Tennis star Nick Kyrgios has recommended Wimbledon and the other Grand Slams scrap the majority of five-set matches in a huge overhaul of tennis.
The seven-time ATP Tour winner, who stars on Wimbledon Unfiltered for talkSPORT, appeared on Drive to explain his suggestion.
Kyrgios has also called for a rule change, but offered a different idea on how to implement it at the four Grand Slam events.
‘My idea to make everyone happy would be the first week of Grand Slams should be best-of-three sets and then from the quarter-finals onwards, it should be best-of-five sets,’ Kyrgios told talkSPORT.
‘It would solve a lot of issues early on, it would see a lot of different players making their way through to the quarter-finals.
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‘These bigger players, once they lose the first set in some of these earlier matches, they’re already under the pump.
‘They know that they don’t have that wiggle room to make their way back into the match.
‘So I think the first week should be best-of-three and then the quarter-finals onwards should be best-of-five, so we get those kind of marathon matches with the best players in the world.
‘You look at the French Open final between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, that was some of the best tennis that the sport’s ever seen.
‘I don’t think we should completely lose it altogether but I think from the quarter-finals onwards, it should be best-of-five sets.’
