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Tie Break Tens is coming to Melbourne

The exhibition fits an entire tournament into one night.

ByCody Fitzpatrick

Published Dec 25, 2017

Tie Break Tens is coming to Melbourne on January 10 with Nick Kyrgios and Novak Djokovic committed to playing.

It will be the fourth edition of the event, an exhibition that fits an entire tennis tournament into one night by condensing each match to just a super tiebreak, i.e. first to 10 points, and win by 2.

Younger players have shined in this format in the past, with the previous winners being Kyle Edmund, Dominic Thiem, Grigor Dimitrov and Simona Halep.

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In addition to Djokovic and Kyrgios, the Tie Break Tens website promises "six players still to be announced, including a TBTens Wild Card."

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There's no indication that the tournament, scheduled for Jan. 10 at Margaret Court Arena, will include women this time around.

The winner will walk away with $250,000. Kyrgios tweeted that the event will also benefit his NK Foundation.

Tie Break Tens adds yet another option to the list of non-tour events that players can choose from in the lead-up to the Australian Open. Djokovic is playing an exhibition in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, and Kyrgios is booked to play in the Fast4 Showdown with Rafael Nadal in Sydney.

Tie Break Tens is coming to Melbourne

Tie Break Tens is coming to Melbourne

Friday, December 29: Novak Djokovic begins his comeback at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi against either Roberto Bautista Agut or Andrey Rublev.

Not before 10:00 a.m. ET LIVE on Tennis Channel Plus. GET PLUS NOW at tnns.ch/TCPlus

Saturday, December 30: Roger Federer looks to continue his remarkable resurgence at the Hopman Cup in Perth in singles and mixed doubles competition.

4:30 a.m ET LIVE on Tennis Channel Plus. GET PLUS NOW at tnns.ch/TCPlus

Saturday, December 30: Serena Williams returns at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, in her first match since the birth of her first child, against the 2017 French Open champion, Jelena Ostapenko.

8:00 a.m ET LIVE on Tennis Channel. Additional airings at 2:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. ET.