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**jessyhalm** · 09-01-2010, 04:58 AM

I just complained about this, sort of, in the other thread. I voted bad idea but I believe it is both a good idea and a bad idea.

Bad for tennis fans b/c they would have to choose between either the men or the women. Having been to Ashe for the night session....I don't think it is a good idea to break up the tradition of having a premier women's match and men's match.

On the other hand...GOOD b/c like I said in the other thread...it is unfair to have a woman's two set match start at 11:50pm!!! Men's matches, by virtue of being three sets are going to take much longer than the women's matches the majority of the time...and if they happen to be a record-setting match, God help the women that have to play after them! But I also recognize that...it would be unfair for the men to always have to wait for the women's match to finish and never get their chance at going first.

09-01-2010, 04:58 AM	#19
jessyhalm Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 499 Senior Member	I just complained about this, sort of, in the other thread. I voted bad idea but I believe it is both a good idea and a bad idea. Bad for tennis fans b/c they would have to choose between either the men or the women. Having been to Ashe for the night session....I don't think it is a good idea to break up the tradition of having a premier women's match and men's match. On the other hand...GOOD b/c like I said in the other thread...it is unfair to have a woman's two set match start at 11:50pm!!! Men's matches, by virtue of being three sets are going to take much longer than the women's matches the majority of the time...and if they happen to be a record-setting match, God help the women that have to play after them! But I also recognize that...it would be unfair for the men to always have to wait for the women's match to finish and never get their chance at going first.
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