Australian Open chief proposes best-of-5 set women’s matches from quarterfinals onward‎

Craig Tiley, the leader of the Australian Open, plans to push for a series of transformational changes to the tournament, including having women’s matches best-of-five sets, rather than best of three, from the quarterfinals onward. “All the research shows interest grows as the match goes on,” Tiley said in an interview Sunday afternoon ahead of the men’s final. “As a sport, we need to evolve.” Grand Slams can propose rules that make them different from each other. In the 2000s and 2010s, the maj