ESPN STAR bags Rolland Garros TV rights

New Delhi, Nov 14 (UNI) ESPN STAR Sports has acquired the live and exclusive rights of the French Open for the next five years in the South Asia.

According to a release here today, the broadcaster thus added one more premier tennis event to its already impressive line-up that includes Australian Open, the Wimbledon, ATP Masters Series and the Tennis Masters Cup.

''Popularity of tennis has been growing steadily in India,fuelled by the constant progress made by the Indian players at the international level..

''We are in the business of bringing top sporting action to our fans and the French Open fits in beautifully with our tennis calendar,'' RC Venkateish, Managing Director of ESPN Software India Private LImited said.

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