‘Cheaper to Book a Room and Fly to Paris..’ – American Tennis Fans Unite to Riot Against Streaming Giants as ‘Atrocious’ French Open Broadcasting Kill Their Enthusiasm

The French Open is in full swing and people from all over the world are tuning in to watch it live. However, fans in the US are having some trouble following the action of the clay major. The streaming and broadcasting rights for all tournaments are scattered to different networks. This makes finding specific matches a nightmare and fans are enraged about the problems. Even an American tennis legend is facing issues, as he wanted to watch Frances Tiafoe play.

French Open scheduling nightmare for American tennis fans

As the Roland Garros is abuzz with great matches one after the other, followers of the sport are watching all the action they expected. However, American viewers are frustrated with how the championship is being broadcasted in the country. They are lashing out on Twitter about the issues and more users share their experience of what they are experiencing.

One user made the problems of his countrymen known. They tweeted, “Let me get this straight. In order to be a fan of tennis in the United States, you have to have access to *checks notes* Tennis Channel, Tennis Channel+, ESPN, ESPN+, NBC, and Peacock? The lack of interest in tennis has nothing, NOTHING to do with best of five sets.”

Other Twitter users related to the frustrations and shared their problems.

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Even the former world number 7, Mardy Fish, was experiencing troubles finding the right way to watch his favorite player in the tournament.

As the main tweeted talked about all the services that can be used, another fan talked about how they had to surf through many places.

Similarly, another fan said that they had to keep switching to find the match they wanted to watch.

Another user unwillingly chastised Tennis Channel as they said they liked the service but felt annoyed at how the racket sport was treated.

One diehard tennis fan shared their fear of how such planning would affect future possible fans.

Yet another fan expressed their grief as they said they gave up watching the sport because of the confusing streaming schedule.

Adding to the previous two fans, another user said that such atrocious planning would scare potential fans.

One follower talked about how it would be cheaper to actually watch the matches at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris than on streaming service.

One user said that they had the subscription to Tennis+ but still ended up missing out on many matches.

As the fight for proper scheduling continues, European and viewers from the rest of the world face no issues. They can watch the tennis event in one location without any problems. This will surely increase the appeal of the sport to the younger generation.

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