SAP Open televised on Tennis Channel

Written by: Staff on 28th January 2011

SAP Open televised on Tennis Channel |

The SAP Open, the men’s professional tennis tournament in Northern California, announced today that the 2011 tournament, to be played February 7-13 at HP Pavilion at San Jose, will be televised on Tennis Channel.

The 2011 SAP Open will feature 2010 SAP Open champion Fernando Verdasco (ESP), top-15 talent Gael Monfils (FRA), 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG), former SAP Open champion Lleyton Hewitt (AUS), top Americans Sam Querrey and James Blake, top-Japanese player Kei Nishikori and many more.

Tennis Channel will cover both singles semifinal matches live on Saturday, February 12, followed by the live singles championship Sunday, February 13. This year marks a return to the network for the SAP Open, which most recently appeared on Tennis Channel in 2007.

Ticket packages, group tickets and individual session tickets are on-sale now and are available by calling (408) ACE-2121 or at ticketmaster.com.

“We are pleased to announce this partnership with Tennis Channel,” said Tournament Director Bill Rapp. “With many of the top players in the world already committed to playing at the SAP Open, we now look forward to providing tennis fans across the country the opportunity to watch the action live.”

The following players have entered in to the Sap Open 2011:

Fernando Verdasco ESP
Gael Monfils FRA
Mardy Fish USA
Sam Querrey USA
Denis Istomin UZB
Benjamin Becker GER
Lleyton Hewitt AUS
Xavier Malisse BEL
Florent Serra FRA
Ivo Karlovic CRO
Teymuraz Gabashvili RUS
Adrian Mannarino FRA
Brian Dabul ARG
Richard Berankis LTU
Ivan Dodig CRO
Lukas Lacko SVK
Dustin Brown JAM
Jan Hajek CZE
Kei Nishikori JPN
Michael Russell USA
Igor Kunitsyn RUS
James Blake USA WC
Milos Raonic CAN WC
Juan Martin Del Potro ARG