The creator of UTS, Patrick Mouratoglou, liked what he saw at the UTS Grand Final in London, and has big plans for the future. "It was a great event," he said, in an interview, after Jack "The Power" Draper lifted the lightning bolt trophy. "The crowd was packed. I feel that people get more and more used to UTS and they are cheering more and more. And we had everything. We had really fun moments, we had drama and we had also great tennis with guys completely locked in and wanting to win so badly." "We had some incredible matches. Some guys played incredible tennis. It's impressive to think that they are in the middle of their preseason and they are able to play already that well. "They offered an incredible show." And there'll be more to come. "I know that if I would come to watch, not knowing UTS, I would fall in love with it," said Mouratoglou, "but I think we have still a big gap for improvement and I took a lot of notes." He added: "We will have four events again in 2024. The first one will be in February, it's going to be in Oslo, and the three others, it's a mystery for the moment."
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00:00 It was a great event. First, the crowd, it was packed.
00:03 I feel that people get more and more used to UTS and they were cheering more and more.
00:07 And we had everything. We had really fun moments, we had drama,
00:11 and we had also great tennis with guys completely locked in and wanting to win so badly.
00:18 We had some incredible matches. Some guys played incredible tennis.
00:22 I mean, it's impressive to think that they are in the middle of their preseason
00:26 and they're able to play already that well. They offered an incredible show.
00:32 And it was a grand final, so in a way, the winners of the events,
00:35 the guys who had more points than others at UTS, make sense.
00:40 And they knew they were more on the line, supposed to be the world champion of the year.
00:43 Jack was very impressive because he was without his biggest weapon to serve
00:48 and he showed incredible qualities, beating the best guys from the baseline
00:53 and being especially incredibly efficient on the big points and big moments.
00:57 I think under pressure, he showed a quality that will be very helpful in the future.
01:02 I know that if I would come to watch not knowing UTS, I would fall in love with it.
01:08 But I think we have still a big gap for improvement and I took a lot of notes.
01:14 I don't want to say more than that, but there are a lot of things we can do better.
01:17 We'll have four events again in 2024. The first one will be in February.
01:21 is going to be in Oslo and the three others it's a mystery for the moment.