HOW CAN WE IMPROVE TENNIS FOR AUDIENCES? 

1000%. If the NBA/MLB/NFL placed their camera at a 45 degree angle, so high it took in the first five rows of seats, destroying all concept of speed, trajectory, effort, their viewers would storm the TV station. You only have to look at the cost of the tickets: lowest rows behind court prohibitively expensive---outer space where camera is for 99% of broadcast, cheapest.. Insane that tennis is supposedly a sport of smart people.

Please! It's crazy this doesn't happen more

We should have control of different angles. That would make it way better and allow everyone to choose their preference.

It's terrible! Those d*mn open seats for rich people who don't even show up, while all the real fans are up in the bleachers watching with binoculars. So stupid.

100%

Too many empty seats. There should be even cheaper stadium tickets for day matches, earlier rounds, and doubles matches. Doesn't look good on camera.

Let the under 25's in for a nominal fee. We used to go to classical music concerts for $20 and they were packed.

Probably be easier to change the color of the ball based on the court color. They did try a blue clay court one year but it only lasted one year.

I agree.. Much easier to change the color of the balls but the players will never agree

I hate the relentless baseline fests until one ball goes slightly out. No real skill in it.

I’ll never understand why Hawkeye and Truebounce are not used on clay.

this is happening from next year. It won't bring back the careers of so many emotional players who have been thrown out and lost their hearts through repeated terrible calls.

Ain't nobody got time for that selfish perspective. Matches become too long, too exhausting for players, and injury inducing. Best of three is sufficient outside Slams.

Yeah, I thought about Lazer Tag-Tron Tennis.

Crazy idea but it's one John McEnroe promoted for decades. Bring back wooden rackets. It's not going to happen. I know that but imagine baseball played with aluminum bats. Wooden rackets would bring volleying back to tennis.

@@davidhunternyc1also Bud Collins said that exact thing years ago”atleast baseball knew when to stop when aluminum bats were introduced but tennis didn’t” and was 100% correct. Going back to wooden racquets is probably a good idea but it would

​@@davidhunternyc1 I suppose back in his day you could play either style

100% It's not just that it's inconvenient; working people with kids literally can't do it. They don't have the time to watch Iga read from her diary or Rublev chewing on a chunk of banana. If they want this demographic to get into tennis, they have to do a better job with match time.

But, baseball. Massive worldwide fan base and literally in a 2.5 to 3 hour game there is 11 to 12 minutes of actual action. A guy, some time back, timed all the action in baseball and gave 1 second for every pitch that didn’t result in action and came up with that average over 10 games.

Baseball introduced a pitch clock a couple years ago. ​@@adamcravets5408

DJs play loud music at tennis tournaments, announcers give out prizes, crowds do the wave, kiss cam, dancing, etc. Don't just watch one small 250 tournament that won't even be on the 2025 schedule and assume across the board.

@@got2bjosh Hey, it's you again with your smug, know it all comments. Just wanted to let you know! :)

@@joelmvdqp Lol! I’m not smug, though I can be playfully shady with my puns.

@@joelmvdqp Actually he's right about the singing and Mexican waves. They're a lot of fun - Sweet Caroline - many of the players get involved. Estoril can't afford that.

Agree with no lets. If I can win a point off a ground stroke that hits the net cord then why is the serve different? I believe they got rid of lets at the college level in the USA.

Surface homogenization was introduced to induce European dominance after decades of American rule. Eurasian players tend not to be as good at serving, but are much better on return. Slower surfaces give Eurasian players more time on the ball. Such conditions allowed the Big 3 to dominate across the biggest tournaments. EVERYTHING was slower, even grass! But matches became way too long, injuries increased year to year, and now that the Big 3 are old & done people want faster courts again.

Full matches, extended highlights, live streams, & shorter clips already exist on YT from the four Grand Slams, TennisTv / ATP Tour (both ATP Media), the various Masters, & smaller tournaments.

@@got2bjosh Yeah, OK. I didn't realize that Tennis TV is the OFFICIAL live streaming service of the ATP Tour. I also watch a lot of Challenger Tour highlights with players such as Paire, Tomic, and Gasquet. Ditto for older matches with players such as Connors.

Changes in string technology and related tension have had a far bigger impact on the feel needed to execute various types of volleys compared to the racket itself.

i rest my case Medvedev pure gold...ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4NtmDWXqy-A.html

Agreed. You need, like, 4 App/tv packages to watch a season of tennis. I’d pay for Tennis TV or the TC if I knew I’d get access to ALL of the majors, and most of the 500 and 250 levels. ATP and WTA. But as it is you need a damned NASA department to figure out who is broadcasting which tournament. And agreed Dustin Brown was amazing!

Great point

Fully agree. The worst paid player in the NFL, NBA and MLB can easily make a living off the lowest paid salary. In tennis if you are outside the top 100 you have to hope fans will let you stay in their house and pay for a dinner or two so they don’t lose money to play a tournament. I’ll bet there are hundreds of players out there who can’t afford to fly and play who could compete with the best.

A response to decades of American, serve-dominant rule across both tours, surface homogenization (i.e- slower court speeds across ALL surfaces) was introduced to return the edge to Eurasian players who tended to be weaker servers but stronger returners. Slower speeds allowed for more time on the ball which led to a decrease in net play and an increase in extended baseline rallying. Advancements in racket and string technology as well as player conditioning were contributing factors. These slower court conditions across all surfaces gave rise to the Big 3. Their rivalry in turn became big business for the tour, its tournaments, and their media outlets. Business like stable conditions. As such, the Big 3 were allowed to dominate across the biggest tournaments for decades through favorable, unchanging conditions. Less variety allowed for more sustained dominance utilizing a high percentage, counterpunching game style. The downside of a monolithic approach to tennis dominated by the few on slower surfaces is that as successive generations remain suppressed in the baseline wars, matches became too long and player injuries mounted year to year. Now the Big 3 are old and done and prohibitively high ticket sales have led to the average ages of live audiences skewing older. Business are looking to attract younger audiences who grew up on social media, prefer shorter running times, and want younger stars. The Next Gen cohort has become key in driving renewed interest. They have reintroduced aggressive net play into the game and have moved away from counterpunching extended baseline rallies as the default strategy. As such, the call for faster courts and shorter matches has increased. UTS and exhibition matches like Tie Break Tens have also spurred on innovation in the format. Since 2017, ATP has used Next Gen Finals as a key incubator event for innovation in the game.

BORING! Hey, it sounds like the players' outfits bothered you. I see it differently - I think it's good for tennis to evolve and stay current. But hey, if you're into traditional "classy" sports like golf, more power to you!

⁠@ttacka totally agree that kits from Nike, Adidas and New Balance all suck!!! Total dumpster fire. I cringed what Alcaraz wore in Miami and to think that Carlos and Sinner are going to be wearing that for years is so sad unless they get some new designers there. Plus those 3 labels dress like 80% of the tour and I hate it when players come out on court wearing the same thing. Not good!!! Tennis is an individual sport their agents and managers need to think more out of the box and I get it that Nike pays the most so it’s hard to say no to that. Taylor Fritz made a great move by getting the hell out of Nike and going to Boss. Boss is a luxury brand not a sports brand and they only dress Matteo Berettini so he’s in great company there and it’s just him and Matteo not half the tour. Nike sucks!

@@joelmvdqp I meant classy in terms of how players should carry themselves. If you think thats boring then guess I am boring. Regarding the outfits tennis its objectively a disservice to the young up and coming pros and the audience if they look like they soiled their pants. Keep the style current obviously but you don't see the absurdity in design in the EPL, NBA, etc.

Most people hard disagree with you.