Zee Sports to telecast Italian Open 2006 live

Zee Sports to telecast Italian Open 2006 live

Zee Sports

MUMBAI: Zee Sports will telecast the WTA Alice Cup Italian Open live and exclusive. This Tier I $1.34 million, tournament will be played from 15 May to 21 May on Red Clay. Zee Sports will start the telecast of the matches from quarter finals onwards.

The top seeded players, including Maria Sanchez Lorenzo of Spain, Estonia's Maret Ani Nathalie Dechy of France, Ai Sugiyama of Japan, Kim Clijsters of Belgium, Russian Nadia Petrovas, Elena Dementieva Svetlana Kuznetsova, Switzerland's Patty Schnyder, Italian Francesca Schiavone and comeback girl Martina Hingis will play for the honours in this tournament, said an official release.

Zee Sports presenter Tina Sharma along with Indian tennis star Ankita Bhambri will present the preview and review show of each of the match. SportsCafe, Zee Sports daily news program will present the highlights and analysis of the best moments of the matches.

The quarter final matches will be played on 18 May and 19 May, from 4 pm onwards. Semi finals will be held on 20 May and the matches will begin at 9:30 pm. The final is scheduled for 21 May at 7 pm.