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2/6/12 3:51 AM | Johan Lindahl
Nothing appears to be changing at the US Open, widely considered the most player-unfriendly of the four majors.
An official has said that the gruelling and unpopular schedule of men's semi-final and finals on consecutive days - barring rain which has intervened for the last four years - will continue into the immediate future.
It's not that beleaguered tournament director Jim Curley - the man who cops all the flak when things continually go wrong - isn't sympathetic: "I understand the players; I understand their frustration,” he told the New York Times,
But the Open looks set to continue down its unpopular scheduling path for at least the next few years, with television sticking firmly to the letter of a contract which gives no rest to men caught in the demands of Saturday semi-finals in New York followed 18 hours or so later by a final.
In the land where money talks, TV is not about to budge for the life of an agreement running into 2014.
The only one of the four without - or soon to get - a covered showcase roof has been jinxed by weather for four consecutive years. Men's finals played on Mondays to pitiful television audiences.
The current made-for-US-TV schedule was hammered out in the dark ages of the 1970s and has yet to change to the demands of the modern game, as demonstrated by the nearly six-hour Australian Open final between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.
"We’ve had Super Saturday at the US Open for over 30 years, and our fans love it, our television viewers love it, broadcasters, sponsors, everyone loves it,” Curley said. “Even back then, the players liked it, but the game has changed a lot.
"It’s a lot more physical and to be able to come back on consecutive days with a semi and a final is a real challenge, and so we get that. We understand that, and now it’s just a matter of working through all the various issues we have to make that happen.”
Curley said that any change will be a long time coming. "Our goal remains to try to come up with something for next year, as in 2013,” he said. “There are so many things that need to be worked through.”
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They dont care about the ticket holders either !!
When the matches incure interuption by bad weather you cannot get a refund on your ticket
They offer you an alternate session
And only if less than 90 mins of play
sals3 , 2/7/12 5:23 AM
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"We?ve had Super Saturday at the US Open for over 30 years, and our fans love it, our television viewers love it, broadcasters, sponsors, everyone loves it,?
So who cares about the players?
As long as they can gaurantee that Federer will play the 2nd SF if he gets there, that will go some way to fairness.
nadline , 2/6/12 5:48 PM