Nadal-Djokovic in a night session at Roland-Garros: how to watch the meeting from Belgium?
Belgian viewers would not be able to watch the clash of the quarter-finals between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic for free on RTBF or France Télévisions. For Belgium, Discovery (the Eurosport group) has exclusive rights to the matches played in the evenings at Roland-Garros and it was not possible for RTBF to buy them. In France, Amazon Prime Video holds the rights for night sessions via paid access for the French. Again impossible for the Belgians, theoretically, to subscribe. But that’s not why you won’t be able to follow the Nadal-Djokovic match. Here are the legal and other solutions.
1. In Wallonia, Proximus TV subscribers have free access to Eurosport 1 NL. On channel 380 of your decoder, you can follow the long-awaited shock. Of course, the comments will be in Dutch and you must be a Proximus subscriber. If you are a VOO customer, unfortunately, you will have to switch from this option.
2. The following formula is payable by subscribing to Eurosport Player. Through the website (https://www.eurosportplayer.com/) or the application you can subscribe (6.99 euros for one month) and follow all the Roland-Garros matches, even those played in the evening. With this option, you will be able to follow Tuesday evening’s match from your phone, tablet, computer or connected TV, but once again, the comments will not be available in French. Depending on your preferences, you can follow these meetings in Dutch, English, German, Italian, Spanish or even Polish, Danish or Swedish.
3. Some might say this technique is legal, but it really isn’t. To follow Roland-Garros on Amazon Prime Video, you must be geolocated in France – where the meeting is available in the clear and free of charge without creating an account – because the platform does not have broadcasting rights in Belgium. It is possible to circumvent this dam by installing a VPN (via the payment of a subscription) on your computer which will make broadcasters believe that you live in France. Installing a VPN is legal. But installing a VPN and using it to watch content that is not available in your country, no.
4. Many online betting sites offer the ability to follow sports matches via streaming. By offering you an account on Betfirst, for example, and crediting it with one euro, you will be able to follow the Nadal-Djokovic match.
5. Streaming sites. But there you will clearly be illegal with a quality that is often absent.
6. Via IPTV you will have access to Amazon’s Prime channel. Of course it is also illegal.
Make your choice.