MUMBAI: The U.S. Open Tennis Championship gets under way on Monday 28 August through to Sunday 10 September and Ten Sports will be bringing the action live and exclusive.

Leading the way will be two-time defending US Open champion Roger Federer along with former US Open champions Andre Agassi, Lleyton Hewitt, Andy Roddick and Marat Safin.

Andre Agassi, the 1994 and 1999 US Open champion, announced he will retire after this year’s US Open, where he will make his 21st consecutive appearance, passing Jimmy Connors’ Open-Era record. An eternal favorite on the tennis court, Agassi’s retirement marks the end of a golden era in tennis that witnessed his many battles with the legendary Pete Sampras, states an official release.

The Schedule:

8/28/2006 Monday 8:30 pm US Open Day 1
8/29/2006 Tuesday 4:30 pm US Open Day 1, Session 2
8/29/2006 Tuesday 20:30 US Open Day 2, Session 3
8/30/2006 Wednesday 4:30 US Open Day 2, Session 4
8/30/2006 Wednesday 8:30 US Open Day 3, Session 5
8/31/2006 Thursday 4:30 US Open Day 3, Session 6
8/31/2006 Thursday 8:30 US Open Day 4, Session 7
9/1/2006 Friday 4:30 US Open Day 4, Session 8
9/1/2006 Friday 8:30 US Open Day 5, Session 9
9/2/2006 Saturday 4:30 US Open Day 5, Session 10
9/2/2006 Saturday 8:30 US Open Day 6, Session 11
9/3/2006 Sunday 4:30 US Open Day 6, Session 12
9/3/2006 Sunday 8:30 US Open Day 7, Session 13
9/4/2006 Monday 4:30 US Open Day 7, Session 14
9/4/2006 Monday 8:30 US Open Day 8, Session 15
9/5/2006 Tuesday 4:30 US Open Day 8, Session 16
9/5/2006 Tuesday 8:30 US Open Day 9, Session 17
9/6/2006 Wednesday 4:30 US Open Day 9, Session 18
9/6/2006 Wednesday 8:30 US Open Day 10, Session 19
9/7/2006 Thursday 4:30 US Open Day 10, Session 20
9/7/2006 Thursday 9:30 US Open Day 11, Session 21
9/8/2006 Friday 4:30 US Open Day 11, Session 22
9/8/2006 Friday 8:30 US Open Day 12, Session 23
9/9/2006 Saturday 9:30 US Open Day 13, Session 24
9/10/2006 Sunday 5:30 US Open Day 14, Session 25
9/10/2006 Sunday 10:30 US Open Day 15, Session 26