Friday, January 28, 2011

Australian Open 2011 Final Live Streaming

Australian Open 2011 Final Live Stream Online Free: The 2011 Australian Open is a men's and women's tennis tournament taking place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 17 January to 30 January. It is the 99th edition of the Australian Open and the first Grand Slam event of the year. The tournament is being played on hard courts and is organised by the International Tennis Federation and Tennis Australia. The Australian Open is part of the 2011 ATP World Tour and the 2011 WTA Tour, who both award the winner of each competition two thousand ranking points.


Roger Federer and Serena Williams are the men's and women's defending singles champions, respectively. Williams announced her withdrawal from the event in late 2010, due to rehabilitation for an ongoing foot injury.

The 2011 Australian Open was broadcast around the world with eleven different broadcasters officially screening the event. Channel 7 was the host broadcaster, with ESPN covering North America with its International franchise covering South and Latin America. Eurosport holds the rights to broadcast the tournament in Europe. In Asia broadcasts were covered by ESPN Star Sports and in Japan by WOWOW and by CN Sports Interactive Media Group in China. In Africa coverage is by SuperSport, and in the middle east by Abu Dhabi TV. Pacific coverage was broadcast by Sky New Zealand in New Zealand and by FIJI TV in Fiji.

For the first time in the history of the Australian Open, the qualifying competition for the main draw was streamed live on the internet. Camera's covered courts number three, five, six and seven, as the competition was streamed live on australianopen.com, foxsports.com.au, yahoo7.com, livestream.com and on the Australian Open's Facebook page. The qualifying competition was broadcast between 12 and 15 January.

The charity event Rally for Relief was also broadcast live on australianopen.com and Australian network channel seven.

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