Tennis Channel will now be the go-to place for tennis fans to watch more live action on the terre battue courts of Paris.

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The U.S. cable channel announced it has secured all pay-tv rights in the U.S. for Roland Garros also known as the French Open. The channel will offer 80% of live match coverage after it acquired additional match blocks it previously sublicensed to ESPN.

"Tennis Channel's partnership with Roland Garros, our first major, has evolved to the point where this year we'll be the streamlined on-air and online place to find the bulk of the competition," Ken Solomon, president, Tennis Channel said in a statement. "This is a significant initiative for our network: this year's Paris coverage will offer more live hours, outer-court encores, nightly replays and a schedule with complete 24-hour coverage on majority of the fortnight. Roland Garros is in the process of expanding, with new facilities, widened tournament grounds, increased TV-court access and other updated amenities. We're in this for the long term and are scaling our coverage right there with them."

Tennis Channel will devote nearly 315 hours of coverage during the May 22-June 5 event in the deal that will run through 2023.

Sinclair Broadcast Group recently purchased Tennis Channel for $350 million dollars.

ESPN last year decided not to renew its coverage rights after 13 years. The network cited decreasing viewing ratings since it was unable to get the time slots or matches it wanted based on it's agreement with the event.

NBC will continue to show live matches especially on the weekends, including the finals. 

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