After blowing a two-set lead and losing to Mardy Fish in five at the US Open, Nikolay Davydenko offered a solution for avoiding that in the future - men should play best-of-three-set matches at Grand Slam tournaments and in Davis Cup.
Davydenko revived a familiar debate, too, by asking during an interview with AP on Thursday, “Why (do) girls play best of three sets and we should play best of five sets and have the same prize money?”
“Why are we playing five-set matches? We need to play best of three in Grand Slams. Everybody will support (that idea, even Roger) Federer. For Federer, it’s easy to win in one hour, two sets. No need to run (for) a third set,” Davydenko said.
