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Amazon Snaps Up Tennis Rights To Stream Next Gen ATP Finals

Amazon Prime Video is an official streaming partner of the ATP World Tour and will enable worldwide distribution of the Next Gen ATP Finals, the ATP and ATP Media announced Thursday.

The Next Gen ATP Finals is the season-ending tournament for the world’s best 21-and-Under players and is providing an opportunity to test new rules and innovation in the sport. It was announced that this year’s tournament in November will feature Hawk-Eye’s electronic line calling system, eliminating human line judges from the court.

With the streaming deal, Amazon will have worldwide OTT rights for this year’s tournament and 2018 as well, including full exclusive rights in the U.