Nick Kyrgios wants to see two significant changes made at Wimbledon next year (Image: GETTY)
has come up with two bright ideas to improve and tennis’ other Grand Slam tournaments. He wants ATP bosses to consider implementing rule changes with the aim of enhancing the viewing experience for tennis fans.The first change Kyrgios wants to see is reducing the number of sets at Grand Slam events from five to three until the quarter-finals. He explained it would bring about more upsets and a greater degree of uncertainty for top players, encouraging more casual viewers to tune in.In an interview on the website, Kyrgios said: “I think matches should be best of three sets up to the quarter-finals, and from there, best of five. That’s what I would immediately change in the Grand Slams.
Kyrgios wants the number of sets reduced from five to three until the quarter-finals (Image: GETTY)
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“If you made it best of three up until the quarter-finals, you’d see some guys break through to the quarter-finals, but then obviously the better players would end up winning best-of-five. And the first week would be more exciting.”How many times have we seen one of the best players in the draw lose the first set and you’re just like, he’s gonna come back and win it anyway?”When Li Tu won a set against [Carlos] Alcaraz early on [at the US Open]. Now it’s one set all, and then it’s one set [to go] that could change Li’s entire career.”He beats Alcaraz on the Centre Court at the US Open, you become a name. I think that would be a cool thing to change.”
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Kyrgios also wants to see players ‘mic’d up’ so that viewers will be able to hear their outbursts and conversations during matches. He believes that hearing what players are saying more clearly in the heat of battle would add to the viewing experience.”I think if you watch the NBA, the uniform or kit that they wear, they professionally put like a mic inside the shirt around the collar, so you can’t feel it,” he explained.”Not doing that [in tennis] is being absurd for me. Why would you not have like Novak [Djokovic] or Alcaraz mic’d up to hear what they’re saying?”Even before the points, you see some of these amazing athletes – I do it myself sometimes – before a big point, they’re talking to themselves. The content that you could create from that already would have tennis fans glued to their phone.”