The US Open will be the last hurrah for a Grand Slam tennis title in 2023 with the tournament beginning on 9Gem and 9Now on Tuesday, August 29.
Nine’s broadcast will run for 14 days straight with coverage across 9Gem and 9Now from the hard courts of Flushing Meadows, New York.
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In the men’s singles, Aussie Alex de Minaur (world No. 13) is up against the current top five of Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev, Casper Ruud and Holger Rune plus Greek star Stefanos Tsitsipas.
The women’s singles title is wide open in a field featuring world No.1 Iga Świątek, Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka, Wimbledon winner Marketa Vondrousova and top 10-ranked American big names Coco Gauff and Jess Pegula. Australia’s Alja Tomljanovic will join the mix to boost herself up the rankings after injury.
Todd Woodbridge, Jelena Dokic, Brenton Speed and Brett Phillips will provide expert commentary for Nine’s Wide World of Sports on 9GemHD and 9Now for each day of play.
Todd Woodbridge
Overall, Woodbridge won 16 major men’s doubles titles (nine Wimbledons, three US Opens, three Australian Opens and one French Open) and had a 16-4 record with a major championship at stake. He added six major mixed doubles titles (three US Opens, one French Open, one Wimbledon, one Australian Open). He compiled a 782–260 career record in doubles. His doubles legacy had him ranked No. 1 for 204 weeks throughout his career.
Jelena Dokic
At the age of 16, Dokic caused one of the biggest upsets in tennis history, beating world No. 1 Martina Hingis at Wimbledon and reaching the quarter-finals. Dokic penned the best-selling autobiography Unbreakable, which details her life and career. In the book she details the struggles of being a refugee, dealing with poverty, racism, bullying and discrimination, and talks about the physical and emotional abuse she suffered for over 20 years at the hands of her father, which started when she was six.
Brenton Speed
“I have been part of the Fox Sports setup since 1998,” Brenton Speed told Mediaweek. “I was lucky enough to get a cadetship there. I always wanted to be commentator and my first on-air work was a cadet reporter for Fox Sports News. My break in commentary came in 2001, calling the Spanish La Liga football. We used to get cassette tapes and we would call the game as if it was live.
“I have worked on The A-League since season two.”
Working previously as a freelance for Fox Sports, Speed got to travel to Rio for Seven to work on his first Olympics in 2016. “I also did some work for Nine last year on some football tournaments.”
Brett Phillips
Brett Phillips covers all major Tennis events for Channel 9’s Wide World of Sports including the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. Through the summer of tennis in Australia, he is the Rod Laver Area Court Announcer/on-court interviewer at the Australian Open, and at the ATP Cup in Sydney.
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