nochweiterroger
Rookie
Abolish lets when serving - fine
Best of four game sets at 'next gen' - awful and sinister. Preparing to introduce it everywhere???
Do away with five set matches (except at semis and finals)? Yes, some 3 set matches in early rounds (or later rounds) are boringly one sided, but on the other hand ....
Is all this really necessary? What is driving it? Television to some extent, presumably, but also this feeling that somehow tennis has to be more 'up to date' - that change for change's sake is the ideal.
Cricket has been more bullish and proud of its traditions (e.g. stuck to wooden bats - not that I'm against graphite racquets).
The tie-break was a brilliant and necessary idea, so it's not a question of being a dyed in the wool traditionalist, but too much watering down of the structure and scoring of the game will reduce it to vapid entertainment as happened in the 'quick tennis' event at the end of 2016 (can't remember what it was called).
Best of four game sets at 'next gen' - awful and sinister. Preparing to introduce it everywhere???
Do away with five set matches (except at semis and finals)? Yes, some 3 set matches in early rounds (or later rounds) are boringly one sided, but on the other hand ....
Is all this really necessary? What is driving it? Television to some extent, presumably, but also this feeling that somehow tennis has to be more 'up to date' - that change for change's sake is the ideal.
Cricket has been more bullish and proud of its traditions (e.g. stuck to wooden bats - not that I'm against graphite racquets).
The tie-break was a brilliant and necessary idea, so it's not a question of being a dyed in the wool traditionalist, but too much watering down of the structure and scoring of the game will reduce it to vapid entertainment as happened in the 'quick tennis' event at the end of 2016 (can't remember what it was called).
