ESPN since its first week on the air, providing numerous memorable moments from around the world, but it has never been as important as today, with the unprecedented position of presenting three of the sport’s Major events from start to finish (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open, with exclusivity at the latter two).
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