Serena Williams's coach calls for a revolutionary change in the Grand Slams

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Rennae Stubbs, coach of Serena Williams, has once again sparked a very heated debate in the tennis world. According to him, the format of the Grand Slams is becoming obsolete due to the excessive length of some matches being best of five sets, so he has proposed a revolutionary change to enhance the spectacle.

Indeed, Stubbs has focused on the case of Novak Djokovic in his quarter-final match at Wimbledon 2026 against Felix Auger-Aliassime to justify why this change is necessary, as the Serbian player arrived physically limited for his semifinal duel against Jannik Sinner in which he lost clearly. In his own podcast, Stubbs was critical of the situation and made his stance clear.

"I think an ideal balance could be best of four sets, and if it's tied at two sets each, we play a 10-point tiebreak. You see the men, now they also play long rallies, but they have very powerful serves and win many points with their serve, especially on grass. But you're not going to see a point end so quickly all the time, especially on clay, where 40-ball rallies take place," he stated.

Will tennis change in the short term?

In the fast-paced world we live in, several experts are already calling for a change in the format. Playing sudden death at deuce, having Grand Slams be best of 3 sets, having a 10-point tiebreak if it's tied at two sets... There are increasingly more proposals for the format to change, although there are also those who argue that this would destroy the essence of these tournaments.

"I'm a tennis purist and I love watching great tennis, but I don't want to watch for five hours and fifteen minutes, like we had to in the quarterfinal match with Novak and Felix Auger-Aliassime. It could be said that Novak was dead for the next match against Sinner. Jannik played the most perfect match against Novak in the semifinal. I saw it in person, and Novak was just a step slower in everything," acknowledged Rennae, who also added, "Could it be because he's 39 years old? Probably. Is Jannik the best player in the world when he's in form? Probably. But if he doesn't play for five and a half hours and plays for four, does he have some extra energy left? Probably."

For now, the Grand Slams don't seem likely to change their format, at least in the short term, and in fact, the director of the Australian Open even hinted at the idea of having five sets in the women's circuit as well. The truth is that tennis is fine as it is today, so most likely everything will remain the same despite these complaints popping up from time to time.

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