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South China Morning Post
05-04-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong to host Ultimate Tennis Showdown, with Zhang, Rublev among stars confirmed
Hong Kong's Kai Tak Arena will host a tennis event with a difference in October, bringing eight of the world's best men's players to town, organisers confirmed on Saturday. Advertisement The city has been awarded hosting rights for a stage of the Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS), a shortened, fast-paced form of the sport with time limits and players encouraged to show their personality. China's top men's player Zhang Zhizhen has been confirmed for the event, along with the world's No 9 and 10, in Russia's Andrey Rublev and Alex de Minaur of Australia. There will be a total of US$1.1 million in prize money, with Rublev chasing further success in the city to add to his triumph in last year's Bank of China Hong Kong Tennis Open. Michael Cheng Ming-git, president of the Hong Kong, China Tennis Association (HKCTA), welcomed the announcement, made on Saturday at the second UTS event of the year, in Nimes, in the south of France. Andrey Rublev plays in the UTS finals at London's Excel Centre in 2023. Photo: Action Images via Reuters 'UTS Hong Kong marks UTS' first-ever event in Asia, and the only Asian stop in the 2025 tour,' Cheng said.
New York Times
04-04-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Taylor Fritz misses Monte Carlo Masters with injury as draw separates Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz
Taylor Fritz, America's World No. 4, has withdrawn from the Monte Carlo Masters because of an ongoing abdominal injury. 'I aggravated an abdominal injury during my semifinal match in Miami, and I will not be able to recover in time to compete in Nimes this week,' Fritz said in a statement ahead of the event. Nimes, France, is the venue for the latest Ultimate Tennis Showdown (U.T.S.) exhibition, in which Fritz was replaced by Tomas Macháč. Advertisement Missing Monte Carlo, a Masters 1,000 event one rung below the Grand Slams, is much more significant. It follows Fritz's withdrawing from Acapulco in February with the same injury, which has been affecting his right oblique muscle. After losing to eventual champion Jakub Menšík in the Miami Open semifinal, Fritz said that the injury had gotten worse in his quarterfinal match against Matteo Berrettini. 'End of the second set, I felt like I reinjured that thing that I've been dealing with,' he said. World No. 22 Hubert Hurkacz also withdrew from Monte Carlo on Friday, as he recovers from the lower back injury that forced him out of Miami. Both he and Fritz are entered for the BMW Open in Munich, which starts the week after next. The Monte Carlo main draw gets under way Sunday, with Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz placed in opposite halves of the draw. Djokovic is in the same half as defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas and world No. 2 Alexander Zverev, with Alcaraz alongside Indian Wells champion Jack Draper in his half. (Top photo of Taylor Fritz: Al Bello / Getty Images)
