The fourth and final grand slam tennis tournament of the year is
set to take place this August as the best in the world troop to the USTA (United States Tennis Association)
Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at the Flushing Meadows-Corona
Park in Queens, New York City. Last year’s final saw a 25 year old Andy Murray win his maiden grand slam title by dethroning previous champion, Novak Djokovic in a dramatic showdown that lasted for 4 hours and 54 minutes. Over in the Women’s Singles tournament, Serena Williams captured her 4th US Open crown.
In order to accommodate the players’ request for a day of rest between the singles semifinals and finals, the 2013 US Open is scheduled to conclude on Monday, September 9. The women’s singles semifinals will be played in a single day session on Friday, September 6, and the women’s final will take place on Sunday, September 8 at 4:30 p.m. ET, in the time slot where the men’s singles final was traditionally played.
The men’s singles semifinals will continue to be played in a single day session on Saturday, September 7, with the men’s singles final to take place on Monday, September 9 at 5:00 p.m. ET. In the new schedule, no competition will be scheduled for the second Saturday night of the tournament.
Catch this momentous event as it will be aired on BALLS beginning Monday August 26 at 11 pm.
