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Originally Posted by dash_pinched
I realize this might be considered downright blasphemy, but what if we did away with best 3-of-5 in the grand slams and all tournaments were best 2-of-3? Could save some wear and tear on the top guys.
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Downright blasphemy indeed.
I think losing the 5 sets in masters finals was bad enough.
In my opinion, the grand slams are not the problem. You get a day's rest in between each match and sometimes two days rest. I think it's the crazy amount of matches in the lower tournaments (5-6 matches on consecutive days) for multiple weeks that really screw with the recovery of players.
However, I think it's hard to tell some of these players that they really shouldn't grind out like 5-6 tournaments in a row. Alexander Zverev, for example, played 5 matches in a row in washington, 2 days rest, 5 matches in a row in Canada then flames out in cincinatti and the US open. Let's say he gets better next year and does the same schedule, suddenly he's making it deep in cincy and US open too - that's just making yourself ripe for injury.
I think it's that type of crazy scheduling (like why in the world is canada and cincy back-to-back?) that affects things more than 3 sets vs. 5 sets.