U.S. Open Day 1 TV Schedule

1st Round Day Session (1 ET, ESPN)

Primetime at the U.S. Open, presented by IBM (6 ET, ESPN2)

Americans in action on Day 1!
(23)V. Williams vs. Puig (Day session 2nd match, not before: 1 ET)
(1)S. Williams vs. Diatchenko (Night session 1st match)

Vandeweghe vs. (29)Stephens (Day session 3rd match)
Fish vs. Cecchinato (Day session 1st match)
Tatishvili vs. (8)Pliskova (Day session 2nd match)
(19)Keys vs. Koukalova (Day session 4th match)
Davis vs. Watson (Day session 1st match)
Smyczek vs. (10)Raonic (Day session 2nd match)
Riske vs. (25)Bouchard (Day session 3rd match)
Johnson vs. (32)Fognini (Day session 4th match)
King vs. Vinci (Day session 4th match)
Falconi vs. Crawford (Day session 3rd match)
Brengle vs. Zheng (Day session 1st match)
Mattek-Sands vs. Kozlova (Day session 3rd match)
Kenin vs. Duque-Marino (Day session 1st match)
Paul vs. (25)Seppi (Day session 2nd match)
Pegula vs. Van Uytvanck (Day session 1st match)
Shane vs. (27)Chardy (Day session 3rd match)

ESPN's US Open schedule is worse than Wimbledon

I first saw ESPN's television schedule for the US Open today here: http://blog.timesunion.com/sportsmedia/espn-exclusivity-results-in-less-u-s-open-tennis-on-tv/16582/

While I'm excited the women's semifinals are on Thursday, the men's semifinals are on Friday, the women's final is on Saturday, and the men's final is on Sunday, and I know this wouldn't have been possible without ESPN, the one glaring misstep I notice is the lack of split-channel ESPN/ESPN2 coverage for the Round of 16.

While Wimbledon provides simultaneous coverage on ESPN/ESPN2 for the Round of 16 and the quarterfinals (3 days), there is not a single day ESPN has chosen to do the same for our nation's major: the US Open. While it wouldn't be necessary for the quarterfinals since the US Open plays all eight singles quarterfinals at different times, it is necessary for the Round of 16, where two courts (Arthur Ashe Stadium and Louis Armstrong Stadium) have matches simultaneously.

Even more than this, a two-channel coverage of the US Open Round of 16 would be better than ESPN's current two-channel coverage of Wimbledon because in Wimbledon, there are six courts on at once, making even two channels not enough coverage, whereas a potential two-channel coverage of the US Open Round of 16 would allow viewers to see every singles match from the Round of 16 to the finals, live in its entirety on television.