Under the deal, which also includes the rights to the Olympus US Open Series tournaments, ESPN2 will show live matches in the tournament's first week from 1 pm until the end of play. The second week will have a four-hour window on Labor Day between 7 pm and 11 pm; the rest of the second week will have live coverage from 11 am until the end of play, or more than 12 consecutive hours. ESPN.360 will also show live coverage of all courts during ESPN2's television window.
The broadcast network rights are still held by CBS, which has a contract with the USTA until 2011.
ESPN is the first channel to have held the rights to all four Grand Slam events simultaneously.
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