[Lucas_4ever]

Schedule: each Saturday/Sunday for 5 weeks starting June 13/14
Surface: hard
Players: Thiem, Tsitsipas, Berrettini, Goffin, Auger-Aliassime, Paire, Gasquet, Pouille, Popyrin, Brown.
Prize money: TBA (match winner gets 70%, loser 30%)
Broadcast: Eurosport and Eurosport Player or subscription on the event's website (12 euro)

RULES:
45 round robin matches. Top 2 players advance to semifinals, #3-6 play quarterfinals.
Each match consists of four 12-minute quarters, with change of ends after each quarter. Mid-play timeouts allowed. And then there's some 'UTS cards' thing — don't quite understand how it works. The one who amasses most points wins. Crazy behavior is encouraged.

Mouratoglou promised something extra and he really outdid himself.

 

[Lucas_4ever]

From Eurosport UK press release:

"The brainchild of respected coach Patrick Mouratoglou, the Ultimate Tennis Showdown will seek to revolutionise tennis through a series of innovations, such as the option of coaching time outs and mic’d up coaches, to engage new audiences. Hosted at the Patrick Mouratoglou Academy in the south of France, a string of top players have signed up to take part including Stefanos Tsitsipas, Dominic Thiem (week two), Alexei Popyrin, Matteo Berrettini, David Goffin and Felix Auger-Aliassime. Matches will last no longer than one hour, divided into 12 minute quarters with a two minute break at each change over. Eurosport will screen the Ultimate Tennis Showdown on a pan-Euro basis (excluding Eurosport Player)."

 

[Mr.Swiss]

Thiem is playing in pretty every single exhibition event there is to be played in the next month. He's down for like 5

 

[The Federest]

"the Ultimate Tennis Showdown will seek to revolutionise tennis through a series of innovations, such as the option of coaching time outs and mic’d up coaches, to engage new audiences.

Read:

"We think people are becoming dumber and intend to pander to their diminished attention spans and reality-TV-shaped expectations."

 

[SuperG]

I think someday Mouratoglou will be the head of the ATP and ITF and run the sport. His ambition can't be stopped.

 

[Mr.Swiss]

I got to say, these rules sound really stupid. Like basketball in a way. I wont be watching. I miss david but I want to watch tennis not a circus.

Also, I can see why tsitsipas gets along so well with this guy. Very similar people

 

[Lucas_4ever]

FAA out with injury, replaced by fellow youngster Feliciano Lopez.

 

[Snowwy]

I think someday Mouratoglou will be the head of the ATP and ITF and run the sport. His ambition can't be stopped.

Is he better or worse than Pique?

 

[Lucas_4ever]

Thiem will miss the first weekend of UTS due to playing another exho... Djokovic's Adria Tour.
He'll start UTS the second weekend with a 0-0 record. Elliot Benchetrit replaces him for June 13 and 14 matches.

 

[supertom]

Today s schedule :

16h Pouille - Benchetrit (waiting Thiem to join next week end) - smooth start for Pouille
17h15 Brown-Paire - get the nerves out!
18h30 Goffin-Berretini - Nice watch to watch on paper
21h Lopez-Popyrin - 18y of difference!
22h15 Gasquet- Tsitsipas - the masterpiece if Gasquet can be at level!

 

[supertom]

Cancelled rain :

 

[emotion]

I'm watching and it seems more intense in some ways than Adria, but a bit too gimmicky- the quarters are alright, but the IPTL style power-up things are pretty forced.

 

[emotion]

Lots of players/coaches wearing BLM tributes, nice to see

 

[enlightenedth]

Brown almost lost that quarter from 4 points up. Interesting format, quite fun.

 

[supertom]

Nice entertaining.
use of 1 serve less or double serve is making more challenge

 

[emotion]

Lopez playing better than I've seen in a while in singles off of grass

 

[emotion]

Paire cannot find the court at the moment

 

[emotion]

Holy shit that was beyond words from Paire....24-4.

 

[supertom]

Tsitsi impressive paire cannot do anything..:

 

[emotion]

24-4 21-6

Did Paire pick up a racquet since March?