All slams should have 5th set tiebreaks after this

[TheTruth]

I view it from a different lens. 2+ hrs on a tennis court is long enough to show who is better that day. If you are a world class tennis player, and you cannot bring your best stuff within the 1st 2hrs of the match, I think you deserve to lose.

I think for grand slams, the 128-person draw allows a lot of players to get in that ordinarily wouldn't make say, a Master's 64-person draw. Many times, with qualifiers, lucky losers, guys coming off of challengers, wild cards, etc. the top guys haven't seen many of these people and need time to adjust. These players outside the top 100 can then gain an advantage. They can view tapes, they already know their reputations, tendencies, etc.

There's been too many times I have heard the pros say they don't know anything about the guy/girl. It takes a set or two to understand their tendencies and adjust accordingly.

I think best of five is better for the slams.

 

[FlamingCheeto]

Having a tiebreak is what made the USO special and unique, now RG holds that title for NOT having them.

In Grand Slams, I do NOT Like tiebreaks at all, let them play it out in the 5th!!! But this goes to show how ONE MATCH changed everyone's mind.

 

[JCF]

Does Australian Open now have 5th set tb's ?

 

[MichaelNadal]

Ewwww

 

[DSH]

Does Australian Open now have 5th set tb's ?

Since 2019.
PCB vs Nishikori, Sandgren vs Federer, Wawrinka vs Fucsovics are examples of how to squander an important advantage by having to win 10 points, as opposed to USO where the winner needs to reach 7 points (and the difference of two points over the opponent, obviously).