Previously, the Ultimate Tennis Showdown was supposed to start on 16th May 2020. In order to obtain all necessary authorizations, the start was moved to 13th June 2020 when the competition will start. There will be 10 ATP players competing in the tournament as we already know 9 of them.

The 10th player was supposed to be Fabio Fognini, however, the Italian underwent an operation of both ankles and so he had to be replaced by a 'surprise'. The Ultimate Tennis Showdown will begin on 13th June and it will be played in Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France. The fans should see high-quality tennis until 12th July 2020.

The format of the competition is also interesting. First, each player will meet other 9 competitors in the round-robin stage. After all of the players complete their 9 group stage matches, the best 6 will advance to the knockout stage. The first 2 go straight to the semifinals with the next 4 competing for the 2 other spots in quarterfinal playoffs.

The competition promises to bring a total of 50 matches with 5 matches every Saturday and Sunday for a total of 5 weeks. The quarterfinal, semifinal, and final matches will be all held on the last day of the event which should be 12th July.

The Ultimate Tennis Showdown also promises to bring a new yet unseen format of matches. Matches won't be played as fans are used to from TV screens on the best of three or five to 6 games. In this competition, time will get involved into the play.

Matches will be played in 4 quarters of 10 minutes. Players will take turns on serve with every player serving twice. The player that will have the most points at the end of the quarter, wins the quarter. If the quarter ends with a tie, a deciding point is played.

No matter the score, players will play all 4 quarters to get the full score for the set average purposes. If the score after 4 quarters is 2-2, players will play the fifth 'sudden death' quarter. The player who won more points during the 4 quarters will choose if he'll serve or pick the side. During the sudden death, players will take turns on serve after 1 point, not 2 as during the first 4 quarters. The first player to win 2 points in a row will win the match.

Between 2 points, there will be a 15-second shot clock. Players know this already from the ATP Tour but now, they will have a bit less time. Players can also use 1 timeout per quarter. The 30-second timeout can be called by their coach.

You can follow the whole competition on TennisUpToDate Live Scores which you can find on this link.

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