For the third straight year, rain has wreaked havoc with the U.S. Open schedule and forced the men’s final to be played on Monday afternoon. As usual, CBS won’t put it in primetime, so the final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will be scheduled for 4 p.m. New York time and the network will carry it, but that means not all local affiliates will. Some will carry local programming and shuffle the match to a secondary channel, perhaps a co-owned CW affiliate or even secondary digital channel, a .2 let’s say. Check your local listings and websites for time and channel.
THIS JUST IN…
…FROM CBS SPORTSThe men’s final of the 2010 U.S. OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP featuring No. 1-seeded Rafael Nadal taking on No. 3-seeded Novak Djokovic on Sunday, September 12, has been postponed due to inclement weather. The men’s final will air live on the CBS Television Network on Monday, Sept. 13 (4:00 PM, ET) as CBS Sports concludes its coverage of the 2010 U.S. Open Tennis Championships.CBS Sports’ coverage also will be streamed live on CBSSports.com, as well as on USopen.org.Lead play-by-play announcer Dick Enberg will be joined by expert analysts Mary Carillo and John McEnroe in the booth for the 11th consecutive year. Mary Joe Fernandez serves as reporter.Bob Mansbach serves as coordinating producer of CBS Sports’ live coverage of tennis’ final major of the year. Mansbach, David Winner and Ken Mack produce. Lead director Bob Fishman will direct along with Jim Cornell. Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.
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