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"Women are not ready to play best-of-five sets," says Sabalenka

Women are not ready to play best-of-five sets, says Sabalenka
le 30/06/2025 à 18h16

Aryna Sabalenka has made a perfect start to her Wimbledon tournament. The world No. 1 opened the schedule on Court 1 in the early afternoon and quickly took control to defeat Canadian player Carson Branstine (6-1, 7-5).

Speaking at a press conference after her victory, the Belarusian was asked about the difference in Grand Slam formats between men and women, and she insisted that it would not be a good idea for the WTA Tour to switch to best-of-five-set matches in Majors.

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"It’s possible that playing best-of-five sets could benefit me because I’m one of the physically strongest players on the tour, but I don’t think I’m ready for it. It would be too much for the female body—women aren’t ready to play best-of-five sets, to play that much tennis. I also think injuries would increase significantly.

Still, it’s great to be able to train with men because it helps you learn things about how they hit the ball, how they handle certain situations during matches.

As soon as I train with a man, it adds value to my game, and I feel like I become a better tennis player," Sabalenka told Punto De Break in recent hours.

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At least some sensible talk. While arm chair feminists who do nothing but sit on chair claim women to be equal to men.
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ad6771
More importantly, no one is ready to watch the women play 5 sets.
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Jabba
They are never ready bc they are hopeless
Veronica S
Umm.....NO. Thank you Aryna for your honest and sensible answer.
Khan Alihasan
bullshit
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I propose the following changes to the rules:

1...a walķover will not be a loss. We have no control of player's health. If he or she is entered in a contest we expect them to play.

2...an incomplete match is not a loss. If a player forfeits we pick another match if there are more to choose.

3...this also applies if TT cancels a match. TT will not take hours to decide an outcome.

How about leavin...

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4h

It's a shame that so many matches are being canceled. TT ,you are destroying your game ,and thereby killing your app. I don't know how many matches others have had canceled , but I'm at 3 and it's only thursday.

As a long time player and lover of this game , I don't know how much of this I can tolerate. For example I waited hours last night for you to confirm my win and post my points. Every ot...

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4j

This week I have used all my formulas and best guesses to try to achieve the high score jimandlori958 set in our last competition. I am two games short because of cancelations and I need all wins to get there.

8j

why did tennis tonic void predictions on the match between Grenier and Hsu at the Kobe tournament? The match was played to completion and on time.

8j

Grenier def Ysu 6-2 , 6-2 at Kobe today and the TT canceled the match.

2nd for me this week.

10j

An impressive win.. Congrats to our winner this week, jimandlori958 and with a score that could not be caught or matched. I don't remember a 56 in a while with our group. Nice to see everyone using the 2 point predictions. Can't win without 'em.

14j

Son of a gun, pow. You going for the 3peat? Do it, but I'm chasing and so is Jimandlori. lol

17j

POWWOW , Congratulations you did it again and by slim percentage points. Keep it going....

18j

Can anybody tell why going on matches of WTA Final is not included within daily predictions