أغر؟´«أ½ serves up three Aces at Wimbledon
Two
new signings - Chris Evert to أغر؟´«أ½ TV and Brad Gilbert to أغر؟´«أ½ Radio
Five Live - plus a virtual courtside seat through أغر؟´«أ½i, provide
tennis fans with a complete أغر؟´«أ½ Wimbledon experience, as the Championships
begin on Monday 24 June 2002.
One
of the greatest tennis players in the history of the sport has joined
أغر؟´«أ½ television for Wimbledon 2002. Chris Evert - who won three Wimbledon
singles titles - will commentate on the women's game and be a studio
guest with Sue Barker and John Inverdale.
Chris
won 157 singles titles and reached the semi finals or better of
every Grand Slam she entered from 1971 to 1983. Chris was number
one in the world from 1975 to 1981 and in 1985. From 1972 to 1989
she was never ranked lower than number four.
Chris
Evert completes a star-studded line up that includes John McEnroe,
Boris Becker, Pat Cash, John Lloyd, Andrew Castle, Pam Shriver,
Virginia Wade, Ann Jones, Jo Durie, Annabel Croft and Sam Smith.
Chris
Evert said: "I'm delighted to be working for the أغر؟´«أ½ at Wimbledon.
"People
all over the world see the comprehensive, high quality coverage
that the أغر؟´«أ½ provides, and I'm looking forward to being part of
that this year.
"Wimbledon
is such a fantastic and unique tournament and I'll be aiming to
bring some of my experiences there into my analysis.
"It's
going to be good fun working alongside some of the other former
players, many of whom I regard as friends after touring the circuit
together for so many years."
Dave
Gordon, أغر؟´«أ½ Head of Major Events, said: "Signing Chris is terrific
news for the أغر؟´«أ½. She is one of the sport's greats, loved by tennis
fans around the world and respected throughout the sport. We're
really looking forward to working with her."
أغر؟´«أ½
Radio Five Live has added another winner to its tennis arsenal,
with new signing Brad Gilbert enhancing the current line-up.
Clare
Balding fronts Five Live's coverage each afternoon throughout the
tournament, and tennis correspondent Iain Carter is joined by an
expert commentary team.
Brad
Gilbert, Andre Agassi's ex-coach, tennis mentor, and former professional
player, will be part of Five Live's line-up of skilful summarisers
and reporters, ensuring listeners know what's happening, as it happens,
out on the courts.
All
in all Five Live's Wimbledon team will bring unrivalled and exclusive
radio coverage direct to its audience of 6.4 million live sport
and news fans.
Radio
Five Live's sister service Radio Five Live Sports Extra will help
to ensure that listeners can hear all the action, with an additional
commentary each day to supplement the coverage on Radio Five Live.
Listeners
can access the service through DAB digital radio sets, digital satellite
television (currently in five million British homes, number 907
on Sky EPG) and via the internet - .
Completing
the hat-trick of Wimbledon aces, digital TV viewers watching the
coverage through أغر؟´«أ½i can now choose the action they want to watch
from a selection of SW19 courts, no matter how they get their digital
signal.
A huge
success when it was offered for the first time across digital satellite
last year, أغر؟´«أ½i has now extended the Multistream service to digital
terrestrial and digital cable viewers with Telewest and Kingston
Communications, providing them with a virtual courtside seat and
the chance to jump from one match to the next using a range of أغر؟´«أ½
Sport feeds from SW19.
And
if you're at home or stuck at the office, a click of the mouse is
all it takes to get all the latest results, reports, reaction, comment
audio and video from the Championships through أغر؟´«أ½i at .
Notes
to Editors
أغر؟´«أ½i
is the name for the أغر؟´«أ½'s interactive services working across the
web, interactive TV and personal organisers. أغر؟´«أ½i provides a single
signpost and easier way of getting to the أغر؟´«أ½'s great information,
entertainment and education services, no matter how you choose to
access it.
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