The Sport Thread

[dvboy]

BBC Sport andAmazon Prime Video to show all the British grass season tennis from next week. First time I can remember Surbiton being broadcasted on TV, might have been on an online stream before?

It's always been streamed by the LTA and/or the ATP Challenger and ITF's own streaming but being BBC is a first. It will be on the red button from Monday on days that don't clash.

The LTA's article says it's the first time WTA Nottingham and Birmingham have been on the BBC but actually they were on the BBC's online platforms last year. Sharing the tournament with Prime Video means all courts will be available to watch in the UK for the first time, not just centre court matches which presumably will be the only ones on the BBC's platforms. It'll be interesting to see if they incorporate any of Birmingham into their Queen's coverage or if it'll be entirely separate.

The only grass season coverage not on the BBC will be the ATP matches at Eastbourne, where Prime Video have had exclusivity since 2018.