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CBS SPORTS TO BROADCAST WOMEN'S FINAL OF U.S. OPEN SERIES "PILOT PEN TENNIS" LIVE ON SATURDAY, AUG. 28

CBS Sports broadcasts the women's final of the U.S. OPEN SERIES "PILOT PEN TENNIS," the final tournament of the U.S. Open Series, on Saturday, Aug. 28 (1:00-3:00 PM, ET).

 

Last year's PILOT PEN women's champion Caroline Wozniacki looks to defend her title, as well as overtake Kim Clijsters on the top spot in the standings to capture the U.S. Open Series Bonus Challenge.

 

  The U.S. Open Series, which leads up to the U.S. Open Tennis Championships, was launched in 2004 in order to create a cohesive, six-week summer tennis season for ATP and WTA Tour professional tournaments in North America.  The top three finishers of the series will be vying for bonus prize money at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships.

 

CBS Sports' coverage of the 2010 U.S. OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS begins on Saturday, Sept. 4 (11:00 AM-6:00 PM, ET) with men's and women's third-round action and concludes with the men's singles final eight days later on Sunday, Sept. 12 (4:00-7:00 PM, ET).

 

CBS Sports' Bill Macatee and Mary Carillo call the final live from the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale in New Haven, Conn. Craig Silver produces and Andy Goldberg directs. Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

 

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CBS Sports Contact:   

Jerry Caraccioli                                    Jen Sabatelle

212/975-7466                                      212/975-4120

gwcaraccioli@cbs.com             jsabatelle@cbs.com

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