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I approve, if only for the final.
Agreed five set grandslam finals would be so much more exciting, these days grandslam finals barely last an hour
I approve, if only for the final.
I am so looking forward to that. Let's hope it's not a damp squib.Time for a nap before Stan - Kev![]()
Are all the matches played on center court today? Is that why they are pushing back Standerson so much?
So many errors from Kvitova. Oh my....
Does Pennetta have any shot of winning over the Halep/Azarenka winner?
Best of 5 throughout the whole tournament for the women would probably cause some serious scheduling issues. I'd at least like the potential of a 5-set final for the women. Maybe semis too... but at least the final.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTA_Tour_Championships:Can I ask, as I'm not familiar with Women's tennis to an extent, did they ever play 5 set matches? if so when?
Can I ask, as I'm not familiar with Women's tennis to an extent, did they ever play 5 set matches? if so when?
The US Open (respectively the US National Championships back then) had 5-set-finals for women around 100 years ago.Can I ask, as I'm not familiar with Women's tennis to an extent, did they ever play 5 set matches? if so when?
What? They've earned it. They won their matches, didn't they? And at 32 and 33 years of age respectively. Blegh yourself, you troglodyte.Grand Slam Semifinals featuring Roberta Vinci and Flavia Pennetta. Blegh...
I think the obvious and decent compromise would be to have best of 3 in the beginning and then best of 5 from a certain point onwards for both tours. I don't understand why the women aren't pushing for this, respectability for the WTA would certainly increase if they agreed to play equal events for equal prize money.
Best of 5 throughout the whole tournament for the women would probably cause some serious scheduling issues. I'd at least like the potential of a 5-set final for the women. Maybe semis too... but at least the final.
Yes. That works, and have thought the same myself. Best of 3 up to the quarter-finals for both tours would work. Of course, many will find this opinion to be absurd.
I think the obvious and decent compromise would be to have best of 3 in the beginning and then best of 5 from a certain point onwards for both tours. I don't understand why the women aren't pushing for this, respectability for the WTA would certainly increase if they agreed to play equal events for equal prize money.
Kvitova looked like she had mono
hmm, that might cause issues. Players have to specifically train for a bo5 match fitness wise, so put all that physical training in for just one matcha year potentially, a 1st time slams finalist has to player their 1st ever bo5 match (Safarova at RG for example), could put too much a premium on fitness.
I like the idea though.
The WTA championships used to have best of 5 finals some 15-20 years ago.
Oh, I see it's been answered already. There were at least two great 5 set finals that I remember, one between Graf and Hingis and the other between Graf and Huber.
I have to wholeheartedly disagree with this statement of respectability for the WTA. Professional tennis is by far the most respected sport for women. It's not even close. You look at the top earning women athletes in the world and it always overrun by tennis players. So there is a difference between respectability according to TT message boards and respectability according to the world.
I agree with Vinci but Pennetta is a talented player. In any case, everything is set up for Serena to bag the calendar slam, no sweat. However, I don't really care about that achievement in WTA given the state of the women's tour. The true feat would be to do it on the men's tour and it's nowhere close to happening there.Grand Slam Semifinals featuring Roberta Vinci and Flavia Pennetta. Blegh...
What? They've earned it. They won their matches, didn't they? And at 32 and 33 years of age respectively. Blegh yourself, you troglodyte.
Anke Huber! That's a name I've not heard in a very long time. Really, she's one of the forgotten, former "names" of her era.
I have to wholeheartedly disagree with this statement of respectability for the WTA. Professional tennis is by far the most respected sport for women. It's not even close. You look at the top earning women athletes in the world and it always overrun by tennis players. So there is a difference between respectability according to TT message boards and respectability according to the world.
This match is better than at least half of the men's matches. In what way,men's matches are better? I can't see that.
Well, I still believe the fifth set tiebreak at the US Open is rather extravagant, but I've learned to live with it. Our proposal would at least make all Slams equal, unlike this strange American exception which almost makes the US Open seem like a different kind of tournament.
Kvitova---how long can heat be used as an excuse? Even Venus--with a serious, chronic illness can endure playing women of a younger generation, and fresh--then Kvitova should do something to condition herself for the same NY heat she faces every year.
I have come around on this. The sport is too much of an endurance contest now to be having guys go 14-12 in the fifth set. If someone can't win the match in four hours, then bring it to a conclusion, especially in the early rounds.
Women's best of five would be the biggest disaster ever. When their 2 out of 3 matches take three hours, it already pushes scheduling to the limits. Slams would basically only be able to do two matches for a day session and one at night. Seeing it for a year end final like they used to do would be cool.
I love Pennetta. Flavia v Sabine at Indian Wells is the best match I've ever seen in person.
I don't mind Pennetta in the semis. She has had proven success on hard courts in recent years, having been to the semis here in 2013 and won a Premier Mandatory event in Indian Wells last year. Vinci, though.... Sure she deserves to be there because she got herself there, but let's face it: she's an example of someone taking advantage of a super weak section of the draw who is otherwise not nearly a high enough level player to be in a Grand Slam QF. It's kind of like Kubot getting to the Wimbledon QF's in 2013, or hell, even Pospisil this year.
The problem I have with Penetta being here regardless of her recent HC accomplishments/form (and Vinci too) is that neither has a hope in hell of beating Serena at the USO. I don't care if Serena wins, but I don't want her to go through Vinci and Penetta in the SF and Final to win a CYGS. Now one of Halep or Azarenka has to beat Penetta or we won't get much of a USO final IMO. It'll be more like a coronation.
Pretty sure someone must've said that, as it's the main argument of most if not all conservatives on whatever they wanna conserve.I wouldn't mind if they introduced the fifth set tiebreak in all Slams. As it is, it makes the US Open seem like the "lesser" Slam and it diminishes it for me. The surface and the venue are different, but the rules of the game at Grand Slam level should be the same across the board. I know scheduling would be a problem but I think using it as an excuse is a bad reason not to do it. It's almost like saying "let's keep the apartheid a few more years because people aren't ready for freedom yet".
Pretty sure someone must've said that, as it's the main argument of most if not all conservatives on whatever they wanna conserve.
Obviously. I mean the Average Joe in the streets.Anyone in power is conservative by nature. But that's just my way of seeing it.
In this thread: people still talking about Azarenka as if she's the most dangerous player in the world when much has happened in tennis since her two Australian Open titles