Disney's ESPN signs deal to air US Open tennis through 2037

BRISTOL, Connecticut (Reuters) - Walt Disney's ESPN signed a deal with the United States Tennis Association to continue broadcasting the U.S. Open tournament through 2037, the network said on Wednesday.

ESPN, which is currently airing this year's U.S. Open, will air the tournament in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean under a new agreement that starts in 2026. The deal also gives ESPN the rights to offer more U.S. Open programming through streaming.

The 12-year deal is the network's longest for tennis, ESPN said in a statement.

Financial terms were not disclosed.

(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; editing by Diane Craft and Franklin Paul)