Tennis: Serena Williams' coach launches five-week Ultimate Tennis Showdown

Serena Williams’ coach, Patrick Mouratoglou is starting a tennis league where professionals would play matches without fans on stands. Mouratoglou announced his venture Ultimate Tennis Showdown or UTS, starting in May at his academy in Nice, France. The competition is slated to start on May 16th. That is when 10th-ranked David Goffin of Belgium is scheduled to face 103rd-ranked Alexei Popyrin of Australia. The next Grand Slam tournament on the calendar is supposed to be the U.S. Open, which is planning to begin main-draw competition on August 31st in New York. The French Open’s start was postponed from May until September, while Wimbledon was cancelled for the first time since 1945.