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Roland Garros 2025

gaylyons — Sun, 25 May 2025 12:07:39 GMT

Absolutely furious this morning with the way that tennis fans in the UK are being made to pay even more to watch live tennis from the French Open this year !

I subscribe to Sky sports for coverage of the tennis and formula 1 and was eagerly awaiting the start of Roland Garros this morning only to find out it is no longer on Eurosport but on TNT , and discovery plus .....great thought I as I have discovery plus 😃 signed in and there it was .....but no you have to subscribe to TNT to access it ??????😡 This is what I found out .....

For one final time, Discovery+ will be the exclusive streaming home of the event – but only in the UK. It will offer coverage of every men’s and women’s singles, doubles, juniors, wheelchair and legends matches. But unlike last year, you’ll need a Premium subscription to access coverage. That’s currently available for £30.99 a month, up from the £6.99 monthly fee that applied last year, a 343% increase.

If you are in Europe (thanks to Brexit ) you watch free .

Why are we being shafted again ,is it not enough that we pay ridiculous amounts for Sky sports and still we are excluded from certain events . Not happy and seriously considering cancelling the lot 😡

Sky sports v TNT

Walter616 — Sun, 25 May 2025 11:43:33 GMT

Hi, I'm trying to find out if full coverage of the French open tennis is available on Sky Sports or is it only on TNT, thanks for any help given.

Re: Sky sports v TNT

SKY1992bf — Sun, 25 May 2025 11:45:42 GMT

@Walter616 TNT sports only

French Open behind paywall

Maryinblean — Sun, 25 May 2025 12:01:56 GMT

I'm furious that the French Open tennis, which was free for years on Eurosport, is now on TNT sports. I already pay for the Sky tennis channel on Sky Sports and I'm not going to shell out extra for this event. Very unhappy!!

Re: Roland Garros 2025

GD1 — Sun, 25 May 2025 12:33:37 GMT

@gaylyons @Maryinblean This has been well document since WBD announced the closure of Eurosport, which BTW was never part of your Sky Sport sub.

In essence this has nothing to do with Sky or Sky sports.

Re: Roland Garros 2025

gaylyons — Sun, 25 May 2025 12:25:57 GMT

Yes I am aware of that , but Sky covers the majority of the Tennis across the world particularly the Grand slams , so why not the French Open ?

Re: Roland Garros 2025

GD1 — Sun, 25 May 2025 12:34:27 GMT

@gaylyons wrote:

Yes I am aware of that , but Sky covers the majority of the Tennis across the world particularly the Grand slams , so why not the French Open ?

Because they don't have the rights to. TNT do. They can't show something they haven't paid for.

Re: Roland Garros 2025

nolte — Sun, 25 May 2025 12:36:25 GMT

@gaylyons wrote:
Yes I am aware of that , but Sky covers the majority of the Tennis across the world particularly the Grand slams , so why not the French Open ?

because the grand slams sell the rights separately to the wta and atp

i don't know how much wbd (tnt sports parent) paid for the european broadcast rights, but the US rights for french open, they paid $650m for 10 years

Re: Sky sports v TNT

TimmyBGood — Sun, 25 May 2025 13:04:40 GMT

@Walter616

Warner Bros Discovery Inc own the rights to the event: historically it was on Eurosport (also a WBD property) but that no longer broadcasts to the UK and RoI.

Roland Garros on discovery+

fred211 — Sun, 25 May 2025 13:05:56 GMT

Went to watch Roland Garros on discovery+ and was told i need TNT sports

Re: Roland Garros on discovery+

SKY1992bf — Sun, 25 May 2025 13:09:55 GMT

@fred211 That's correct the content that use to be available via Eurosport is now part of tnt sports which requires premium subscription

Re: Roland Garros on discovery+

nigea99 — Sun, 25 May 2025 13:10:49 GMT

@fred211 wrote:

Went to watch Roland Garros on discovery+ and was told i need TNT sports

hi @fred211

Unfortunately that is correct.

The content that was on Eurosport has been moved by their owners WBD into their premium TNT Sports

No access to Paris tennis Open with Sky Essential TV package

Doreen9 — Sun, 25 May 2025 16:00:38 GMT

I took out the Sky Essential TV package because it included Discovery+ and I know previously tennis grand slam tournaments have been shown on Discovery+, I am so disappointed today at the start of the first of the Grand Slams since I took out the package, that if I want to see the Paris Open I have to pay a further subscription to TNT Sports. I feel as though I have been scammed!

i have sky stream. I want to watch tennis on discovery + how can i/

PeterJohnH — Sun, 25 May 2025 16:02:34 GMT

How can i watch tennis on discovery plus?

Re: i have sky stream. I want to watch tennis on discovery + how can i/

MarkGoldsmith — Sun, 25 May 2025 16:15:43 GMT

@PeterJohnH wrote:
How can i watch tennis on discovery plus?

You need to have the Premium tier of Discovery + which is the tier that includes TNT Sports

Re: No access to Paris tennis Open with Sky Essential TV package

MarkGoldsmith — Sun, 25 May 2025 16:18:01 GMT

@Doreen9 wrote:
I took out the Sky Essential TV package because it included Discovery+ and I know previously tennis grand slam tournaments have been shown on Discovery+, I am so disappointed today at the start of the first of the Grand Slams since I took out the package, that if I want to see the Paris Open I have to pay a further subscription to TNT Sports. I feel as though I have been scammed!

That's because back in February 2025 Warner Brothers Discovery announced the closure of Eurosports in the UK and decided to move all the content to their Premium TNT Sporte channels, as a result you need to subscribe to TNT Sports/Discovery + Premium to view the tennis.

roland Garros 2025

LVS1950 — Sun, 25 May 2025 17:04:18 GMT

extremely unhappy that Sky do not buy into French open - we have been cusotmers for years and pay for Sports

DIscovery plus want money - tv companies seem to think we are bittomless pits -think again

Re: roland Garros 2025

MarkGoldsmith — Sun, 25 May 2025 17:08:21 GMT

@LVS1950 wrote:
extremely unhappy that Sky do not buy into French open - we have been cusotmers for years and pay for Sports
DIscovery plus want money - tv companies seem to think we are bittomless pits -think again

Actually it's more the rights holders fault. Live sporting rights is very expensive, the cost of purchasing rights has been increasing for years and is still increasing which ultimately means one broadcaster cannot purchase all the rights for one sport. In addition the broadcasters are having to charge increasing amounts to watch the sports due to the rights constantly increasing.

Re: roland Garros 2025

TimmyBGood — Sun, 25 May 2025 17:56:32 GMT

@LVS1950 wrote:

extremely unhappy that Sky do not buy into French open - we have been cusotmers for years and pay for Sports

Sky hasn't had French Open rights for more than two decades: this was on Eurosport, which was never a Sky-owned channel.

DIscovery plus want money - tv companies seem to think we are bittomless pits -think again

Because the tournament owners are so keen to give away event coverage for nothing?

Sky Sports Tennis Fans watching French Open

Shashie — Sun, 25 May 2025 21:32:28 GMT

For Sky Sports Tennis Fans

Any tips on how to access TNT sports to watch French Open? It tells me both in my app and on my TV I need to pay £31 to access TNT Sports. I only want it for 2 weeks to watch French Open. I already pay a £20/month Sky Sports Tennis Subscription. I love tennis and looking to see if anyone has negotiated TNT cheaper with Sky.
Thanks