10:47 No more marathon matches at Wimbledon and Roland Garros due to super tiebreak

Marathon races at Wimbledon and Roland Garros are a thing of the past. The organizations behind the Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open made a super tie-break decision in Wednesday’s joint decision.

Decision means there will be a super tie-break if the score is 6-6 in the decider set. In this case, the player who has at least ten points and at least two points more than his opponent wins the game. The new system is an experiment. The rule change will be reconsidered at the end of the season.

So far, four Grand Slam tournaments had different rules for the final set. The US Open was followed by a regular tiebreak of seven points at 6-6 for years. The Australian Open also switched to this format in 2019, but a 10-point super tiebreak was implemented in Melbourne.

That same year Wimbledon also capitulated, but a regular seven-point tiebreak did not take place in London until the score was 12-12 in the deciding set. Only two games at Roland Garros were played until the difference.

“After extensive consultations with the WTA, ATP, ITF and the tennis community, the Grand Slam Council’s decision is based on a strong desire to achieve greater consistency in the Grand Slam rules of the game and equalize the Grand Slam experience. players and fans.” , four tournament organizations have issued a joint statement.

John Isner won the longest Grand Slam match in history at Wimbledon in 2010.


John Isner won the longest Grand Slam match in history at Wimbledon in 2010.

John Isner won the longest Grand Slam match in history at Wimbledon in 2010.

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The longest game of all time lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes.

Tennis has been calling for a super tie-break at all Grand Slams for some time now, so marathon competitions are a thing of the past. This is to prevent players and fans from standing on and around the tennis court for hours.

The record for longest game of all time is held by John Isner and Nicolas Mahut. They spent at least eleven hours and five minutes in the Wimbledon arena in 2010. Isner won the final set 70-68.

Three years ago, Kevin Anderson and Isner played the fourth longest game ever. They spent 6 hours 36 minutes in Wimbledon Park. Anderson won: 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-7 (9), 6-4 and 26-24. That is why Wimbledon introduced the super tiebreak the following year.

The next Grand Slam tournament is Roland Garros, which will be held in Paris from May 22 to June 5. Wimbledon (June 27 – July 10) and the US Open (August 29 – September 11) will follow. Rafael Nadal won the Australian Open last month, making him the only record holder to win 21 Grand Slam titles.

Source: NU

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