travlerajm
Talk Tennis Guru
The no-ad + match tiebreak short format in smaller tournaments is quite different than the ad + full 3rd + match tiebreak long format in slams.Evolved or devolved?
I feel like no-ad scoring and match tiebreaks have been really detrimental to the ATP doubles tour in terms of the skills/tactics it encourages and the randomness it introduces.
The massive decrease in doubles prizemoney relative to singles prizemoney doesn't help either.
This leads to further specialization on the doubles tour. Some teams are slam specialists and others are 250 specialists.