UTR is a relatively new rating system of tennis players, that might just be the thing that changes the the lives of beginner professional tennis players. UTR isn't just a ranking system, they also organize prize money tournaments. This is where things get really interesting as the prize money is quite a bit more tempting than on an ITF. To find out more, watch the video till the end.
Also let me know in the comments if you think that UTR might be the end of ITF.
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We need to see Grisha vs Karue
Yes!
@@glademaster Lets do it! Agreed
Karue will win
Yessss
6-1 6-1 Karue...no hate🙏 love ur content!!!
You and Kuzey should definitely do more videos together, feel like you guys could be really big together, also UTR seems like a better format for these videos way more content for you to work with.
Definitely more content, you're totally right here!
ITF system seems ancient and unfriendly. 25K tournaments and only $500.oo at the semifinall level is just...well...crap. Glad to see UTR is stepping up in so many ways. I can already tell that you and many other futures players will adapt to this much quicker. Amazing video Grisha. Hope you get your mindset equal to your playing abilities and beat all these players. Cheers! M
Thank you very much! For the awesome feedback and support!
@@gladiatorstribe Always my friend.
While i like the way UTR is, sometimes it makes some really weird descions on whther your URT goes up or down.
That's very true
Agreed
I doesnt make decisions, its an algorithm
Exactly, it’s not weird, it’s a mathematical calculation
Are you going to play more UTR tournaments in the future if you can get to the required rating?
Absolutely!!
I loved the UTR system when I was playing tournaments. My average UTR was 12.0 over a 2.5 year period. In that time period, I was 1-12 against players with higher UTRs than mine and 25-1 against players with lower UTRs than mine. It's an incredibly accurate system and very valuable for players to see the reality of their level clearly.
Oh no
That's awesome! The more you play the more accurate it gets!
Would love to know more 😁 As always amazing video
Thank you very much! Will do more then!!
Recently found your channel. Love what you guys do, plus your lots of fun! Keep up the great work!👏👏👏
Welcome and thank you very much!
Simon from Top Tennis Training was saying that prize money at futures didn't increase from the 90's until 2017 or so. When he was on the circuit he was staying at dorms in hostels and sometimes slept at train/bus stations because he couldn't make a good enough living to stay at a proper hotel. ITF needs to be thrown in the scrap heap, the sport shouldn't just be accessible to players with sponsors or rich parents.
come on, it's tennis and this sport is designed for upper class. if one has no money just switch to ping-pong or anything else. Tennis isn't suppoused for everyone cuz its expensive infrastructure
@@I-am-Joe-Po It’s supposed to break away from those roots and become more accessible.
@@Tennis214 reach people need their own sport activities like golf or tennis, no matter what guys like you think about that. accept it
@@I-am-Joe-Poare you stupid? Sounds like it
You need tennis clubs with club teams, and the players in the club subsidize the teams , that can play each other. Tennis needs a lot of individual coaching compared to say basketball it will always be expensive.
Really nicely done video! Keep these ones coming. Also Kuzey is a very funny addition in the videos!
Thank you very much!!
Great video grisha just played my first tournament for utr!
Awesome! How was it?
@@gladiatorstribe it wasn’t the greatest I was a bit nervous because it was my first but I improved a lot!👍
love when you play tournaments! UTR is definitely an interesting format since not everything is riding on just one match.... the utr rating system could still be improved in my opinion. go grisha!
Totally agree with you!!
The whole point of a tennis tournament in most cases is precisely that everything rides on every match. Take away that pressure and you're playing another game. The end-of-season 'championships' are a joke making money off the tennis rubes. There is no great demand on the tour for more bottom-of-the-barrel players who can't get through successive rounds.
There are a lot of UTR tournaments in the US for all levels from UTR 1 to the top (UTR 16). It’s a very flexible way to play, they have flex leagues where you arrange the game with your opponent after the UTR has made the draw. Ratings are live and moving all the time, must more precise and accurate than the US Tennis Association where is the ratings are only changed once a year… 😱😂
Hey, I love your videos are you should do a review on the Wilson blade
Hey Grisha love the vid! When’s the gladiator merch coming out?
Thank you very much!! I will let you know as soon as it does!
Hello guys. One question if possible. I am writing to you from Armenia. I am 33 years old. I have wanted to learn to play tennis for a long time. I found a coach for myself, and today was my 9th lesson. I was able to play with him 10 times already😁😁😁. I really like the videos on your KZhead channel, and I've learned a lot from watching them too. But here's my question... Could you recommend 1-2 specific tennis rackets that are suitable for a beginner but also of good quality? I can order them from the United States, so that's not a problem. I am 1.68 meters tall and not big in terms of physical build. I'm not sure if this is relevant for the advice, but there you have it. I think I need a racket that weighs around 280 -290 grams (I don't want something super heavy for now). I would prefer a balance point around the middle or slightly towards the handle, and currently, I play with grip size 2. Also, I believe a larger head size would be beneficial to easily hit the ball. Was thinking about 1 - BLADE 100UL V8 281grams 2 - Yonex EZONE 100L 285grams 3 - Yonex VCORE 100L 280grams 4 - Pure Aero Team 285 grams Thank you in advance.
