Should women play best-of-five-set Grand Slam finals? |
| Published: July 24, 2007, 9:37 am |
| Tags: uncategorized, health, longer, earned, finals, counter, direction, chief, scott |
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After a one-sided French Open final when Justine Henin demolished Ana Ivanovic, and after Venus Williams earned Wimbledon crown without using too much power to defeat Marion Bartoli, I vote for the introduction of best-of-five-set Grand Slam finals. However, it seems that it won't happen any time soon. Chairman and chief executive of the WTA Tour Larry Scott said: "My own view is that it's probably counter to the direction we've been heading in from player-health and well-being standpoints. What he refers to is that it collides with the idea to give the players a longer off-season and reduce tournament commitments because of numerous injuries and hence too many withdrawals. (via SeattlePI) But think again, can five-set finals really affect player health? They would only make the final more thrilling, and give the player who's down more chance to come back and a more solid and hardly earned victory for the one who wins. In addition, the spectators would have the [ Full article ] |
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