David Law (broadcaster)
David Law (born 7 September 1973) is a British sports broadcaster. He primarily commentates on tennis for BBC Radio Five Live[1] and BT Sport. He also presents The Tennis Podcast.[2]
Education
Law was educated at Blue Coat School, Walsall, followed by University of Loughborough. He then studied journalism at Cornwall College.
Life and career
He worked as a communications manager for the ATP World Tour[3] between 1998 and 2001.
Since 2002, he has been a reporter and commentator on tennis for BBC Radio 5 Live,[4] commentating at the Australian Open, US Open[5] and Wimbledon. In the 2013 US Open final, he described a 54-stroke rally between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.[6]
He has presented The Tennis Podcast with Catherine Whitaker since 2012.[7]
He has commentated on television on the WTA Tour[8] for BT Sport since 2013.
As well as broadcasting, he has worked in the media department at the Queen's Club Championships since 1996, and became the tournament's Media Director in 2009.[9]
He supports West Bromwich Albion, and is responsible for turning the tennis player Goran Ivanisevic into a fan of the club.[10] In 2011, he took Ivanisevic to his first WBA match at Loftus Road, home of Queen's Park Rangers.[11] In 2013, he took Ivanisevic to WBA's home ground, The Hawthorns, for a match against Manchester City.[12]
References
- ^ "BBC - Wimbledon 2017 - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
- ^ Slaney, Rowan (2017-05-19). "Being an absolute boss: podcasts of the week". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
- ^ "Tennis Podcast: Roger Federer on his return to action in Monte Carlo". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
- ^ Lyall, Sarah (2017-09-08). "'Youzhny Lobs! Federer's Underneath!' Challenge of Tennis on Radio". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
- ^ "The Journalist's Guide to the US Tennis Open". app.pearlshare.com. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
- ^ Martinez, James (10 September 2016). "Hear that point? Tennis play-by-play for the ear a rare art". Associated Press.
- ^ "The Tennis Podcast: How the big names survived day six of US Open, Fognini's disgrace and worst handshake contender". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
- ^ admin (2016-11-11). "Konta Looks Back On Remarkable 2016". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
- ^ "Sponsored Content | Tie Break Tens shakes up tennis". SportBusiness Group. 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
- ^ "An email conversation with Goran Ivanisevic: 'Talking of Split, there". The Independent. 2005-11-28. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
- ^ "Football (soccer) greatest goals and highlights | 101 Great Goals". Football (soccer) greatest goals and highlights | 101 Great Goals. 2011-12-06. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
- ^ "Goran Ivanisevic's West Brom love affair - In pictures". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 2017-09-05.