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Aisyah's avatar

Such an awesome analysis, thank you Mr. Willis!!

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tm's avatar

Medvedev's brilliant play and Opelka's wit make it harder for me to maintain my shrill opposition to the heightification of men's tennis. But maintain it I do. I think it is a danger for the sport. Perhaps there are enough Medvedev's ato keep the servebots at bay and keep the sport from suffering a fatal deskilling, but it's foolish to assume it will work out that way. We almost got an Isner-Opelka master's 1000 final and we will likely see a grand slam final of similar ilk in the future. The Anderson-Isner Wimbledon final was a warning that has been ignored. Well-run sports, like the NFL, adjust their rules to maintain the quality of the sport's play. Tennis should make appropriate rule changes. I'm open to different options. My radical solution is to move back the service line for every inch a player exceeds, say, six foot two inches. I'll leave it to Jeff Sackman to determine the exact amount needed to even things out.

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