Mouratoglou’s Ultimate Tennis Showdown plans return in 2023

Published December 1, 2022 11:02 AM

PARIS (AP) — A tennis league founded by coach Patrick Mouratoglou that played exhibition matches when the pro tours were shut down during the coronavirus pandemic plans to return in 2023. The Ultimate Tennis Showdown, or UTS, announced Thursday that it will hold matches in July, September, November and December in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Specific sites and players will be revealed later. The league uses different rules and has things like mid-match interviews with players in what it calls a bid to “attract a larger and younger tennis fanbase.” UTS made its debut in June 2020.

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