US Open Tennis: UK’s Channel 4 Strikes Deal With Amazon To Show Final Live

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UK tennis fans will be able to watch live coverage of tonight’s US Open tennis final on Channel 4 after the broadcaster secured a last-minute deal to share the broadcast with Amazon Prime Video.Brit viewers will be able to cheer on 18-year-old sensation Emma Raducanu as she makes her first Grand Slam final appearance against fellow teen Leylah Fernandez of Canada.As a result of the deal — which is speculated to be in the seven-figure range — struck with Amazon Prime Video, Channel 4 will take the streaming giant’s live feed and broadcast it free to air on Channel 4.Prime Video has said it will reinvest all fees from the Channel 4 agreement into British women’s tennis.Channel 4’s Chief Content Officer Ian Katz said: “Emma’s meteoric rise to