Atennisone
Hall of Fame
AO has just introduced tiebreak to 10-10 at 6-6 5th set.
Roland Garros is the best GS!
(I'm so f****** angry!)
Roland Garros is the best GS!
(I'm so f****** angry!)
RG becomes the best GS (AO introduces tiebreak)
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SuperSpinner
Semi-Pro
clay tennis is slow, takes less skill.
Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil
Talk Tennis Guru
TheGhostOfAgassi
Talk Tennis Guru
Clay is for men
Take those boring serves and tip toe volleys another place.
Take those boring serves and tip toe volleys another place.
BHud
Hall of Fame
FO still sucks...it's clay...need I say more. I prefer getting to a result without destroying a person for the remainder of a tournament. TB 5th may help to alleviate virtual walkovers late in a draw. If you are partial to unlimited endurance, watch marathons. I'd rather see skill and strategy.
Plamen1234
Hall of Fame
Lol.RG will never be the best Slam even if Wimbledon is scrapped.AO and US Open are way better than RG.But yeah AO decision to have tiebreak in the 5th set sucks.
TheGhostOfAgassi
Talk Tennis Guru
Late for your manicure?
tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
No, they all suck equally now.
True Fanerer
G.O.A.T.
The FO needs a hell of a lot more help to be the 3rd best slam.
TheGhostOfAgassi
Talk Tennis Guru
This shows RG not desperate to make changes like the others to attract viewers.
Maybe RG got the best management of them all not needing to go for extreme solutions.
Staying classy and not listening to the whiners
Maybe RG got the best management of them all not needing to go for extreme solutions.
Staying classy and not listening to the whiners
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
This happened too fast. We had 1 slam with a tb 5th and it was special. Then it feels like overnight only 1 slam is played out. DUMB!
OldschoolKIaus
Hall of Fame
I only see one solution to this problem:
All majors should immediately move to carpet!
Fedr grand slam 19 and golden slam 2020 confirmed!
All majors should immediately move to carpet!
Fedr grand slam 19 and golden slam 2020 confirmed!
Federer hates carpet himself. He was one of the players who said he never wants to see it again on the ATP tour.
CiscoPC600
Hall of Fame
I thought RG was the best slam even before this news.. 
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Good stuff. Some people have other things to do during their day.
Towny
Hall of Fame
Never ending 5th sets is far more a problem for Wimbledon than for AO anyway. I don't know why they didn't follow Wimbledon's lead. 12-12 is a decent compromise. 6-6 is too early. Even in recent years, both Djokovic-Wawrinka classics would have been affected by the change. It just seems like a knee-jerk reaction
CiscoPC600
Hall of Fame
Agreed. Wimbledon format is better.
titoelcolombiano
Legend
It's always been the best slam - vamos!
justasport
Professional
The French Open is the only major not shown on ESPN or ESPN2 in the United States. That tells you all you need to know about that major tournament!
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
NBC shows it.
justasport
Professional
You are correct, but the airings are always tape delayed and at most you get to see 3 hours of tennis. At the AO, W and UO ESPN and ESPN2 show a combined 10 hours daily between them and you don't hardly miss a ball except when the sorry commentators are more concerned about some idiot in the crowd! Roland Garros is the only major that gets no publicity or exposure on those two major sports networks in that country. It's very sad because Roland Garros used to be just as big as the AO and UO. Nothing in tennis compares to Wimbledon, but the other three majors were on a level playing field. Those days are gone because the AO has separated itself from the UO and has become the 2nd most popular major, and then you have the UO trying desperately to keep up with the AO! But the FO is just about obsolete and it's because of their unwillingness to expand and make renovations for the players and media! They better step it up big time and they also better step it up now or that tournament is toast as far as coverage and prestige are concerned!! Come on Guy Forget!!!!! Get it together!!!!!!!!
Mack-2
Professional
Wait, he got banned? [emoji33]
Jackuar
Hall of Fame
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Deleted member 77403
Guest
Isner and Anderson have left their mark on this sport in a massive way, that match could now be one of the most influential matches of all time, the way Sampras v Ivanisevic was.
Who would have thought?
Who would have thought?
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Deleted member 77403
Guest
They will probably get there also, these guys are last to put a roof on too, so it would not surprise me they be last to change to tie break also. Expect it in about a year or two.
