Murray joins Novak in supporting switching slams to BO3

TheNachoMan · Nov 25, 2020

Andy Murray on the best-of-five-set matches debate: 'People often mistake long matches for epics' - Tennis365

As a player he prefers best-of-five set matches at Grand Slams, but Andy Murray admits he is not an admirer of the format when it comes to watching tennis as an ordinary fan.

www.tennis365.com

Rafa4LifeEver · Nov 25, 2020

TheNachoMan said:
Andy Murray on the best-of-five-set matches debate: 'People often mistake long matches for epics' - Tennis365

As a player he prefers best-of-five set matches at Grand Slams, but Andy Murray admits he is not an admirer of the format when it comes to watching tennis as an ordinary fan.

www.tennis365.com

I respectfully condemn the statements of both.

Krish872007 · Nov 25, 2020

Noo Andy, why...

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BO5 status of the Slam should be preserved.

ibbi · Nov 25, 2020

He's been on this train for a while. I remember when he commentated on the Nadal-Del Potro match at Wimbledon 2018, and one of his immediate takeaways from that instant classic was that... Slams should be best of three.

Mainad · Nov 25, 2020

Don't do this Andy!!!

Bartelby · Nov 25, 2020

I can't say I'm a fan of BO5, but it is quite special even if all too infrequently.

And that's the problem.

We need 16 seeds for slams to make the first week less of a training exercise.

ibbi · Nov 25, 2020

Mainad said:
Don't do this Andy!!!

Et tu Mainad?

Mainad · Nov 25, 2020

ibbi said:
Et tu Mainad?

More a case of 'Et tu Andy?"

RiverRat · Nov 25, 2020

It would equalize pay between the genders at majors. Men make less than 60 cents to the dollar women make for the same work.

mike danny · Nov 25, 2020

That's it. Knight status demoted!!

Red Rick · Nov 25, 2020

You were the chosen one....

NatF · Nov 25, 2020

Further evidence that Murray is not an ATG @Nole Slam

mbm0912 · Nov 25, 2020

Murray still plays tennis?

StrongRule · Nov 25, 2020

Well, I'm not surprised at that. BO5 was always too difficult for Murray.

Deleted member 748597 · Nov 25, 2020

NatF said:
Further evidence that Murray is not an ATG @Nole Slam

He needs to win more Slams somehow.

RiverRat · Nov 25, 2020

OK, if everyone is so gung-ho to continue the BO5, should the women also be playing BO5? If not, why? Preserving tradition is hardly an argument by itself. Presumably, what's good for the gander is also good for the goose.

Tennis_Hands · Nov 25, 2020

Murray's dry humour caught Federer and Nadal unprepared:

weakera · Nov 25, 2020

Anyone supporting best of three at slams should be made to wear the cone of shame.

NoleFam · Nov 25, 2020

I think Andy also said this 2 years ago after Djokovic first said it. The comments didn't get much attention then for some reason. I still like BO5 in Slams though.

The Blond Blur · Nov 25, 2020

I’ll translate my response from English

to Muzzanese

so that Sir Andeh will understand why supporting BO3 schlems means

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Born_to_slice · Nov 25, 2020

RiverRat said:
It would equalize pay between the genders at majors. Men make less than 60 cents to the dollar women make for the same work.

@Aussie Darcy

tennis_pro · Nov 25, 2020

this should be in the former player section

MeatTornado · Nov 25, 2020

He thinks people won't sit down and actually watch a 4-5 hour match. That they'll get up and leave and come back. And to that I say...so what?

I do agree however that people often confuse long matches for great matches. That it can be 3 hours of mediocre tennis but the 5th set is dramatic so it gets called an epic.

Deleted member 771911 · Nov 25, 2020

These guys know how to get their names in the papers.
This is just their PR guys telling them to say something 'controversial.'

Mainad · Nov 25, 2020

NatF said:
Further evidence that Murray is not an ATG @Nole Slam

Take it that goes for Djokovic too?

Mainad · Nov 25, 2020

RiverRat said:
OK, if everyone is so gung-ho to continue the BO5, should the women also be playing BO5? If not, why? Preserving tradition is hardly an argument by itself. Presumably, what's good for the gander is also good for the goose.

