Put An End To Round-Robin
Dear Mr. Etienne de Villiers,We are a rare breed. We love tennis the way it once was. You win, you advance. You lose, you go home. We understand that the ATP undertook extensive research to discover t... continue reading »
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"RR is a joke, and so is de villiers"
"No more Round-Robin, please!"
"victory in tennis should be acquired fair and square"
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"Tennis needs to go back to the old route, the knockout format. I really feel that you didn't think this round-robin thing through. My biggest problem is that DeVilliers decision to re-instate Blake MID-TOURNAMENT. Poor Korolev got screwed over because the"
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"This madness has got to stop!"
"Round Robin ain't a bear necessity, De Villers."
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"You advance if you win, you go home if you lose. The round robin format makes it possible for players to play only one good match and get through, whereas in a draw, you have to show up and play your best everyday to advance. This isn't basketball or base"
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"How many tournaments will be necessary before Mr DeVilliers realize that Round Robin format is not for tennis. Buenos Aires and Las Vegas were two fiasco. In his opinion, this format is made to keep top players longer in the tournament, the past week show"
"the korolev-blake incident is another example of the unfair treaty that players recieve when playing against americans."
"Pude presenciar unos 15 partidos en el torneo telmex de buenos aires, y definitivamente llegue a la conclusion que el sistema RR tira el torneo para abajo, da mucho lugar a especulacion, y posibilita partidos sin emociones por falta de incientivo por part"
"Round Robin is just not tennis."
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"Le RR est une vision Libйrale du sport oщ seuls les grands et les puissants y trouvent leur compte!! C'est bien dommage!"