US Open Tennis 2012 Coverage: TV Listings and Online Info for Tournament

The 2012 U.S. Open tennis tournament starts today at Flushing Meadows with Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Serena Willams serving as the favorites to win the final grand slam of the tennis season.

Over the next 14 days, we will be fortunate to witness some great tennis.

If you are wondering how, where and when you can watch the tournament either online or on television, we have you covered.

The matches will be streamed live for free through U.S. Open Live or through ESPN3 (must be a customer of an ESPN3 affiliated provider).

Below you will find the complete listings of the television coverage of the tournament on the Tennis Channel, ESPN2 and CBS (courtesy of USOpen.org).

DATE TIME (ET) MATCHES NETWORK Monday, Aug. 27 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. First Round Tennis Channel 1 p.m. - 7 p.m. First Round ESPN2   7 p.m. - 11 p.m. First Round ESPN2 Tuesday, Aug. 28 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. First Round Tennis Channel 1 p.m. - 7 p.m. First Round ESPN2   7 p.m. - 11 p.m. First Round ESPN2 Wednesday, Aug. 29 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Men's First Round/Women's Second Round Tennis Channel 1 p.m. - 7 p.m. Men's First Round/Women's Second Round ESPN2   7 p.m. - 11 p.m. Second Round ESPN2 Thursday, Aug. 30 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Second Round Tennis Channel 1 p.m. - 7 p.m. Second Round ESPN2   7 p.m. - 11 p.m. Second Round ESPN2 Friday, Aug. 31 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Men's Second Round/Women's Third Round Tennis Channel 1 p.m. - 7 p.m. Men's Second Round/Women's Third Round ESPN2   7 p.m. - 11 p.m. Men's Second Round/Women's Third Round ESPN2 Saturday, Sept. 1 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Third Round CBS Sports Network 12:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. Third Round CBS/CBS Sports Network   7 p.m. - 11 p.m. Third Round Tennis Channel Sunday, Sept. 2 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Men's Third Round/Women's Round of 16 CBS/CBS Sports Network   7 p.m. - 11 p.m. Men's Third Round/Women's Round of 16 Tennis Channel Monday, Sept. 3 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Round of 16 CBS/CBS Sports Network   7 p.m. - 11 p.m. Round of 16 ESPN2 Tuesday, Sept. 4 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Men's Round of 16/Women's Quarters ESPN2 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Men's Round of 16/ Doubles Matches Tennis Channel   7 p.m. - 11 p.m. Men's Round of 16/Women's Quarter ESPN2 Wednesday, Sept. 5 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Doubles/Juniors Tennis Channel 12 p.m. - 7 p.m. Quarterfinals ESPN2   7 p.m. - 11 p.m. Quarterfinals ESPN2 Thursday, Sept. 6 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Doubles/Juniors Tennis Channel 12 p.m. - 7 p.m. Men's Quarterfinal/Mixed Doubles Final ESPN2   7 p.m. - 11 p.m. Doubles Exhibition/Men's Quarterfinal ESPN2 Friday, Sept. 7 12:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. Men's Double Final/Women's Singles Semifinals CBS Saturday, Sept. 8 12 p.m. - 6 p.m. Men's Singles Semifinals CBS   8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Women's Singles Final CBS Sunday, Sept. 9 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Women's Double Final ESPN2   4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Men's Single Final CBS

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