The Grand Slams unify the definition of matches with the ‘super tie break’ | Other Sports | sports

The four of them Grand Slam tournaments decided to unify their way of concluding five-set matchesestablishing all in 2022 the super tie break (10 points won with a minimum difference of two) with 6-6 in the fifth set, they announced this Wednesday.

“The Grand Slams want to try the experience for a full seasonafter consulting with the WTA (women’s circuit), the ATP (men’s circuit) and the ITF (international federation) before making this rule change perennial “, indicated the four ‘Big’ (Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open) in a joint statement.

“Purists may be disappointed, but we are proud to be able to align ourselves with the other three Grand Slams”, commented the director of Roland Garros, Amélie Mauresmo.

In recent seasons, the French Grand Slam was unique in letting matches go on until one player won the final set two games ahead.

The Australian Open already had the super tie break at 6-6 in the fifth set, Wimbledon had a tie break but tied at 12 games, and the US Open he had a tie break at 6-6 in the fifth set.

“The idea is also to give more satisfaction to the fans who love this decisive moment. and full of suspense at the end of the game. In terms of programming gives more visibilityparticularly for televisions, although globally it was a fairly small percentage of matches that was affected”, added the former tennis player. (D)