Alexander Zverev plays in the final at the US Open. The German Tennis Association would like it to be broadcast on free-to-air television, but so far there has been no interest from broadcasters.
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Alexander Zverev is in the final of the US Open and will face American Ben Shelton.
The President of the German Tennis Association has spoken out in favor of broadcasting Alexander Zverev's US Open final on free-to-air television. “Of course you want that,” said Dietloff von Arnim to the German Press Agency in New York. “Both the sport and Sascha deserve to be given this reach because people want to see that.” So far, no free TV broadcaster has expressed interest.
Zverev will play in the final against American Ben Shelton for the title at the US Open on Sunday at 8 p.m. German time (2 p.m. local time). The tournament will be broadcast on the paid streaming service sporteurope.tv and on the pay TV channel Sky. To watch the final on sporteurope.tv, a one-time ticket for 9.90 euros is required.
“We assume that there will be no free TV broadcast,” said Björn Beinhauer, the head of sporteurope.tv. Beinhauer explained immediately before his flight to New York that he had held discussions with possible broadcasters.
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Von Arnim said he would like the topic of tennis to be actively addressed on TV by television stations. The DTB boss pointed out that the sports broadcaster Eurosport had achieved strong ratings at the French Open and Zverev's first Grand Slam title win. “That shows: tennis is attractive, tennis is wanted.” Zverev is currently the best German individual athlete, said von Arnim.
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