McEnroe wants matches to be shorter

[TheNachoMan]

‘Is there anything wrong with that?’ – John McEnroe wants shorter men’s matches at Grand Slams - Eurosport

Tie-breaks should replace the fifth set in men’s matches at Grand Slams, according to a radical proposal floated by Eurosport expert John McEnroe.

www.eurosport.com

disgust.

 

[weakera]

His opinion is far less relevant than mine, he is washed up boomer

 

[GabeT]

Winner of the coin toss wins the match. No more injuries or MTOs!

 

[TheNachoMan]

His opinion is far less relevant than mine, he is washed up boomer

Unfortunately, tennis authorities will take his opinion quite seriously. sh*tposters like us don’t matter.

 

[lrdrdy]

lets just make every set a tiebreak, just a bunch of points like badminton, this will be great for tennis!

 

[travlerajm]

His opinion is far less relevant than mine, he is washed up boomer

You’ll be old and wanting shorter matches too some day.

 

[weakera]

Unfortunately, tennis authorities will take his opinion quite seriously. sh*tposters like us don’t matter.

I have the ear of some very important people

 

[TheNachoMan]

I have the ear of some every important people

Do you also talk to Carlos Moya?

 

[weakera]

Do you also talk to Carlos Moya?

Not at liberty to reveal my connections

 

[JeMar]

Winner of the coin toss wins the match. No more injuries or MTOs!

Might be the only way that Osaka wins another slam.

 

[Pass750]

Most people don’t want to sit down and watch a 5 hour match. I love tennis but that’s too much tennis.

Here’s a radical idea, first couple of rounds, if the higher seed wins the first 2 sets, match is over. It’s a waste of time to watch someone routinely win 3 straight sets against an overmatched opponent.

 

[NatF]

Where's the dislike button.

 

[TheNachoMan]

Most people don’t want to sit down and watch a 5 hour match. I love tennis but that’s too much tennis.

Here’s a radical idea, first couple of rounds, if the higher seed wins the first 2 sets, match is over. It’s a waste of time to watch someone routinely win 3 straight sets against an overmatched opponent.

I would be somewhat okay with R1-R3 being BO3. R4-F should always be BO5 though.

 

[TheNachoMan]

Where's the dislike button.

I’m just the messenger, bud.

 

[hoodjem]

At his age, of course he does.

 

[The Fedfather]

John is probably just tired of having to commentate on 4-5 hours of mostly similar baseline exchanges.

 

[Poisoned Slice]

 

[Ledigs]

Hell no

 

[_phantom]

As a commentator he will need to work less for the same salary. Clever.

 

[puppybutts]

I wonder what the injury rate is in slams. I enjoy 5 set epics, but I also must admit that a shorter format until the F or QFs would bring a lot of benefits...

• less draws falling apart due to player injury withdrawal
• less MTOs
• higher quality tennis and less of two guys limping around between points
• no more nightmare scheduling when a match unexpectedly goes long, which decreases viewership and the quality of play for the players waiting on standby for 1-4 hours
• potentially higher viewership (i know a lot of TTW would disagree...but let's face it, live viewership for a full 3-5 hour tennis match is pretty low)

even team sports like basketball, soccer, or american football, where the individual athlete's body is much less taxed and still have lots of stop and go action, rarely go over 3 hours, and those sports still struggle with injuries too.

what % of tennis viewership is actually full matches and not just the 3-10 minute free highlights on youtube?

 

[duaneeo]

Wow, two McEnroe threads within an hour. Must be some very boring matches playing right now.

 

[crimson87]

Endless baseline bashing is the problem. More S&V solves it. Use drastic measures like landmines on the baseline or rackets giving an electric discharge to players if they don't hit a volley 20 seconds after the point started.

 

[BeatlesFan]

His opinion is far less relevant than mine, he is washed up boomer

Lendl resents that remark.

 

[mnttlrg]

I'm in favor of shorter matches. I wouldn't mind seeing 4 games to win a set instead of 6, etc etc.

It's pretty clear that the men's tour players are not getting through these long events without having serious physical problems.

It's even worse when they are supposed to play doubles along with these marathon singles matches.

