Sportsnet secures tennis rights extension

TORONTO and MONTREAL — Although Canada’s annual professional tennis tournament will no longer be called the Rogers Cup, Sportsnet and Tennis Canada announced today the Rogers Sports and Media-owned network will continue to be the exclusive English-language broadcaster for the tourney, which has been renamed the National Bank Open presented by Rogers. As part of a new multi-year domestic media rights extension agreement announced today, Sportsnet will serve up the action at the National Bank Open starting in August 2021. The ATP men’s tournament is scheduled to take place in Toronto from August 7 to 15, while the WTA women’s...