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ESPN's TV Coverage of the 2013 Australian Open Starts Early

(January 4, 2013) -- Along with extensive coverage of the tournament, ESPN will rerun classic matches and air other AO-themed documentaries as part of their Australian Open 2013 TV coverage. The tournament starts on January 14. ESPN Classic will air 80 hours of classic Australian Open programming -- great tennis matches, some on the day of a significant anniversary, plus tennis-themed editions of SportsCentury and other interview shows -- as a lead-up to the main event.

Beginning Tuesday, Jan. 8, at 12am ET (Jan. 7 at 9pm PT), ESPN Classic will air Australian Open programming virtually around the clock until Friday, Jan. 11 at 8 p.m. The marathon will climax with three memorable men’s matches from a year ago -- the semifinals pitting Novak Djokovic vs. Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal against Roger Federer, and the championship between Djokovic and Nadal. At 5 hours, 53 minutes, it stands as tennis’ longest Grand Slam final in history.

Later in the month, ESPN Classic will air a number of Australian Open matches upon a significant anniversary (5^th, 10^th, etc.), including Andy Roddick’s epic 21-19 fifth set vs. Younes El Aynaoui in the 2003 Australian Open quarterfinals (January 22, 9am), the Williams Sisters squaring off in the 2003 Women’s Final (January 24, 5pm) and the 1993 Women’s Final between Monica Seles and Steffi Graf (January 29, 5pm).

ESPN's TV Coverage of the 2013 Australian Open

ESPN's 29^th consecutive Australian Open will begin Sunday, Jan. 13, with more than 100 live hours on ESPN2 HD (50+ more in afternoon reairs) and 600+ on ESPN3. Daily action continues each night with afternoon reairs through the women’s championship Saturday, Jan 26, and the men’s championship Sunday, Jan. 27, both at 3am. with reairs later each day at 9 a.m. and in prime time.

Date	Time (ET)	Event
Tues, Jan 8	12 – 2 a.m.	1993 Women’s Final: Seles vs. Graf
	2 – 4 a.m.	1996 Women’s Final: Huber vs. Seles
	4 – 6 a.m.	1991 Women’s Final: Seles vs. Novotna
	7 – 7:30 a.m.	*Up Close Classics: Jimmy Connors*
	7:30 – 8 a.m.	*SportsCentury: Chris Evert*
	8 – 10 a.m.	2011 Women’s Round of 16: Schiavone vs. Kuznetsova
	10 – 11:30 a.m.	2001 Women’s Semifinal: Capriati vs Davenport
	11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.	2001 Women’s Final: Capriati vs Hingis
	1 – 3 p.m.	1988 Men’s Final: Wilander vs Cash
	3 – 5 p.m.	1988 Women’s Semifinal: Evert vs Navratilova
	5 – 7 p.m.	1988 Women’s Final: Graf vs Evert
	7 – 10 p.m.	2005 Men’s Quarterfinal: Hewitt vs Nalbandian
	10 p.m. – MID	1995 Men’s Final: Agassi vs Sampras
Wed, Jan 9	12 – 2 a.m.	2011 Men’s Final: Djokovic vs Murray
	2 – 4 a.m.	2000 Men’s Semifinal: Agassi vs Sampras
	4 – 6 a.m.	2003 Men’s Final: Agassi vs Schuettler
	7 – 8 a.m.	*SportsCentury: Steffi Graf*
	8 – 10 a.m.	2002 Women’s Final: Capriati vs Hingis
	10 a.m. – Noon	2010 Women’s Final: S.Williams vs Henin
	Noon – 2 p.m.	1993 Women’s Final: Seles vs Graf
	2 – 4 p.m.	1993 Men’s Final: Courier vs Edberg
	4 – 6 p.m.	2008 Women’s Final: Sharapova vs Ivanovic
	6 – 8 p.m.	2008 Men’s Final: Djokovic vs Tsonga
Thur, Jan 10	12 a.m. – 5 a.m.	2005 Men’s Semifinal: Federer vs Safin
	5 – 5:30 a.m.	*Jim Rome Classics: Andre Agassi*
	5:30 – 6 a.m.	*SportsCentury: Zina Garrison*
	7 – 7:30 a.m.	*Schaap One on One: Martina Navratilova*
	7:30 – 8:30 a.m.	*SportsCentury: Martina Navratilova*
	8:30 – 11 a.m.	2005 Men’s Round of 16: Hewitt vs Nadal
	11 a.m. – 1 p.m.	1995 Men’s Quarterfinal: Sampras vs Courier
	1 – 3 p.m.	2003 Women’s Final: V.Williams vs S.Williams
	3 – 8 p.m.	2003 Men’s Quarterfinal: Roddick vs El Aynaoui
Fri, Jan 11	12 a.m. – 5 a.m.	2009 Men’s Semifinal: Nadal vs Verdasco
	5 – 5:30 a.m.	*Schaap One on One: Billie Jean King*
	5:30 – 6 a.m.	*Firestone Chats: Tennis Legends Ashe, King, McEnroe & Connors*
	7 – 8 a.m.	*SportsCentury: John McEnroe*
	8 a.m. – 1 p.m.	2009 Men’s Final: Nadal vs Federer
	1 – 3 p.m.	2012 Men’s Semifinal: Djokovic vs Murray
	3 – 5 p.m.	2012 Men’s Semifinal: Nadal vs Federer
	5 – 8 p.m.	2012 Men’s Final: Djokovic vs Nadal
Tue, Jan 22	9 a.m. – 2 p.m.	2003 Men’s Quarterfinal: Roddick vs El Aynaoui - *
Thur, Jan 24	5 – 7 p.m.	2003 Women’s Final: V.Williams vs S.Williams - *
Fri, Jan 25	3 – 5 p.m.	2008 Women’s Final: Sharapova vs Ivanovic - *
	5 – 7 p.m.	2003 Men’s Final: Agassi vs Schuettler - *
Mon, Jan 28	5 – 7 p.m.	2008 Men’s Final: Djokovic vs Tsonga - *
Tue, Jan 29	5 – 7 p.m.	1993 Women’s Final: Seles vs Graf - *
Wed Jan 30	6 – 8 p.m.	1993 Men’s Final: Courier vs Edberg - *