The first of three consecutive days at the U.S. Open begins Saturday at 11 a.m. Eastern time. The legendary Dick Enberg will begin calling his last Open for CBS Sports. He’ll be joined in the booth by John McEnroe and Mary Carillo. Bill Macatee and Jim Courier will call matches on the outer courts. ESPN’s Mary Jo Fernandez will be the reporter to silly questions of the athletes before and after matches. And Ian Eagle will serve as host and sometimes play-by-play man.
Among those in action on Saturday afternoon will be Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki, Mardy Fish and Roger Federer. Let’s take a look at what CBS is saying.
CBS SPORTS’ 2011 U.S. OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS THIRD-ROUND COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTED BY NO. 3-SEED ROGER FEDERER vs. NO. 27-SEED MARIN CILIC; NO. 1-SEED CAROLINE WOZNIACKI vs. VANIA KING AND NO. 4-SEED VICTORIA AZARENKA vs. NO. 28-SEED SERENA WILLIAMS ON SATURDAY, SEPT. 3
CBS Sports presents the U.S. OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS, tennis’ final major of the year and the only one played in the United States, for the 44th consecutive year. Coverage begins on Saturday, Sept. 3 (11:00 AM–6:00 PM, ET) with men’s and women’s third-round action.
Headlining CBS Sports’ coverage is the men’s No. 3-seed Roger Federer taking on No. 27-seed Marin Cilic; women’s No. 1-seed Caroline Wozniacki versus Vania King; and the women’s No. 4-seed Victoria Azarenka against No. 28-seed Serena Williams.
Also scheduled include No. 8-seed Mardy Fish against Kevin Anderson.
Lead play-by-play announcer Dick Enberg will be joined by expert analysts Mary Carillo and John McEnroe in the booth for the 12th consecutive year. Jim Courier returns for his third year as analyst and will call the action alongside Bill Macatee. Mary Joe Fernandez serves as reporter. Ian Eagle serves as contributor.
CBS Sports provides live comprehensive coverage during both weekends of the event and on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 5 (11:00 AM-6:00 PM, ET) and on Friday, Sept. 9 (12:30-6:00 PM, ET). The 2011 women’s championship highlights the Network’s “Super Saturday” coverage live in prime time on Saturday, Sept. 10 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET). All the action during CBS Sports’ coverage of the 2011 U.S. Open will be broadcast in HDTV.
CBS Sports’ schedule of live U.S. Open Tennis action as follows:
Saturday, September 3 — 11:00 AM-6:00 PM, ET (men’s and women’s third round singles)
Sunday, September 4 — 11:00 AM-6:00 PM, ET (men’s third round/women’s fourth round)
Monday, September 5 — 11:00 AM-6:00 PM, ET (men’s/women’s fourth round singles)
Friday, September 9 — 12:30-6:00 PM, ET (men’s doubles final/women’s semi-finals)
Saturday, September 10 — 12:00 NOON-6:00 PM ET (men’s semi-finals)
Saturday, September 10 — 8:00-10:00 PM, ET (women’s singles championship)
Sunday, September 11 — 4:00-7:00 PM, ET (men’s singles championship)
Additionally, the entire slate of U.S. Open play on CBS Sports, including both the men’s and women’s singles championships, will be streamed live on CBSSports.com. For the matches played during the opening weekend (Sept. 3, 4, 5), CBSSports.com will allow users to choose between any of the action played on Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium or the Grandstand. Users can also log onto CBSSports.com to watch daily news and match previews and highlights with Kaylee Hartung, Lauren Shehadi and CBS Sports tennis analyst Justin Gimelstob.
Working his 31st U.S. Open, Bob Mansbach will serve as coordinating producer of CBS Sports’ live coverage of tennis’ final major of the year. Mansbach and David Winner will produce, and lead director Bob Fishman and Jim Cornell will direct.
Harold Bryant is Executive Producer & Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.
And that will be it.
