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Stars to meet over changes
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Published 01/09/2005 at 20:16 GMT+1
At Wimbledon, the Association of Tennis Professionals announced scoring changes to doubles matches following the U.S. Open. On Friday in New York, players have arranged a news conference to demand no changes in the rules and a ten-point plan to better pro
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The ATP announced in late June that doubles tour matches would have no-advantage point scoring; teams would play a tie-break at 4-4 instead of 6-6, and in the event of a three-set match a super tie-break (first to ten points) would be observed.
The thinking is to put an 80-minute limit on matches in the belief that it will encourage more singles players to participate in the four-man discipline.
Since the decision was taken a host of doubles specialists, including American twins Bob and Mike Bryan have stepped up the pressure on the ATP.
At Flushing Meadows on Wednesday, it was reported that the ATP have now opted for a three-week "experimental period" of holding a tie-break at five-points all, instead of 4-4.
Whatever transpires following the news conference the players have made it clear they have no intention to boycott doubles matches.
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