The males’s doubles format at Wimbledon has been modified to best-of-three units to convey it in step with the opposite three Grand Slam tournaments.
The All England Club introduced the change from best-of-five units on Wednesday, saying the discount might entice extra gamers to enter the doubles competitors at Wimbledon.
This gives the referee’s workplace “with greater certainty when scheduling matches during the event”, the membership stated in a press release.
Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell received the boys’s doubles title at Wimbledon final July. The Australian pair defeated Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic of Croatia 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-2) on Center Court. The match lasted for 4 hours 11 minutes.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