Interesting; Good luck in your next matches... I like the UTR concept.
Awesome, GK! Go UTR Pro Tennis! Big fan of your tennis channel! Always give it your all! Remember all the ATP Pros you hit with!
Thank you very much hahahahahaha
Thanks man! Impressive! great hitting 🙏
Thank you very much!!
Songname in Grisha's match vs the 1h+2h backhand player (at 17min) is You are the solution (nightcore chez remix). Thank me later! PS: Awesome vid, as always ❤
Thank you hahahahahahah
Thanks for the banger vid Grisha! You and Kuzey are such a fun duo to watch, hope he can appear on more videos 👍👍
More to come!
Hi been watching your videos since the “old vs new tennis style” video I hope you guys can review a bad a racquet Wich is the HEAD tour spark or the blx us open Wilson
Thanks a lot for sticking around!! Really appreciate it!!
Fascinating, another banger from Gladiators Tennis!
Thank you very much!!
You jumping on your serve looks so funny. 4:03
Agreed 😂
UTR is intriguing. Looks like it is a bit easier for you guys to survive financially. Future tournament funding is scandalous. Also, streaming coverage is great thing. However, I can’t find my way to see results, tournament draws and all that stuff without being a member. 🤷♂️
It does. That's one thing that is quite annoying about it. 😬
Which racquet does K use? I see blade pro v7?
Just started playing tennis again after after a 26 year break since I was 18. Man its been one heck of a journey. A lot has changed., strings racquets etc. Really enjoyed this vid. thanks guys. Remember that diet will make or break you. Don't ride on youth because it doesn't last long ;-) UK
That's awesome! Thanks for the feedback! You're right hahahaha it doesn't 😂
how do you get a rating tho if the minimum required is 12.5? I am playing I'd say pretty solid with friends being top players in their local leagues and beating them sometimes. I dont have a club rating or anything that I could "transfer". I guess just hope for Wildcards?
Love the content
UTR looks absolutely fun !
Looks like UTR is not only more monetarily feasible than futures but it also provides you with more competitive matches per event to play and develop your game. Win-win?
Great Video
Excellent! Extremely interesting. Shame you lost but it is tennis after all! Until the next time. If you have more details to share, another video on the topic is more than welcomed. Thanks again for this great quality content!
Thank you very much! Appreciate your feedback and interest a lot!
Very interesting, thks
Glad you enjoyed it
UTR looks way more fun than ITF tournaments. Good to get a few games in
There’s this hit called a volley. Off the serve or in the middle of the game. So many of those rallies went on for way too long for no reason at all. Just run to the net, volley and score.
Гриша, почему на тренировке с Медведом ты выглядишь лучше чем на официальных матчах? читал "Внутренняя игра в теннис" Тимоти Голви?
Жизнь помотала немного 🥵
@@gladiatorstribe сейчас уже получше? расскажешь в следующем выпуске об этом?
what's your UTR rating now?
Around 12ish I think
А система расчета рейтинга UTR открыта? она только для про или для рекреативного тенниса тоже подходит?
Она для всех)
How did your rating change? I tried looking you up but UTR app sucks and I couldn’t find your results.
It went up to like a 12.19 and then went down a bit 😬
@@gladiatorstribe I’m not thrilled that they’re pull data from other match sites, not sure how ITF matches are rolled in.
You can play amazing tennis and win lot more in UTR or whatever tournament you play 💯. It’s already great that you could win a match and almost the second one despise being injured and playing for the very first time. Strong! I wish you all the luck and keep fighting whatever you face as you’re good enough to be where you deserve to be 💪🏼 . UTR seems to be a great format helping players to develop their confidence and level. Definitely a needed thing. I like ITF too, but not the prize money and number of matches in the tournament. This part needs to be improved.
