Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff and the greatest French Open was given the perfect TV platform
This year’s French Open extravaganza has been the most memorable for many years, with the viewers around the world getting the perfect service from TNT Sports as they made a sparkling broadcasting debut in Paris.
The stunning singles finals that saw Coco Gauff beat Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcaraz come from two sets down to beat Jannik Sinner will ensure that sports fans around the world will remember the 2025 French Open for years to come.
And it was fitting that the global television audience was given a viewing platform to ensure two of the greatest Grand Slam finals were amplified by the streaming service owned by US giant Warner Brothers.
The fragmented nature of tennis broadcasting means tennis fans have to invest time and money into following the sport, with audiences often let down when they pay their money in the hope of getting a show worthy of the occasion.
Grand Slams in tennis deserve to be given the ultimate platform, but the logistics of covering a two-week event and giving it the care and attention it needs is no easy task.
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An event like Roland Garros will serve as up as much as 12 hours of live tennis action coverage each day, with studio analysis around that adding extra workload to broadcasters.
Taking over the coverage in America, the TNT Sports teams morph into Eurosport in large parts of Europe and the hope that they would put a fresh gloss on this year’s French Open has been delivered time and again.
Starting with an early morning preview show that served up with a host of talking points from the big name guests to their wall-to-wall coverage of all courts and post-match analysis that was second to none, this has been a joy for lovers of the game.
The option of dropping into a match you may have missed and scrolling back to the start on discovery+ needs to become the norm for tennis broadcasting and the voices used by the streaming giant was also significant to their success.
We don’t want to see journalists or YouTubers who didn’t make it as tennis players giving us their views on the sports, as the greats of the game will always carry so much more weight.
So a line-up featuring Grand Slam champions Jim Courier, Andre Agassi, Venus Williams, Caroline Wozniacki and Mats Wilander was hard to beat.
Former British No 1 Tim Henman has emerged as a must-have component of any broadcasting set-up as he offers insightful and thought-provoking analysis that takes viewers into the minds of the players.
Former British No 1 Laura Robson made an impressive start to her career as a lead presenter before she left the TNT Sports team to take up her role as Tournament Director for this week’s HSBC Championships at The Queen’s Club.
Her stand-ins were humorous and engaging, with the studio position Tennis365 was fortunate enough to visit during our time at the tournament emerging as a wonderful new addition to the set-up at Roland Garros.
Tennis365 were there when Alcaraz was a studio guest, with fans yelping with delight as the defending champion threw signed tennis balls to the fans who can stand behind the studio and listen in.
It may seem like a recipe for disaster to allow fans to stand a few inches away from Alcaraz and some of the greats of the game past and present, but the spectators at Roland Garros are not the type to take advantage of such a privilege.
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The TNT Sports studio has provided engaging moments like Aryna Sabalenka gate-crashing Novak Djokovic’s interview and sending the fans into a frenzy, with all the fun players and analysts had on set making for engaging viewing.
Agassi’s contributions in the final few days in Paris have been fascinating, with his analysis of Carlos Alcaraz’s remodelled backhand since his Roland Garros win last year the kind of insight amateur players could take onto court in a bid to try and improve their own weak spots.
Most broadcasters won’t have the time or resources to give tennis the kind of coverage we have been treated to at Roland Garros this year and the good news is the show will be back on the road next year, as TNT Sports announced a few hours before the men’s singles final that they have agreed a five-year extension to cover the event up to 2030.
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