The Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS) event will be organised in New York later this year. The development was confirmed by the tournament’s official website.
The competition will be held on Thursday and Friday, August 22 and 23 this year at the legendary Forest Hills Stadium. The venue has been hosting the US Open for more than 60 years as well.
This competition will have a number of top players performing including the likes of Australia’s Nick Kyrgios, Russia’s Andrey Rublev, Norway’s Casper Ruud, Australia’s Alex de Minaur and France’s Gael Monfils. All players will be fighting for the prize money worth $1 million.
Out of all the players, Kyrgios’ name has been the most surprising one considering that the former world number 10 has been out of action for more than 15 months because of a knee injury. It was because of this that he ended up missing all four Grand Slams in 2023 and also did not take part in the Australian Open in 2024 as well.
Other than him, Rublev will be the centre of attention as he won the UTS Oslo event held back in February earlier this year where in the final, he defeated Australia’s De Minaur with a score of 3-1.
