I love watching the French Open on the slow clay of Roland Garros and I recommend you check it out as the TV schedule is below. All the power and shorten points you may see on the grass of Wimbledon and the hard court in the US is less amplified. You really get to see extended rallies and more point construction on the slowest surface of all the four majors.
The 4 majors, which are the most prestigious tennis tournaments and the surfaces that they are played on are: Wimbledon (grass) US Open (hard) French Open (red clay) Australian Open (hard)
So here is the TV schedule and I hope you all get a chance to see the play in Paris over the memorial day weekend or as we approach the semi finals and finals next weekend.
LIVE means shown on 'Tennis Channel,' as i don't know what the 'Tennis Channel' may be on your cable server. Have a happy and safe memorial day weekend.
DATE ROUND TIME (all ET) NETWORK
Sat, May 29 Early-round play 5 a.m.-12 p.m. (Live)
Sat, May 29 Early-round play 12p.m. - 3 p.m. NBC
Sat, May 29 French Open Tonight 3p.m.- 6:30p.m. (Live)
Sun, May 30 Round of 16 5 a.m.-12 p.m. (Live)
Sun, May 30 Round of 16 12p.m. - 3 p.m. NBC
Sun, May 30 French Open Tonight 3p.m.- 6:30p.m. (Live)
Mon, May 31 Round of 16 5 a.m.-12 p.m. (Live)
Mon, May 31 Round of 16 12p.m.-6:30p.m. (Live) ESPN2
Mon, May 31 French Open Tonight 6:30p.m.- 10p.m. (Live)
Tues, June 1 Quaterfinals 8 a.m.-12 p.m. (Live)
Tues, June 1 Quaterfinals 12p.m.-6:30p.m. (Live) ESPN2
Tues, June 1 French Open Tonight 6:30p.m.- 10p.m. (Live)
Wed, June 2 Quaterfinals 8 a.m.-12 p.m. (Live)
Wed, June 2 Quaterfinals 12p.m.-6:30p.m. (Live) ESPN2
Wed, June 2 French Open Tonight 6:30p.m.- 10p.m. (Live)
Thur, June 3 Mens Doubles Semifinals 5 a.m.-8 a.m. (Live)
Thur, June 3 Womens Semifinals 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.(Live) ESPN2
Thur, June 3 Womens Semifinals 1.pm - 6:30p.m. Replay
Thur, June 3 French Open Tonight 6:30p.m.- 10p.m. (Live)
Fri, June 4 Mens Semifinals 11a.m. - 5p.m. (Live EST) NBC
Fri, June 4 Mens Semifinals 5p.m. - 12a.m. Replay
Sat, June 5 Womens Final 9a.m - 12p.m. (Live) NBC
Sun, June 6 Mens Final 9a.m. - 2p.m. (Live) NBC
You may remember this blog post I did in February entitled 'FYI - The Clown Prince of Tennis.' The great story of Mansour Bahrami, the native of Iran, who overcame many an obstacle to make it on the pro tennis tour. Well this video clip, in German, is of him again, playing on the red clay of the French Open. We don't ever play on clay, except Bishop Eustace, but watch for all the sliding that he and the great Boris Becker do in this clip. I love Mansour and his act. He cracks me up. Enjoy it !!!
