Wimbledon has entered the second week. This is the second half of the Grand Slam tournament. The subsequent games will become more intense and the attention will be higher and higher.
Due to the time difference and working days, I will only choose the games that interest me to watch live. After Zhang Shuai and Zheng Qinwen were eliminated in singles, I rarely paid attention to the women's game. As for the doubles, because there are less broadcasts and the game picture from the camera position in the small court is worse than that in the central court, I don't watch much.
This brings up a problem. There are actually much fewer games to watch. Except for the game between Djokovic and Nadal , the only good games left now are Kyrgios .
Kyrgios' game featured acrobatic shots and unpredictable horse-grabbing incidents. If the giants' game is a grand drama, then Kyrgios' game is a dazzling circus, a comedy or even a farce.
However, not all fans are very knowledgeable about football, and not all viewers like to watch regular dramas, so Kyrgios has a need to exist. His style caters to a considerable number of football watchers.
Therefore, even Wimbledon, which has always shown itself as a gentleman and is conservative and traditional, has repeatedly promoted Kyrgios in the official media, and even once used Kyrgios’s photo as the cover image of the official media. This is obviously to bring attention to the public. Come with more box office, traffic and attention.
recommendation is promotion, and violations will still be punished. Kyrgios was fined $10,000 for spitting in the audience during the first round of Wimbledon, and was fined $4,000 for swearing during a match against Tsitsipas. In just one week, Kyrgios received two fines at Wimbledon.
However, Kyrgios didn't care about this. The fine of $14,000 was just a common penalty, and it was not painful. After advancing to the quarterfinals, Kyrgios' guaranteed singles bonus at Wimbledon reached 310,000 pounds (approximately $375,000).
Before the fourth round of the singles match last night, Kyrgios made another shocking statement, aiming his gun at Wimbledon, denouncing the Wimbledon men’s doubles best-of-five set as “the stupidest thing ever.” ".
According to the original plan, Kyrgios planned to register for singles, doubles and mixed doubles at Wimbledon at the same time. Due to the temporary withdrawal of the original mixed doubles partner Osaka Naomi , the planned mixed doubles was ruined. And because he was dissatisfied with the best-of-five-set system in men's doubles, Kyrgios decided not to partner with Kokkinakis in the men's doubles match.
At the Australian Open at the beginning of the year, Kyrgios partnered with his childhood friend Kokkinakis and became a big hit on the court, with attention comparable to the legendary Australian doubles Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodford . In the end, Kyrgios won the men's doubles championship, his first Grand Slam championship.
There are a total of 5 "K"s in their last names, so this doubles partner is called the Super 5K combination. It is said that the two will continue to partner in the men's doubles at the US Open , and the reason for skipping Wimbledon is that they are dissatisfied with Wimbledon's best-of-five-set system.
"I'm not really looking forward to playing a best-of-five doubles match. To be honest, I think it's the stupidest thing ever. I don't know why it's a best-of-five. No one wants to play a best-of-five doubles match. No one wants to watch a best-of-five doubles match.
“I am actually very interested in doubles, but if I were asked to play a best-of-five doubles match, I would definitely not participate. I've been playing well in singles at Wimbledon, so I'm not going to take my break to play a five-set doubles match. It doesn't make sense."
The men's doubles matches of the four Grand Slams have all used a best-of-five-set system, but the French Open and took the lead in changing the men's doubles to a best-of-three-set system in 1990, followed by the US Open in 1993. Australian Open has also changed to a best-of-three-set system since 2002. As the most conservative and traditional Wimbledon, the men's doubles competition has always followed the best-of-five set system.
So, should Wimbledon also follow the trend of the times. , what about changing the men’s doubles match to a best-of-three-set format?
In response, nine-time Wimbledon men’s doubles champion Todd Woodbridge expressed his opposition: “I like the current best-of-five-set format for men’s doubles at Wimbledon. . I think it is very necessary for men's matches to maintain a best-of-five-set format in Grand Slam tournaments because winning in a best-of-three-set format is too easy for many people. In addition, singles and doubles have different viewing pleasures. Some players will focus on singles, while others focus on doubles. These two types of people should be separated. "
Woodbridge believes that the implementation of the best-of-five-set system in men's doubles will help cultivate more doubles experts, improve doubles skills and enjoyment, and allow players to decide whether to focus on singles or doubles based on their respective strengths. Avoid crossover.
"Wimbledon has many traditions, some traditions need to be changed, and some traditions need to be inherited. Blindly changing traditions will not make Wimbledon better and more attractive. I hope the All England Lawn Tennis Club can continue this tradition. " Woodbridge said.
In the end, Kyrgios decided to withdraw from the men's doubles competition at Wimbledon on the grounds that he is a singles player and singles is his focus. If the doubles implements a best-of-three-set system, he is likely to Participate in doubles.
As a fan, do you think Wimbledon should stick to the traditional best-of-five-set system for men's doubles, or follow the trend and implement a best-of-three-set system? ( Source: Tennis Home Author: Yunjuan Yunshu)
