It’s time for another tennis Grand Slam competition as the tour heads to the famous Roland-Garros clay courts for the 2022 French Open.
This year’s women’s singles tournament is the first Grand Slam without Venus or Serena Williams since 2011, and a number of top players have dropped out of the competition early, including defending champion Barbora Krejčíková, Naomi Osaka, Maria Sakkari and the reigning US Open winner Emma Raducanu.
It is also the first women’s Grand Slam tournament since then-world number one Ash Barty surprisingly retired from the sport just a few months after winning the Australian Open.
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Roger Federer is not taking part in the men’s singles tournament as he continues his recovery from knee surgery, although he hopes to return to the Tour this year.
Meanwhile, defending champion Novak Djokovic is aiming to equal Rafael Nadal’s record of 21 major men’s singles titles. Nadal is also hoping to extend that record at a venue where he has won a remarkable 13 titles.
While Andy Murray isn’t playing at Roland-Garros this year, you can catch sight of Cameron Norrie, the current number one in British men’s singles, who has made it through to the third round and will play his next match on Friday (27 May). .
With the French Open already underway and running until June 5th, get in the mood for all the action here.
French Open 2022 – Watch in UK
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Discovery recently renewed their contract to cover the French Open for the 2022-2026 tournaments. You can watch the in the UK, as well as many other countries across Europe Discovery+ streaming service too. In addition to live reporting, you can find out more with short highlight packages.
You will also find sports documentaries such as be Serena and the Federer/Nadal-focused strokes of genius on Discovery+, plus coverage of Giro D’Italia cycling, World and British Superbikes and the FIA World Endurance Championship (including the world famous 24 hour Le Mans sports car race).
There are several ways to sign up – directly through Discovery+ or through Amazon Prime Video Channels. You need the Discovery+ Entertainment & Sport option, which costs £6.99 per month in the UK or £59.99 per year in the UK, to see French Open coverage.
Note that if you sign up through Amazon, you must also be an Amazon Prime member to add Discovery+ Entertainment & Sport as a Prime Video Channel option. New customers can take advantage of a 30-day free trial, after which access costs £7.99 per month.
Other Amazon Prime benefits include free premium delivery, early access to flash sales (or “Lighting Deals”), coverage of more sports, including select Premier League matches, and original programming – from The young to Ten percent.
French Open 2022 – Watch in the US
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Register with Peacock (US only)
Coverage of the US French Open spans three main channels – NBC, its streaming service Peacock and the Tennis Channel. The women’s and men’s finals will air on NBC and Peacock June 4th and 5th each with cover 9 p.m. ET.
Peacock has three different subscription tiers, and the paid Peacock Premium tier gives access to live sport, including French Open coverage.
You can also access the Indy 500 and IndyCar seasons, as well as exclusive Peacock Original Series such as: Bel Air and Queer as folk, as well as next-day access to many NBC shows. The price is $4.99 per month or $49.99 per year.
There’s also a more expensive tier, Peacock Premium Plus, with fewer ads, which costs $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year. (A small portion of the program still contains advertising, Peacock’s website notes.)
If you are interested in Tennis Channel Plus streaming service, go here. Pricing in the US is currently $109.99 per year and his plans for Roland-Garros are here detailing what to expect.
It also has a landing page detailing the tournaments it plans to broadcast here in 2022. (Note that there is no coverage of Wimbledon or the US Open, both of which air on ESPN, but many tournaments are broadcast on the ATP and WTA tours.)
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