re: Tennis 2020 -- The Unofficial Non-GS Thread

Good lord the speed and footwork.

And that Thiem volley at 2:11.

ETA: I'm usually not a big fan of the attempts to make tennis more youth-friendly, but formats like this may be the wave of the future. I like the camera angle, the use of nicknames ("The Hammer" Berrettini, "Greek God" Tsitsipas), the shorter sets, and some of the other gameplay additions. It feels a little video game-ish, but that might be what the sport needs.

Younger fans can't sit through 4 hours of tennis these days. And they need to be impressed by the talent for their interest to be piqued imo.

ETA2: Didn't notice they were playing timed quarters instead of sets. That would explain those crazy Tsitsipas/Paire scores.

I never really thought of tennis being played that way. It would bring up some interesting strategy dynamics. The player with the lead late in the quarter would just need to extend the length of points, sort of like milking the clock in football. And the opponent would have to ramp up the aggression and make more first serves.