UTS Grand Final: De Minaur takes on Rune, Monfils to fight Rublev on opening day in London
Eight players will battle for one crown at Copper Box Arena from December 6-8
The 2024 UTS Grand Final is upon us as we approach the year’s concluding month. Eight players, including world No 8 Andrey Rublev, No 9 Alex de Minaur, No 13 Holger Rune, No 14 Ugo Humbert, Frenchman Gael Monfils, Canadian Denis Shapovalov, Aussie Thanasi Kokkinakis, and Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik, are set to battle for the ultimate crown.
The participants will fly to London for the event scheduled for December 6-8 at the Copper Box Arena. The octet has been separated into two groups of four, with Rublev, Humbert, Monfils, and Kokkinakis drawn in Group, and De Minaur, Rune, Bublik, and Shapovalov in Group B. They will compete against each other in the round-robin format and the innovative All-Star Game, followed by the knockouts.
The UTS recently released the order of play for the ultimate event of the 2024 season, confirming the round-robin showdowns on the first and second days. Detailed below is the schedule for the London Grand Final:
Friday — December 6, 2024
- Ugo “The Commander” Humbert vs Thanasi “Kokki” Kokkinakis (5:00 pm)
- Alexander “The Bublik Enemy” Bublik vs Denis “Shapo” Shapovalov (6:00 pm)
- All Star Game (7:00 pm)
- Alex “The Demon” de Minaur vs Holger “The Viking” Rune (8:00 pm)
- Andrey “Rublo” Rublev vs Gael “La Monf” Monfils (9:00 pm)
Saturday — December 7, 2024
(Afternoon session)
- Alex “The Demon” de Minaur vs Denis “Shapo” Shapovalov (1:00 pm)
- Gael “La Monf” Monfils vs Thanasi “Kokki” Kokkinakis (2:00 pm)
- Alexander “The Bublik Enemy” Bublik vs Holger “The Viking” Rune (3:00 pm)
- Andrey “Rublo” Rublev vs Ugo “The Commander” Humbert (4:00 pm)
(Evening session)
- Alex “The Demon” de Minaur vs Alexander “The Bublik Enemy” Bublik (6:00 pm)
- Ugo “The Commander” Humbert vs Gael “La Monf” Monfils (7:00 pm)
- Andrey “Rublo” Rublev vs Ugo Thanasi “Kokki” Kokkinakis (8:00 pm)
- Holger “The Viking” Rune vs Denis “Shapo” Shapovalov (9:00 pm)
The Final 4 session, holding two semi-finals and the final, will begin at 2:30 pm on Sunday, December 8, and conclude by 6 pm.
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