The coverage on Eurosport and discovery+ includes all the live tennis from the tournament and qualifiers as well as a number of spin-off documentaries
Eurosport is showing every match from every court at Roland-Garros live through discovery+ and the Eurosport App.
Barbara Schett will anchor Eurosport’s live coverage remotely, from the mixed-reality Cube studio in London, alongside seven-time Grand Slam champion Mats Wilander.
Chris Evert, Boris Becker and Alex Corretja will be part of Eurosport’s international coverage.
Becker will offer his insights and analysis on Eurosport Germany’s daily Matchball Becker show. Alex Corretja will be an integral part of Eurosport Spain’s coverage and daily flagship show Pasondas Bolas.
Meanwhile, Grand Slam finalist Roberta Vinci and Jonas Bjorkman will be the lead tennis experts on Eurosport’s coverage of Roland-Garros in Italy and Sweden, respectively.
Mischa Zverev – brother of world number six Alex Zverev – will be on-site in Paris fronting the Mischa’s Missions series and giving his thoughts and opinions on the issues that matter during the tournament.
The Eurosport/discovery+ live tennis from Roland-Garros includes 350 hours of coverage across the qualifying tournament and main draw, and Eurosport will also produce more episodes of its Trailblazers series – produced by Refresh Productions – with Althea Gibson and Billie Jean King featuring in brand new episodes published on digital and social platforms.
There’s also a series called Players’ Voice; a look back at Rafael Nadal’s 13 Roland-Garros titles called Rafa 14; and a full-length documentary about the history and modernisation of Roland-Garros, including interviews with Chris Evert, Justine Henin and Michael Chang.
Scott Young, senior VP of production, content, Eurosport, said: “Grand Slam tennis is synonymous with Eurosport. Alongside our production values that includes unrivalled analysis and innovation, I also believe we have an important role to play in growing the sport.”
PICTURED: Mats Wilander and Barbara Schett front Eurosport’s coverage of the Australian Open (Image: Eurosport)
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