How to Watch the 2010 Tennis U.S. Open Online for Free

The 2010 tennis U.S. Open has officially kicked off, with first round action being broadcast live at 1:00 pm on August 30. ESPN and other sports TV networks from around the world will be offering live coverage of the 2010 U.S. Open from about noon to midnight ET during the first and second round of the tournament. If you are at work or away from your television set during these hours, you may miss Roger Federer, Andy Roddick and many, many others play during the single elimination tournament. Fortunately, there are several ways you can watch the 2010 U.S. Open online for free.

Channel Surfing

The Channel Surfing website offers up to six tennis U.S. Open links during the first two rounds of the tournament, allowing you to view different matches taking place during the afternoon and evening sessions. This option is perfect for the individual sitting in front of a work computer that cannot have media players and other software downloaded and installed onto it. To watch the 2010 U.S. Open online for free via Channel Surfing, simply go to the website's homepage and click one of the "US Open" links listed on the page. Channel Surfing will have links during each day of the U.S. Open, including the tournament's final matches (men's, women's, doubles, etc.).

My P2P

My P2P hosts many more U.S. Open links than what is found on Channel Surfing. In order to watch the tournament via these links, however, you must first download several different programs. The media players TVU Player, Veetle, TV Ants, Sopcast and other standard media players, such as Windows Media Player and iTunes, are needed to utilize all of the U.S. Open links posted on My P2P. Information about these players, including download links for the programs, can be found here.

Once you've installed the necessary media players, head on over to the tennis page on the My P2P website (here). Click the icon found to the far right of the U.S. Open tournament session you want to watch. Numerous different links appear on the next page. Select one of the links and the U.S. Open stream will open in Veetle, TV Ants or one of the other media players that you have installed onto your computer.

These two methods should allow you to watch the 2010 U.S. Open for free and not miss a single set throughout the entire tournament.

For help: Visit the U.S. Open page on the My P2P forum here

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