Now some Tennis News: The Olympic men's singles final reduced to best of three sets

@ptrikha_2 (49779)
India
April 5, 2019 1:36pm CST
In an announcement, International Tennis Federation(ITF) announced that Men's singles final in Olympics would now be Best of Three instead of Best of Five. This would be valid from Next year 2020's Tokyo Olympics. In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Britain's Andy Murray won in the Men's final against Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro in Best of Five. In a way, I feel this is good as people might not like long games in Olympics. Source:
The Olympic men's singles final has been reduced to a best-of-three, meaning only Grand Slam matches will be played over five sets.
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
5 Apr 19
I have not followed tennis in ages. Can't believe that I was crazy about this sports during my student days.
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Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (49779)
• India
6 Apr 19
@arunima25 and I was much more crazier about cricket previously.
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Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (49779)
• India
6 Apr 19
@arunima25 ha ha I can understand. I recall preparing for my College exams and also watching cricket matches - sometimes World Cup Cricket too.
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Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (49779)
• India
17 Apr 19
@arunima25 yes she became famous much after that.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502972)
• Italy
6 Apr 19
Federer said to the Swiss journalists that he will be there for the Olympics.
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Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (49779)
• India
6 Apr 19
@LadyDuck that is great! So Federer would be trying to keep good level of fitness.
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Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (49779)
• India
7 Apr 19
@LadyDuck yes an Olympic medal is always unique!
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Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (49779)
• India
7 Apr 19
@LadyDuck Yeah that would be exciting!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382814)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Apr 19
Poor Andy Murray has had to give up his competing I think.
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Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (49779)
• India
6 Apr 19
@JudyEv I think there was some news about Andy Murray some time back, but I do not recall exactly.
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@acelawrites
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
5 Apr 19
So Murray will play again in the Olympics? It's nice to watch the games.
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Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (49779)
• India
6 Apr 19
@acelawrites I am not sure about Murray but the finals will be shorter now.
Jojo
@Sojourn (13833)
• India
5 Apr 19
The game would be more fiercer but at the same time less time and effort would be needed to declare a winner
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Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (49779)
• India
6 Apr 19
@Sojourn Yes and people would also like shorter version.
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Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (49779)
• India
6 Apr 19
@Sojourn yes and T-20 could make it to future Olympics as well!
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Junbals
@Junbals (1421)
• Philippines
6 Apr 19
Shorter Olympics is time-wise much better than the longer one.
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Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (49779)
• India
6 Apr 19
I duly concur @Junbals
Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
5 Apr 19
That is great.I liked the idea there.Any Murray coming back?
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Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (49779)
• India
6 Apr 19
@amadeo not sure about Murray?