TheGhostOfAgassi
Talk Tennis Guru
@125downthemiddle
Looks like the French open likes to stay French, and open
At least there is one slam that would like to do the whole fight, to the very last end.
Looks like the French open likes to stay French, and open
At least there is one slam that would like to do the whole fight, to the very last end.
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Chadalina
Guest
The only gs without time limiting scoring doesnt have lights. Its safe to say pro tennis is a mess.
Records no longer matter, may as well have 8 gs's that use 4 game sets. It was really bad when they made masters in to 2 out of 3 sets and jabroni's like nadal and djok started winning more than lendl. Masters used to be worth so much more.
Pro tennis pretty much sucks now a days, but its still my fav sport to play.
Records no longer matter, may as well have 8 gs's that use 4 game sets. It was really bad when they made masters in to 2 out of 3 sets and jabroni's like nadal and djok started winning more than lendl. Masters used to be worth so much more.
Pro tennis pretty much sucks now a days, but its still my fav sport to play.
ChaelAZ
G.O.A.T.
Clay has always been controversial because it is a great equalizer. You negate those baseline and big serve bangers and force them to play tennis, construct points, and use the full court. Even hard courts are emulating the surface to make the game more difficult. And to a less extent even the worst surface, grass has been changed to improve play. It's funny to see fan bases comments complain about slow when it demonstrates weaknesses in their players, but the changes and support of nuetral, more difficult courts has improved tennis immensly. Some of it has to be the neuatrialzing effect of equipment improvements as well, least we just end up with a serving game only. It would be like watching baseball really, where serves are like pitches and every so often someone hits one for at least a moment of excitement. But most the time you are just watching people stand around and a ball go zipping past them.
Personally I thinks tie breaks for match finals shold be in place.
Personally I thinks tie breaks for match finals shold be in place.
Im(moral) Winner
G.O.A.T.
When are racist comments nice?
CiscoPC600
Hall of Fame
This must be excellent trolling..
Krish872007
Talk Tennis Guru
By the way, this change would mean that each Slam has a different way of deciding five-set matches.
- AO: super-tiebreak to 10 pts at 6-6 in the fifth
- RG: play on until 2 games clear (i.e. no TB)
- Wimbledon: standard TB at 12-12
- US Open: standard TB at 6-6
Take your pick
- AO: super-tiebreak to 10 pts at 6-6 in the fifth
- RG: play on until 2 games clear (i.e. no TB)
- Wimbledon: standard TB at 12-12
- US Open: standard TB at 6-6
Take your pick
CiscoPC600
Hall of Fame
After further thought, I would rank best "deciding set" as follows:
French as #1 is clear. Aussie as second just because it doesn't seem as Wimbledon.
- French;
- Aussie;
- US;
- Wimbledon.
French as #1 is clear. Aussie as second just because it doesn't seem as Wimbledon.
CiscoPC600
Hall of Fame
I would've proposed that all matches prior to the final be regular tiebreaker but for the finals the match must go until someone wins by two games. This way you avoid someone having an insane match in the late rounds then get killed in the following round, but we maintain the epicness of a grueling final to the death.
Sport
G.O.A.T.
It only tells you that Americans are not interested in RG. ESPN in an American channel. It's like saying that American football is irrelevant because many European sport channels do not put American football matches.
In Europe no one watches tennis matches in ESPN but in Eurosport.
Sport
G.O.A.T.
Servebotting at Wimbledon also makes no sense. Let them servebot until the end of time like Anderson and Isner.
mike danny
Bionic Poster
Well, I wouldn't go that far. It still has the worst facilities among the GS.
mike danny
Bionic Poster
Oh, AO, you used to be the best slam in recent times. What happened to you? After you finally started to be taken seriously in the mid 80's, you do this.
navorski_o9
New User
How about a compromise? Tiebreaks are ok in all rounds, but not the finals. That way, players are not burnt out from long matches. It doesn't matter in the finals though, you don't have to play another match. Just my two cents.
icedevil0289
G.O.A.T.
fundrazer
G.O.A.T.
Does Thiem have any tactics other than hit the ball hard and with lots of spin?
What's his best surface again?
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Deleted member 3771
Guest
The FO will now officially be known as 'The Grand Slam'.
I can't see the FO changing their 5th set scoring system. The decision by the other slams only enhances the FO's reputation as the toughest slams.
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