Tennis broadcasters are to try and expand the practice of interviewing players between sets after the innovation was tried out in the US Open first round.
American Coco Vandeweghe
consented to have a brief live conversation with ESPN's Pam Shriver after the
first set of her opening match, becoming the first at a major event in the
sport to do so.
The US network said
yesterday they hoped to find more volunteers to be interviewed mid-match,
having already done it in golf with Phil Mickelson and basketball with LeBron
James.
The idea has had a mixed reaction from players, and Chris Evert said that of the 'twelve to fifteen' that had been formally approached around half had said they were open to it.
'We've had a lot of
players express an interest,' said Evert. 'I love it. In these times it's
thinking outside the box and will bring in those who are not hardcore tennis
fans.'
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