Thank you so much! Your words mean a lot and keep me going!!
becoming more accessible does not mean becoming easy. A "clever Algorithm" and a deep pockets organization is not enough to toughen up players to survive the rigors of ATP tour and the slams. the lowest rung in the ladder should always be grueling and excruciating. only then will we find those diamonds in the rough. and the ATP tour will help polish them for the slams to shine in. ITF despite being shallow pockets does an excellent job at finding those diamonds. while UTR is just saying "win or lose, you will survive." which is not a good way to find those diamonds. those diamond like players are what determine the quality of the sport not tour pampering tours like the UTR. if you want better resources to players then support ITF more so they can increase the prize money. ITF literally takes tennis to a lot of places where tennis is not even known properly. that would be a better structure than coming up with "a cloud in the sky, and your palace is on top of that cloud kind of touring structure." you are saying as a pebble we can't survive. but even now, you can survive, by training yourself to become a better player. that kind of drive won't be there if UTR becomes official. the structure of UTR or the "clever algorithm" as they are advertising it, will bring down that motivation to reach the top in the long run. its bitter but it is true.
at least the UTR ranking is better than other ranking and it is international and it's work for all level and it mixes female and male and it's accurate no need to play 80 matches per year like the french ranking (in my case) !
Nice video Grisha
Thank you!
3:55 is that a ball on the court?
Cool! Thanks
That a ball for ur first win was sooooo out!!!
Very informative video thanks for sharing. $510 is good money but how much cost did you have for this tournament e.g sign up fee, flight hotel etc? Did you manage to break even?
unless you win the whole tournament, you are always losing money each tournament
The tournament was at our club and the entry fee is like 45$ it was perfect for us !
Robert is definitely Paire's disciple
is UTR only for ITF / pro level, or can 4.5 / 5.0 level players also sign up to play?
Check out your UTR ranking to find out!
What was the entry fee?
45$ 😊
I thought WTN was the new big thing as a world wide tennis number
Hey Grigory Kuklin is there a chance that I can play ITF without any rank ?
There is but it has to be a very hard to reach location.
@@gladiatorstribe So how did you started your journey like dis?
How does it compare against WTN (World Tennis Number)?
I feel like UTR is way more accurate. WTN seems to fluctuate a ton and it takes in like all results in past 4 years or something while utr is just 30 matches from past year.
Unfortunately, ITF and USTA will probably put UTR out of business. ITF and USTA are using the World Tennis Number (WTN). Start building up your WTN.
How is UTR financed?
Hey is Kuzey using a retail blade or h22?
H22 🤭
so basically UTR is a format thought up by some people with an "algorithm", and deep pockets. you say even if you lose to some people that are stronger than you your rating goes up. but how will that motivate a player to actually win. and if you win against that some won stronger, doesn't mean that your opponent is actually stronger, and you are not weaker. in tennis and in life you need that hurdle of not getting much if you lose, which motivates you to actually train yourself to become strong enough as a player to beat tough players. UTR system is just like they are doing in schools these days (6 years after I graduated) even if you do badly we will praise you to the high heavens and leave you there, and when reality check comes in the form of ATP tour, those players on that cloud called UTR rating will get crushed. if you keep getting more points and more prize money even by losing very early especially in the early days of your sport career, then who would want to actually strive to win, other than those 10% players who have the drive to reach the podium(these players will drive themselves to the podium even without the UTR). So an "clever Algorithm" and a deep pockets organization is not enough to toughen up players to survive the rigors of ATP tour and the slams. the lowest rung in the ladder should always be grueling and excruciating. only then will we find those diamonds in the rough. and the ATP tour will help polish them for the slams to shine in. ITF despite being shallow pockets does an excellent job at finding those diamonds. while UTR is just saying "win or lose, you will survive." which is not a good way to find those diamonds. those diamond like players are what determine the quality of the sport not tour pampering tours like the UTR.
thanks for giving me the real experience i would have had personally 🤣
Where can we see your match highlights versus Lamine Ouahab? he's one of the most talented players ever ! even without moving he can still win matches, he beat Rafa Nadal in the semis of Wimbledon Junior!
It's all on KZhead!
Nice we need road to 2 alt points
Gri, can you share us your annual/monthly financial balance/journey, what kind of income tennis player can make, so we can understand "real life" of the pros? or are you born rich so all of that dont matter?
Tenis earnings? That would be a very short video 😂
@@gladiatorstribe you dont wanna spill us on your stock ownership contract with Head a la RF dont you 😅
@mytennishq you gotta play him
Looked up UTR flex league in chicago, all they have is doubles :(
☹️☹️
not true.look harder
@@92edro Oh you're right
@@GershonBenYitzhak glad you found it
What's the go with Kuzey's butt caps? Did I see Head caps on Wilson frames?
I don't think so 😂
That a wilson blade?
Yes!
Feel like they want to do what’s working for pickleball.
Does winning UTR add anything to your ATP score?
Nope, not yet!
Hi Grigory, I really enjoy your videos 💪🏻 I would love to hit the ball in Barcelona with you, I’m 6.5 💪🏻
Hey! Thank you very much!! Really appreciate that!
