There always been around the idea to make also women play Grand Slams match following the best of 5 format. Maria Sharapova thinks that it should be the other way round.
According to the Russian beauty it would be more exciting seeing best of 3 matches also among men “It would be more exciting from the beginning of the match because you know that first set is extremely important,” said the four-time Grand Slam winner.
“When you are watching a three-out-of-five-set match, the first set sometimes doesn’t mean too much.”
Murray: 5 is better -> no fluke results
Andy Murray, the reigning Wimbledon Champion, doesn’t really agree with that “You spend more time in the gym putting your body through its paces to get ready for the Grand Slams, but they are the biggest events and should be the toughest test of a player physically and mentally, “I like that it’s best of five sets. because I don’t think you get fluke results.”
It’s a difficult call. In fact, they have already reduced the format from best of 5 to best of 3 for Masters 1000 finals (Federer disagrees with that) and they are talking about reducing also the number of set in the Davis Cup (this would attract more top players)… but probably reducing the set in Slams… well that would make these competitions a bit less special.
