Co-founder Patrick Mouratoglou hopes the Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS) — whose first edition features ATP Finals winner Stefanos Tsitsipas and U.S. Open semifinalist Matteo Berrettini — can change the way tennis is viewed by allowing a younger audience to access the raw feelings of players. And that’s the whole point: allowing viewers unprecedented access to all that goes on in a game. They want to change how tennis is experienced through a faster-pace format featuring more interaction, where on-court coaching is encouraged rather than frowned upon. Several players live in Monaco, making for convenient access to the tournament considering it is only 30 miles (around 50 kilometers) along the coast. 203, I received a wild card into the Sophia Antipolis Challenger, which was held at the academy,” Tsitsipas said.

Source: Manila Times June 08, 2020 16:30 UTC