If tennis officals reduce a set to 4 won games, will that make Fed's records reachable ?

Should this drastic change take place ?


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OhYes

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I've just read it in Tignor's column that something is going on in that department - tennis officials want to speed game up. And ironically enough, Federer and Hewitt were the first players to promote this kind of scoring system. 4–3 (5–3), 2–4, 3–4 (3–5), 4–0, 4–2 was for Roger in Sydney in less than 90 minutes.
So, no speeding up surface, they can do it in another way which is rather interesting and plausible to be honest.

That should give men even more durability and longevity, some might say that Fed's record in slams is reachable with these changes.
 

TheMaestro1990

Hall of Fame
I've just read it in Tignor's column that something is going on in that department - tennis officials want to speed game up. And ironically enough, Federer and Hewitt were the first players to promote this kind of scoring system. 4–3 (5–3), 2–4, 3–4 (3–5), 4–0, 4–2 was for Roger in Sydney in less than 90 minutes.
So, no speeding up surface, they can do it in another way which is rather interesting and plausible to be honest.

That should give men even more durability and longevity, some might say that Fed's record in slams is reachable with these changes.

Well, maybe. But on the other hand, upsets will also be a lot more common.
 
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OhYes

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Well, maybe. But on the other hand, upsets will also be a lot more common.
I think so too. What could happen also is more powerful and quicker movements and shots from players. That would really make tennis more interesting sport. Sometimes when players are pretty even, it's really boring to wait what will happen after 12 games in tiebreak.
 

sportmac

Hall of Fame
Speed up the game by making the courts faster.
I have no statistics on this but I believe that there weren't as many 5 hours matches before they homogenized the surfaces. Of course this constant toweling off doesn't help either.

Also, it's only the 4 times a year that this happens. It's unique in sports. (Well, DC also).

According to the WSJ you get more action in a 3 hour tennis match than a 3 hour football or baseball game:
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Gone will be the chance to figure out a big servers delivery and time to break it. Gone will be tiebreakers where multiple set/match points are saved and lost.

I don't like it.
 
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