In 2001, 22.7 million people tuned into CBS to watch the US Open women's final between Serena and Venus Williams. Last year's finals however, now on ESPN, between Serena and Naomi Osaka, attracted 3.1 million viewers, while the men's final between Novak Djokovic and Juan MartÃn del Potro drew in 2.1. Although last year's numbers are up from the previous year, tennis, especially American men's tennis, is still far from its heyday of the '90s and 2000's.Luckily for us, Serena -- who is still a fa...
In 2001, 22.7 million people tuned into CBS to watch the US Open women's final between Serena and Venus Williams. Last year's finals however, now on ESPN, between Serena and Naomi Osaka, attracted 3.1 million viewers, while the men's final between Novak Djokovic and Juan MartÃn del Potro drew in 2.1. Although last year's numbers are up from the previous year, tennis, especially American men's tennis, is still far from its heyday of the '90s and 2000's.Luckily for us, Serena -- who is still a fa...
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