The first UTR Pro Tennis Series event in Adelaide came to an end on Wednesday with Li Tu taking out the tournament’s first title.
Tu defeated close friend Jack Schipanski to win the event.
Tu raced out of the blocks, serving strongly to take the first set in just 22 minutes. Schipanski steadied at the beginning of the second before Tu held on to win the match 6-1 6-3.
“I thought it was a great match. I am good friends with Jack, so it is always great playing a friend and having the fun side of the competition,” Tu said following the match.
“The score line doesn’t suggest how close it was, I felt like it was actually really close but I just got lucky on some of the big points.
“During these times, it’s pretty hard to find motivation, but an event like this has really got everyone going.
“It was a great event, the venue is awesome and it was really cool to have it live streamed. The setup with everything was really well done.”
The next UTR Pro Tennis Series event in Adelaide will commence on Sunday 19 July 2020.
UTR Pro Tennis Series Adelaide Round 1 results
Wednesday 8 July 2020
[2] Li Tu (SA) def. Jack Schipanski (SA) 6-1 6-3
Tournament information
Live stream
All matches were streamed via Tennis Australia’s YouTube channel here.
Live scores
UTR Pro Tennis Series – Adelaide
Additional information
UTR Pro Tennis Series Adelaide Tournaments Calendar
Men’s
Round 1: 5-8 July
Round 2: 19-22 July
Round 3: 28-31 July
Biosecurity, health and safety protocols
- Daily health and temperature checks for all on-site personnel
- Physical distancing of 1.5 metres
- Minimal personnel on site including no fans and ballkids, reduced linespeople
- Additional hygiene practices and measures in place, including encouraging frequent handwashing and use of hand sanitiser
- Thorough cleaning practices, including between matches
- Players will tap racquet instead of shaking hands
- Separate player benches and players encouraged to change ends on opposite sides of the court
- Players advised to bring own towels, food and drinks
- Players to spend minimal time onsite and encouraged to arrive, play and depart, not use showers within the venue and limit their time in any communal area, all in accordance with the AIS Framework for Rebooting Sport.
What is a UTR?
Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) is an international tennis rating system that connects millions of tennis players around the world to help them find better matches locally. UTR reflects a player’s current skill level based on head-to-head match scores, and rates all players across age, gender and nationality on the same 16-point scale. Every player can have a UTR – from the pros to juniors to social tennis players.
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