Genderless draws in tennis

csmoove899

Semi-Pro
Who are we to deny Serena gender equality and the downfall of the patriarchy as she toils away in Futures tournaments ranked outside the top 1000?
 
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Let's just say for a moment that this actually happened

I'd watch it a few times for novelty value, but let's be honest, it would get old quickly and be a commercial flop. I'm not a WTA guy myself but it does seem to get plenty of viewership so it's a nice little earner for the bigwigs, regardless of quality or anything
 

Federer and Del Potro

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Do you think this would get more viewership/profit than ATP + WTA separately as they are right now?

I doubt it. Seems like a bad idea for the people who would be the ones to implement it.
 

Lilwhitelie

New User
Remember this.... Serena is a business and money first type first and foremost. I say this because when she retires she can pull a Mayweather and play a man for x amount of money on her terms and she wins either way. Would people watch???? Not on pay per view but they would watch and in large numbers at least once. Same logic mayweather used against mcgregor in UFC. It was easy money and it appears once again he needs more money since he just tweeted a paquio rematch is being planned!!!!!
 

clayqueen

Talk Tennis Guru
There is this thing called mixed doubles so it's sort of already happening.
Let's have the real mixed doubles: 2 men vs 2 women.
Why not extend it to singles then? The draw could look like this:

Rnd 1
Nadal vs Konta
Federer vs Bouchard
Djokovic vs Watson
Murray vs Puig

Serena vs Basilashvili
Wozniaki vs Shapovalov
Svitolina vs Delbonis
Garcia vs Tiafoe
 
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Zoolander

Hall of Fame
That would be fun. NOT.


Did you forget this little nugget of history?


http://www.marca.com/en/more-sports/2017/06/27/595296da468aeb99218b464c.html


No. 203 sweeps Williams
At the height of the Williams boom in 1998, an unofficial game took place in Australia after Serena and Venus claimed that no male player outside the top 200 could beat them.

Up stepped a German known as Karsten Braasch who was ranked 203rd in the world and after first beating Serena 6-1, he then disposed of Venus 6-2.

"I didn't know it would be that difficult. I played shots that would have been winners on the women's circuit and he got to them very easily," said Serena.

"They wouldn't have had a chance against anyone inside the top 500 because today I played like someone ranked 600th to keep it fun," was Braasch's assessment.


And the dude was smoking Cigs and drinking booze on changeovers

And he hits the nail on the head! Men should be breathtested before every match v the women. They can only play if their BAC is over 0.1. If theyre not p****d, they get defaulted.

That might even things out a little. And think of the ratings when guys like Kyrgios or Tipsarevic play drunk! Anarchy!
 

TnsGuru

Professional
Just look how these ladies trying to return some of the best serves in the world in mixed doubles. Even the great Serena had no reply. This is what fans want to see? Ladies getting humiliated by big bomb serves with angle and kick? I don't think this would be fun to watch. :(
 
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clayqueen

Talk Tennis Guru
Just look how these ladies look trying to return some of the best servers in the world in mixed doubles. Even the great Serena had no reply. This is what fans want to see? Ladies getting humiliated by big bomb serves with angle and kick? I don't think this would be fun to watch. :(
No further proof needed. I rest my case. Women being paid the same as men is just wrong. During the USO, one commentator actually said, Serena has the best serve in all of tennis, men included. I hate commentators conferring these accolades with no justification.
 
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