Elegant Point wrote:

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Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS) is the worlds newest, most exciting, innovative tennis league, playing an entirely reinvented game format. The year-round league was founded by Patrick Mouratoglou

Dont know mypunch about this event, just popped up on SM 
https://www.uts.live/league-2023/grand-final/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=UTS_London_Brand&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIs__T7vKMggMVTtXtCh0w6w_ZEAAYASAAEgJ8PPD_BwE

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 It started during Covid when tennis was stopped and events like this and battle of the Brits started or UKPL. Its always had a good line up and innovative approach to scoring, publicity, etc.its endured though and gone into a an exhibition circuit with points race system/ theres been two events this year and another in Seoul in early December and then this just before Xmas. this is the grand final or world championship- Monfils is in, Ruud also and 8 players in total will qualify including 2 wildcards - they may well be Brits and Id imagine theyd like home country players - Jack would fit well and Evo but maybe theyll try and get Cam or Andy as big names? No idea. 

it feels in the vein of tie break tens- a pure exhibition event with a veneer of seriousness, and why not ? If it attracts fans and entertains thats good. 

sadly its run by Mouroutogolou and thats not good

Elegant Point wrote:

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Thanks for info Jon and graciously ignoring the iPad typos 

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 Thats ok - I took your typos and added more of my own! 

First 5 entries announced here - Rune. Rublev, Ruud, Monfils and our own Jack Draper.

There have already been posts about this event, billed as the "Ultimate Tennis Showdown", in other forums on this board, including a link to a Metro article I posted on Jack Draper's individual thread a couple of days ago which explains why he's chosen "The Power" as his nickname.  Since it's a men's event being held in London & Jack, "one of our own", is involved (& doing quite well, by all accounts  ), this forum seemed the obvious one in which to give it a home.

This article by Matt Majendie in yesterday's Standard summarises the ground rules.  The event is apparently Patrick Mouratoglou's brainchild & he is very complimentary about Jack in the article, but I can't help wondering whether it's his way of (re)ingratiating himself with the international tennis fraternity.

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Sunday 17th of December 2023 05:54:37 PM

They started in Covid and were held similar to battle of the Brits , these ones held in Nice. Theyve morphed into these events since; possibly more like to the tie break tens that took place a few years back, in terms of razzmatazz etc

Btw , not that it matters but doesnt it finish tomorrow, so its just a week 50 event?

Fairly long & interesting background article on the event by Theo Zenou for The Grauniad which includes a withering quote from Stu Fraser at the end.