People find that satisfying? A super-talented young player emerges and plays 2.5 hours of jaw-dropping, world-beating tennis…and then enough time passes for regression to the mean and normal programming resumes, and it’s deflating. Djokovic earns the win, sure, but yawn.
https://twitter.com/amigatehouse/status/1401918164888342531
Part of the appeal of sports, I truly believe, is that anything can happen. The any given Sunday principle that sees things like Mickelson winning in his 50s.
In men’s tennis at Slams, the margins are just too big to ever derail the top guys, and it’s cruise control to a fault.
In men’s tennis at Slams, the margins are just too big to ever derail the top guys, and it’s cruise control to a fault.
Thankfully for tennis, the ATP and ITF have seen the light here, retiring the obsolete best-of-five format at Olympics, ATP finals, Masters finals, and Davis Cup.
When the best deal Grand Slam tennis can get is Peacock, it’s time for the Slams to see the writing on the wall too.
When the best deal Grand Slam tennis can get is Peacock, it’s time for the Slams to see the writing on the wall too.
Well that I agree with…not wanting to surrender a sense of superiority over the women’s game has to be a huge motivation for many men in tennis.
Even at a price…BO5 means many men make less money at Slams overall because they can’t also enter doubles like many top women do.
Even at a price…BO5 means many men make less money at Slams overall because they can’t also enter doubles like many top women do.
https://twitter.com/clunm76/status/1401922259074310144
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