US Open Tennis 2015 Schedule: TV Coverage, Live Stream for Tuesday Afternoon
Even with the heyday of the Big Four on the men's side, there are rarely bigger matchups from a historical standpoint in a quarterfinal round than one will find Tuesday at the 2015 U.S. Open.
The slate is headlined with a rekindling of perhaps sports' greatest sibling rivalry to open up the night matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium, pegging the Williams sisters against one another. One is mere matches away from completing the elusive calendar Grand Slam, while the other searches for her first major title in seven years.
Intrigue is easy to find elsewhere in Tuesday's draw, with top-seeded Novak Djokovic facing Spanish head-turner Feliciano Lopez. Take a look below at all of the pertinent information to watch Tuesday's play.
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Tuesday, Sept. 8 Viewing Info
Round: Quarterfinals
Coverage Time: 12 p.m. - 11 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN
Live Stream: WatchESPN
Schedule of Play
| 12 p.m. | Kristina Mladenovic vs. Roberta Vinci | Arthur Ashe |
| 1:30 p.m. | No. 9 Marin Cilic vs. No. 19 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | Arthur Ashe |
| 7 p.m. | No. 1 Serena Williams vs. No. 23 Venus Williams | Arthur Ashe |
| 9 p.m. | No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 18 Feliciano Lopez | Arthur Ashe |
Match to Watch: No. 1 Serena Williams vs. No. 23 Venus Williams
For the 27th time in their esteemed history that has for so long gone hand in hand, Serena and Venus Williams will stand across the court from one another. Although so many of those matches had massive implications, it's hard to conjure up a bigger scenario than this.
Should Serena take her 16th victory all time against her older sister, it would mean she's just two more wins away from doing what has seemed to be impossible in today's sport. A U.S. Open title would give her all four Grand Slams over the 2015 year, becoming the first to accomplish that feat since Steffi Graf in 1988.
Similar success hasn't followed Venus Williams over recent years, as the 35-year-old has struggled to find her form of old that garnered her seven Grand Slam titles—two at Flushing Meadows. But 2015 has been somewhat of a redemptive year for her, and at her best she can seriously threaten her sister, as U.S. Open showed:
There are undoubtedly more central dangers to Serena's throne, namely Simona Halep and Petra Kvitova (who are still in contention). But given the top seed's reign of dominance as of late, she sees no stiffer test than her older sister.
“I’m playing, for me, the best player in the tournament, and that’s never easy,” Serena told USA Today's Nick McCarvel. “She’s beaten me so many times. She’s a player that knows how to win, knows how to beat me and knows my weaknesses better than anyone.”
To be exact, Venus has beaten Serena 11 times in their careers. But only one of those has come since 2009, and the 21-time major champion's last Grand Slam defeat to her sister came way back in 2008.
Since then, Serena Williams is a perfect 3-0 at majors against Venus, and she's failed to drop a set in each of those. If the latter has hopes of spurring a monumental upset, that trend will have to take a 180-degree turn.
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