Matchday 1 of the new Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS) league created by Frenchman Patrick Mouratoglou, coach among others of the American Serena Williams, was canceled due to rain. Feliciano López He was going to play at around 21:00 against the Australian Alexei Popyrin in this innovative series of tournaments, with curious rules and quarters of time instead of sets.
The start of the Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS) has been postponed and this Saturday's matches (Pouille / Benchétrit, Brown / Paire, Goffin / Berrettini, López / Popyrin and Tsitsipas / Gasquet) They will be played on Monday at the Mouratoglou Academy, while the Sunday game (Benchetrit / Popyrin, Brown / Berrettini, López / Pouille, Gasquet / Goffin and Tsitsipas / Paire) remains as planned.
This just in: #UTShowdown Day 1 is postponed to tomorrow due to rain.
Matches scheduled for today will be played on Monday while matches scheduled for Sunday remain unchanged.
We'll get back to you shortly with tomorrow's OOP. pic.twitter.com/eHcW29vSzP
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LThe games are played from 16:00, with the first turn, until 22:15, when the last meeting begins, and part of them can be followed in Eurosport 2. To view the entire league, you must subscribe at https://watch.utslive.tv/checkout/subscribe/purchase.