Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff and Amanda Anisimova have spoken about the prospect of the best-of-five set format being introduced for women\u2019s matches at Grand Slams.<\/p>\n
Men play best-of-five set matches at the four Grand Slams, while women play best-of-three set matches.<\/p>\n
Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley sparked debate by calling for the longer format to be used from the quarter-finals onwards at women\u2019s majors.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the things I\u2019ve been saying now is that I think there should be three out of five sets for women,\u201d Tiley told AAP.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe should look at the last few matches \u2013 the quarters and the semis and the finals \u2013 and make the women\u2019s side three out of five.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it\u2019s something we should put on the agenda and start talking to the players about it because there\u2019s some matches in those last rounds which would have been fascinating had they been three out of five sets.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow I don\u2019t know whether the players would want to do it or not, but it is something we need to consider on the women\u2019s side.\u201d<\/p>\n
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