Starting at 11 a.m. Monday, CBS Sports will have another 7 hours of coverage of the U.S. Open which will run until 6 p.m. Eastern time.
On the docket for Labor Day, CBS will have a women’s glamor matchup between Ana Ivanovic and Serena Williams. In addition, American Mardy Fish will be in action and CBS also hopes to get World #1 Novak Djokovic in its window as well.
We have the blurb from CBS Sports discussing its coverage plans.
CBS SPORTS’ 2011 U.S. OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS LABOR DAY COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTED BY FOURTH-ROUND ACTION – NO. 16-SEED ANA IVANOVIC vs. NO. 28-SEED SERENA WILLIAMS; NO. 8-SEED MARDY FISH vs. NO. 11-SEED JO-WILFRIED TSONGA; AND NO. 7-SEED FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE vs. NO. 17-SEED ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA ON MONDAY, SEPT. 5
Men’s No. 1-Seed Novak Djokovic-No. 22-seed Alexandr Dolgopolov Match Also Featured
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. Labor Day coverage continues on Monday, Sept. 5 (11:00 AM–6:00 PM, ET) with men’s and women’s fourth-round action.
Headlining CBS Sports’ coverage is the women’s No. 16-seed Ana Ivanovic taking on No. 28-seed Serena Williams; men’s No. 8-seed Mardy Fish against No. 11-seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga; and women’s No. 7-seed Francesca Schiavone against No. 17-seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Also scheduled is men’s No. 1-seed Novak Djokovic against No. 22-seed Alexandr Dolgopolov.
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.
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