Written by Richard Pagliaro | @Itenisi_Manje | Monday, December 2, 2024
Photo credit: Matthew Calvin
Tennis returns to Madison Square Garden on Wednesday.
The tennis channel will telecast the Garden Cup match live.
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Tennis Channel will air the Garden Cup, a one-night-only live tennis show from Madison Square Garden, on Wednesday, December 4 along with simulcasts 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 four-time Grand Slam champions. Carlos AlcarazUS Open finalist Jessica Pegula and US Open semi finals Ben Shelton again Emma Navarro.
Longtime TC commentator, Brett Haber will lead the announcement team along with former professional players, Sam Querrey and Prakash Amritraj.
The broadcast will begin at 6:30 pm ET on Tennis Channel Live with live action beginning at 7:00 pm ET.
Since 2008 Madison Square Garden has hosted a special ten-year event 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 while, the women's season-ending event at MSG also marked the end of a best-of-five final set in women's professional tennis.