Роскошно!
The last match is just craaaazy. How can you possibly be able to play and win with that conditions?!
I don't know 😂😂😂
He should have been disqualified for that outburst
The industry between tour and UTR is becoming like a casino , which puts the odds not in your favor . Those who control the purse control the game . Since you live in Spain , are you waiting on your citizenship , for a change of residence ?
Ha! Im the one who liked Kuzeys John Wick comment. We need more Kuzey movie references.
Hahahahha awesome 😂😂
@@gladiatorstribe Next time Is there a way you can announce in advance when you and Kuzey are going to be in a UTR tournament so we can stream it?
This is all great and interesting! But what's the catch (в чем подвох)? Where does the money coming from? Especially considering bananas and physio available). Кузя красавчик кст!)
Ставки и вложения Oracle 😊
Kuzey Da boy
The problem with the ITF is that if they could get away with it, they would have every player become amateur and not make a dime.
Love Kuzeys cockyness. It helps being competitive! Hope he can get his body in order and get much deeper in those tournaments!
You're totally right!
Grisha still playing with the last 2 gens of the gravity pro? Didn’t he say the newest was the best yet
I did :) That video was recorded before that tho 🤭
@@gladiatorstribe I just want to be like you grisha, had to confirm before I tried the newest stick out 😂
When even WAS this??
That was in March 😂
Wow! I loved it! Wish they would take into account 40+ yo guys like myself, for whom tennis is everything 😊
Totally agree!
utr superior
Tough luck Grisha...but thank u for showing us players who can't decide on a 1h or 2hbh that we still have a chance 💀🤣 keep up the good work man, best of luck for next time
You're welcome and thank you very much!! Haahahha
thanks for losing on purpose to help us learn!
Everything for the glads!
Sopa
Very clear definition of the two tennis formats. Was pulling for both of you but dude, you got to clean up your language. I mean what's the point of cursing? Keep in mind, you can get more supporters and keep them, when the act is clean..
By the way, you guys should look into high tops. Every since I turned my ankle really bad playing basketball back in the early 80s, high tops have helped me tremendously. I now use them to play tennis.
Hey! Are you single?
Surprised your Turkish friend was not DQ for that tantrum. I guess in UTR they don't care?
He did get a warning. You wouldn't get anything more than a warning on an ITF either.
Roootaaaate on your second serve!! What are you doing man, looks like somekind of acrobatics. Just rotate you shoulders and hit through the ball. Because you dont do this you dont get any topspin or power and just end up slicing your second. And most importantly this is why your lower back is blowing out as you putting stress on it by not rotating through the serve. Your racquet should finish on your the left side after serving, and you should be landing on your right foot
Thanks for the tips, coach!
@@gladiatorstribe haha wow my bad, i cant turn it off! But you're a great player, with very few technical flaws, volleys great, forehand great, backhand awesome, first serve good, just second serve needs work, and that's it's problem.
Unfortunately the whole sport has been completely dictated by commercial self interests to slow the game and increase there wealth . the game and athlete is tertiary. Because of there interests , and not the public which ultimately funds at least impart the prize money , have no say because that is now all they know . The game is disrespected from all sides because, it is not true to itself . Everyone just follows suit because they are ignorant , or just do not care that the few in the industry are dictating a game they never created . Slow balls on even slower courts , all in drag . Premium balls are designed for a back of court game . The serve / volley all court game needs speed , faster courts or at least faster balls on grass and hard court to neutralize the play of the game . Instinctually this creates better athletes .
Tennis prizemoney is a joke. I cant understand how they expect players to continue when it's so bad.
Neither can I 😂
Male players needing 12.5 and womend needing 9.7. Sounds like equality to me!
Women matches are very different and there are more breaks of serve so the matches look lopsided a lot more. So it’s harder to raise their utr. Men can usually hold serve a lot more so matches looks closer than they really are.
@@BeyondTheCourt543 What's that got to do with anything?
@@tomr6955 it means their utrs won’t increase so the number is a lot lower than it should be
@@BeyondTheCourt543 Doesn't it just mean the highest competitors is not anywhere near the men? Eg, if the best woman plays the best man, what's gonna happen?
@@tomr6955 I mean yeah they are gonna get clapped 0 and 0. But utr is supposed to be equal. Like the top woman is 13 and top men are 16 so needing 12.5 for men is basically equal to 9.5 for women( for utr pro circuits)
So sad you still have to play tennis to keep the vlog alive
Funny, what devellopement Alen Hodzic, your opponent made... 2-3 years ago, he was an average-player who always practised next to my court with his sister, which is playing on WTA-Tour, but seems he learned a lot in the Barcelona-Academie....
Super early this time 😂