Poso said major events aren’t necessarily family-friendly spectator sports, with some games playing to the early hours of the morning. 

With the fans in mind, Poso will launch TEN15, a 16-player knockout tournament at the Merimbula Tennis Club on January 24.

“It will effectively be the pilot program,” Poso said. 

“We are having it filmed on the night and then we’ll watch it back to see where to take it from there.” 

Winners of the games are determined in a first to 10 points match. 

A number of the Far South Coast’s top players have already signed on for the inaugural event. 

The players will battle it out for a $250 winner-takes-all prize. 

Poso said the format is an exciting fast-paced format to bring in new supporters to 

the game. 

“I am confident the format will be picked up as other new versions of the game still lacks the x factor at bringing in new fans,” Poso said. 

Poso believes the fast fours format introduced by Tennis Australia will not have the x-factor to interest new fans. 

The fast four format pits players in a first to four games best of three sets challenge. 

Despite being shorter than a regular first to six match, Poso believes veteran and female players still couldn’t best the peak male players. 

The idea of the TEN15 program on the other hand is to provide a short format, where more veteran players and women alike will be able to best some of the top men. 

“I am confident that this is better than fast four, but time will tell,” Poso said. 

Poso said the format is comparable to Twenty20 cricket, where Brett Lee and other veteran players can maintain the top level thanks to a shorter format. 

As the games are in a short format, Poso said women will also be able to match it with the men and looked to include two female entries as wildcards in regular events.

The tournament has been an event two-years in the planning and Poso is excited to link the event with the Breast Cancer Foundation. 

As a show of support, the balls used in the tournament will  be pink and proceeds from the night will be donated to the foundation.

The balls were specially ordered from America. 

“The long-term goal is to associate with the Breast Cancer Foundation to do some good,” Poso said. 

He lost his sister to breast cancer in 2013 and said it was a way of honouring her and helping to do some good for reasearch. 

The club will have a barbecue on the night and drinks will be available. 

The matches will run from 5pm on January 24 at the Merimbula Tennis Club.