Roland Garros Draws, Grass Masters 1000's, climate change in tennis, doubles as a format, Medvedev on clay, Jabeur & Anisimova clay form, Tsitsipas vs lefties, breakaway tours, comparing eras
Queens will struggle without a roof, to prove a grass Masters can work Pre Wimby in the UK. It’s also very reduced for space and I’m not sure the members, incredibly disrupted already, wld vote for it. There is also the question, ignored, of how it affects all the other grass tourneys, both in UK and elsewhere, investment in which has been huge over past few years. Also, do you include the WTA? Or are Masters just for men….?
Re Italy. The courts were packed for first few days both for WTA & ATP, kids are encouraged and family days out. Prices are reasonable. However, as with all Masters, prices are increasingly higher and higher towards the back end, off putting for many fans, and the timings need to be looked at too. Even Rome, famously laid back and public friendly has become more corporate this year with less space give to the ordinary ticket fans and more given over to corporate entertainment… Make of that what you will.
Queens will struggle without a roof, to prove a grass Masters can work Pre Wimby in the UK. It’s also very reduced for space and I’m not sure the members, incredibly disrupted already, wld vote for it. There is also the question, ignored, of how it affects all the other grass tourneys, both in UK and elsewhere, investment in which has been huge over past few years. Also, do you include the WTA? Or are Masters just for men….?
Re Italy. The courts were packed for first few days both for WTA & ATP, kids are encouraged and family days out. Prices are reasonable. However, as with all Masters, prices are increasingly higher and higher towards the back end, off putting for many fans, and the timings need to be looked at too. Even Rome, famously laid back and public friendly has become more corporate this year with less space give to the ordinary ticket fans and more given over to corporate entertainment… Make of that what you will.