beIN SPORTS to air exclusive Women’s Tennis Association coverage
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Gabriel Miramar-Garcia
| 29 January 2017

Furthering its sports proposition for the US, beIN SPORTS has announced coverage plans for the 2017 season of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA).


Under its five-year deal with the WTA, the broadcaster will air exclusive coverage of more than 40 tournaments, which will be available live on beIN SPORTS CONNECT, the network’s streaming service, on a dedicated WTA channel within the platform.

Select tournaments will also air on beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS en Español, including the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany this April. The tournament will feature defending champion Angelique Kerber, and the return of former WTA World No 1 and three-time event champion Maria Sharapova, who recently accepted a wildcard to compete in the tournament.

“In this new year of stellar sports programming,*we’re thrilled to welcome the Women's Tennis Association to our family,” said Antonio Briceño, deputy managing director of beIN SPORTS. “With the 2017 WTA season kicking off this month, we are proud to say that beIN SPORTS will broadcast more women's tennis than any other network.”

In all, beIN SPORTS will showcase 43 WTA events, including 17 premier tournaments, including the St Petersburg Ladies Trophy, live from Russia in January, and the Rogers Cup in Toronto, taking place on 5-13 August.