By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, December 2, 2024
Photo: Matthew Calvis
Tennis returns to Madison Square Garden on Wednesday.
Tennis Channel will broadcast The Garden Cup action live.
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Tennis Channel will broadcast The Garden Cup, a one-night-only tennis exhibition live from Madison Square Garden, on Wednesday, December 4 with simulcast coverage in the New York tri-state area on MSG Networks.
The world-class tennis showcase marks the return of tennis to Madison Square Garden and will feature the four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos AlcarazUS Open finalist Jessica Pegula and US Open semifinalists Ben Shelton AND Emma Navarro.
Veteran TC commentator Brett Haber will lead the announced team alongside former pro players Sam Querrey and Prakash Amritraj.
The broadcast will begin at 6:30 PM ET with Tennis Channel Live and live action starting at 7:00 PM ET.
Beginning in 2008, Madison Square Garden hosted a ten-year series of special events featuring exciting players such as Roger Federer, Pete Sampras, the Williams sisters, Kim Clijsters, Ana Ivanovic, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal, Andre Agassi, Ivan Lendl. , Mike and Bob Bryan, John and Patrick McEnroe, Stan Wawrinka, Gael Monfils, Jack Sock, Nick Kyrigos, Caroline Wozniacki, Maria Sharapova, Kim Clijsters, Victoria Azarenka, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic, Monica Seles and Gabriela Sabatini.
From 1972-2001, the season-ending women’s tournament was played at Madison Square Garden and featured the top 16 singles players in the world. For a time, the season-ending women’s event at MSG also featured the only best-of-five-set final in women’s professional tennis.