http://thetennistimes.com/why-do-lower-level-players-no-receive-the-coverage-they-should-be-getting/ Your Look Inside The World Of Tennis From a Players Perspective Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:31:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://thetennistimes.com/why-do-lower-level-players-no-receive-the-coverage-they-should-be-getting/comment-page-1/#comment-7604 Scott Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:33:49 +0000 http://thetennistimes.com/?p=1810#comment-7604 For TV networks, it's all about the advertising dollars, so few are willing to venture into televising the lower events. Thankfully in the UK, Eurosport show a lot of WTA events, Sky do a few men's events plus the Masters Series and most other tournaments you can get on live streaming from somewhere. I find the most annoying part of Grand Slam broadcasts is these part-time tennis broadcasters only want to show the likes of Federer or Venus Williams destroying some qualifier, whereas there are dozens of better contests to choose from! The champs get there TV coverage in the semis and final, it'd be nice to see some of the rising talent on the other courts along the way, which is usually only possible on some networks with multi-court coverage via the red button. For TV networks, it’s all about the advertising dollars, so few are willing to venture into televising the lower events. Thankfully in the UK, Eurosport show a lot of WTA events, Sky do a few men’s events plus the Masters Series and most other tournaments you can get on live streaming from somewhere. I find the most annoying part of Grand Slam broadcasts is these part-time tennis broadcasters only want to show the likes of Federer or Venus Williams destroying some qualifier, whereas there are dozens of better contests to choose from! The champs get there TV coverage in the semis and final, it’d be nice to see some of the rising talent on the other courts along the way, which is usually only possible on some networks with multi-court coverage via the red button.

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