Bring it on.

TheNachoMan · Nov 25, 2020

MeatTornado said:
That it can be 3 hours of mediocre tennis but the 5th set is dramatic so it gets called an epic.

*cough cough* Thiem vs Zverev

zipplock · Nov 25, 2020

TheNachoMan said:
Andy Murray on the best-of-five-set matches debate: 'People often mistake long matches for epics' - Tennis365

As a player he prefers best-of-five set matches at Grand Slams, but Andy Murray admits he is not an admirer of the format when it comes to watching tennis as an ordinary fan.

www.tennis365.com

He wants the ATP to fall in line with the WTA, equality and all that .....

BorgTheGOAT · Nov 25, 2020

Murray seems to be always wrong with his opinion no matter what the topic is.

Zardoz7/12 · Nov 25, 2020

Andy wants 3 sets because he knows he can't hang in a best of 5 situation anymore. That's the facts of it.

MusterCoriaKuerten · Nov 25, 2020

He can transition and play WTA if he wants that

F-ing fraud

ADuck · Nov 25, 2020

RiverRat said:
OK, if everyone is so gung-ho to continue the BO5, should the women also be playing BO5? If not, why? Preserving tradition is hardly an argument by itself. Presumably, what's good for the gander is also good for the goose.

It's not tradition. It's just better. But women B05 would be terrible to wait out, so personally I'm against it.

Nadal>>>>>Federer · Nov 25, 2020

At this point why not bring it down to just one set?

Gazelle · Nov 25, 2020

These guys have no respect for the game. SHAME.

Start da Game · Nov 25, 2020

make it best of 1 set with wimbledon final set format........i hope that satisfies all these women crying about best of 5........

daggerman · Nov 25, 2020

Gazelle said:
These guys have no respect for the game. SHAME.

Yes, the guy who dedicated his life to tennis and is still grinding on the professional tour with a metal hip is the one who lacks respect for the game

tennisjedi · Nov 25, 2020

What’s next? Best of 3 tiebreak sets?
Not everything has to be changed.

vive le beau jeu ! · Nov 25, 2020

all-time (miserable) git?

zipplock · Nov 25, 2020

Nadal>>>>>Federer said:
At this point why not bring it down to just one set?

Murray ALL IN on fast 4 for everything ...

King No1e · Nov 25, 2020

Mury no longer GOAT.

big ted · Nov 25, 2020

i think whatever the opposite of what djokovic thinks is the right thing to do

King No1e · Nov 25, 2020

big ted said:
i think whatever the opposite of what djokovic thinks is the right thing to do

After 2020 this is uncomfortably accurate.

Breakpointerer · Nov 25, 2020

Friendship with MuryGOAT over @TheNachoMan

Poisoned Slice · Nov 25, 2020

tsurismo5 · Nov 25, 2020

Why not bo3 for the first few rounds since there will be a lot of uninteresting matchups, then bo5 for the second week when the matchups become interesting. That means less fatigue for the b05 matches too, which could equalize things for younger players and produce higher quality tennis overall.

Edit: switching to 16 seeds along with bo3 in the early rounds would make for better upset potential, meaning less predictable slams. If different players started going deep, they might gain confidence for the rest of the year, making tennis deeper. The olympics have already set a precedent for having bo3 and bo5 in the same tournament.

Phoenix1983 · Nov 25, 2020

tsurismo5 said:
Why not bo3 for the first few rounds since there will be a lot of uninteresting matchups, then bo5 for the second week when the matchups become interesting. That means less fatigue for the b05 matches too, which could equalize things for younger players and produce higher quality tennis overall.

This is the least worst of the bad options. With the same rules applying for both the men's and women's games.

Poisoned Slice · Nov 25, 2020

Desperate for those 3 slams so he can be official all time good.

Deleted member 770948 · Nov 25, 2020

No surprise, Murray sees everything from a female point of view

Poisoned Slice · Nov 25, 2020

Deleted member 770948 · Nov 25, 2020

Murray has become a bad smell.
He hardly contributes to tennis on the court, and yet we have to hear his opinion on everything....

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