The French Open is right here, and the competitors is about to be fierce, with legendary participant Rafael Nadal knocked out of the lads’s competitors within the first spherical.
The boys’s prime seed is Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz, adopted by Novak Djokovic and Australian Open winner Jannik Sinner, so we might get some fierce video games arising.
Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka lead the ladies’s seeds, with Swiatek the favorite as a two-time defending champion keen to select up one other Roland-Garros title – Sabalenka made it to the semi-finals final yr.
For all that motion and extra, right here’s how one can watch the match dwell and free of charge on nearly any gadget, anyplace on the planet.
When is the French Open?
The match kicked off on Sunday 26 Might 2024 and can conclude on Sunday 9 June 2024.
For reference, the lads’s and girls’s singles finals will air on Saturday 8 June 2024, with precise timings to be revealed.
Learn how to watch the French Open within the UK
Warner Bros. Discovery has the rights to the match, which signifies that you’ll both want a premium sports activities channel or a streaming subscription.
You possibly can watch the French Open in HD on Eurosport 1 and a couple of on Virgin (channels 521 and 522), Sky (channels 410 and 411) and BT (channels 412 and 413). Sadly, as it is a premium channel, you may’t watch it on Freeview.
Roland-Garros can even be streaming on Discovery+. However entry isn’t free: it is advisable subscribe to the Leisure and Sports activities package deal, which prices £6.99 per 30 days. There isn’t a free trial out there for this package deal. Nevertheless, for those who’re a Vodafone cell buyer, you could possibly declare six months of Discovery+ free of charge.
Should you’re an Amazon Prime Video subscriber, you may also add Discovery+ as a premium channel to your streaming package deal. This additionally prices an additional £6.99 per 30 days on prime of your Prime subscription.
Learn how to watch the French Open within the US
Within the States, NBC will broadcast full protection of this yr’s match. You’ll want a cable subscription to NBC Sports activities, which additionally allows you to stream the tennis on the NBC Sports activities app.
Should you don’t have cable the best technique to watch shall be by way of NBC’s Peacock streaming service, which has plans ranging from simply $5.99 per 30 days and will get you entry to a great deal of different TV, films, and dwell sport.
US followers can even subscribe to Tennis Channel Plus, although it’s not low-cost at $110 per yr. However, it will allow you to watch over 100 ATP & WTA occasions, so it may be value it for those who’re a tennis devotee.
Watch the French Open anyplace on the planet
It’s nonetheless attainable to observe Roland-Garros for those who’re in a rustic with no broadcaster, or just for those who’ll be travelling whereas the match is on.
You possibly can both join Discovery+ (which is already out there throughout Europe and different elements of the world) or Peacock. Nevertheless, as a result of the web sites and apps will block entry to anybody from outdoors of the international locations they’re out there in, it’s possible you’ll want to make use of a VPN service.
VPNs (digital personal networks) reroute your IP handle so you may browse the web securely and as for those who’re from one other nation. You’ll discover a collection of suggestions in our greatest VPN roundup, however to save lots of you time, two good bets are NordVPN and SurfShark.
When you’ve chosen your VPN, merely connect with a server (both the UK for Discovery+ or the US for Peacock) and join an account. Now we have efficiently managed to join Peacock from the UK with none points – check out our information to streaming Peacock from overseas for extra info.
Official Roland-Garros YouTube channel
Should you don’t thoughts lacking the dwell matches, you may compensate for highlights over on the Roland-Garros YouTube channel.