 

[The Fedfather]

Endless baseline bashing is the problem. More S&V solves it. Use drastic measures like landmines on the baseline or rackets giving an electric discharge to players if they don't hit a volley 20 seconds after the point started.

Lol

With how much a lot of the current players fear to come to the net, the landmines might be the only solution.

 

[Federev]

Not at liberty to reveal my connections

Hi SRDAN!!!!

 

[Karma Tennis]

I agree with Mac 100%

5th Set SHOULD be a Tie Breaker.

Make it first to 50 Points wins !

 

[I Am Finnish]

Lol

 

[ChaelAZ]

‘Is there anything wrong with that?’ – John McEnroe wants shorter men’s matches at Grand Slams - Eurosport

Tie-breaks should replace the fifth set in men’s matches at Grand Slams, according to a radical proposal floated by Eurosport expert John McEnroe.

www.eurosport.com

disgust.

He is getting too old to stay focused and wanna work that long. Nothing to do with the sport.

 

[Frenchy-Player]

John is probably just tired of having to commentate on 4-5 hours of mostly similar baseline exchanges.

 

[The Fedfather]

The old commercials have a unique charm to them.

 

[Topspin_80]

At his age, it makes sense.

 

[N01E]

Winner of the coin toss wins the match. No more injuries or MTOs!

Anybody has any data on coin toss slam results? I'm wondering what's the best coin toss win / match win ratio in a slam we've got.

 

[ibbi]

See, what we need, what TENNIS needs, is for Big Sash to win multiple slams, and then he will fight valiantly to protect the longer form of the game.

 

[Siewi]

"When a man is tired of tennis, he is tired of life" -- Plato

 

[Ace of Aces]

Tennis authorities have the same problem baseball ones do. If someone doesn’t like your sport having less of it won’t make them like it. It will just tick off the current fans.

 

[hofshot]

As a commentator he will need to work less for the same salary. Clever.

Good thinking, but they are paid by the hour

 

[BeatlesFan]

Mac's wanted BO3 ever since Lendl came back from two sets down against him in the '84 FO final. Had that match been BO3, he would have been crowned Roland Garros champion. So self serving of the brat.

 

[Mustard]

Awful idea, and would dilute the prestige that tennis majors have left. Those tiebreaks at the end of doubles' matches have ruined their credibility. In those doubles matches, you have 2 whole sets, and if it's 1 set all, you then have the lottery/penalty shootout of a tiebreak, which is most unsatisfactory for determining who is the better team.

 

[ScentOfDefeat]

I love him as a player, but McEnroe's presence in media needs to be shorter.

 

[Oval_Solid]

eliminate change over breaks

 

[UnderratedSlam]

We'd be better off with sets played until 4 instead of 6 games. I'd 100% prefer that.

However, this should have been implemented earlier... like a century earlier.

Too late now to make such drastic changes. You alter the scoring system drastically and all the records and comparisons go down the toilet, or at least many of them.

 

[Impressario]

In an era where the ridiculous is the canon, I am afraid we will soon kiss the 5-set matches goodbye

 

[big ted]

I'm in favor of shorter matches. I wouldn't mind seeing 4 games to win a set instead of 6, etc etc.

It's pretty clear that the men's tour players are not getting through these long events without having serious physical problems.

It's even worse when they are supposed to play doubles along with these marathon singles matches.

same here i like superset tennis to 4 with no ad scoring... keep it best of 5 tho..

 

[Deleted member 791948]

I hope they don't make that change until after Nadal is retired. No need to infect his slam record with slams won the nancy-boy way

 

[Sir Weed]

John McEnroe, nobody forces you to share your attenshuun span with Tennis.

 

[Sir Weed]

Who loves ya, Baby?

 

[Sir Weed]

I want the journey to Mars to be shorter. I want the assembly of my Cheeseburger to be shorter. I want human pregnancy to be shorter. I want Wayne to be Shorter.

 

[Mustard]

In an era where the ridiculous is the canon, I am afraid we will soon kiss the 5-set matches goodbye

And the credibility of tennis majors with it. If the authorities aren't going to treat it seriously, why should the fans?

Having a deciding set be just a tiebreak is ridiculous! You may as well decide the match on a coin toss.

John McEnroe talks so much that he often says whatever nonsense comes into his brain at any given moment.

 

[Sir Weed]