Change of format at 4 Grand Slam tournaments
From now on, all 4 tennis tournaments Grand Slam throughout the year have the same method of ending a match in the final set. If in the 5th set the score is decided to be 6-6, the players will play a tie-break from 1 to 10 to find the winner. This trial will begin at this year’s French Open. This trial will also extend to junior events and wheelchair tennis events.
The new format will be applied right at the upcoming French Open
Until now, most Grand Slam tournaments let the final set go on until a player won by 2 games. This causes many matches to last for days. One of them was the match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon 2010. At that time, John Isner won the fifth set with a score of 70-68. The match takes 3 days to finish.
The record-long match between Isner and Mahut at Wimbledon 2010 took up to 3 days to finish
Commenting on this decision, Rafael Nadal said: “Honestly, I don’t care too much about this. I do not oppose nor support. With tournaments like Roland Garros will not be affected. Probably the biggest impact will come only with Wimbledon – the tournament is on grass and there you will have a hard time breaking the game. In a 22-20 clay-court match It’s very difficult to happen, but on the pitch it is possible.”
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