The Australian Open mimics Wimbledon and dropping the marathon matches

When the tennis tournament the Australian Open in mid-January, again takes place, not to be played matches, there will in unreasonably long time, because the key set of pull out.

The australian grand slam tournament to introduce namely the tiebreak at the position 6-6 in the decisive set. The player who first reaches ten points wins.

The typing of the Australian Open on the tournament website.

prior to that, he applies it thus in the fifth set, while a tiebreak waiting for the women in the third and decisive set.

- We chose a tiebreak to ten points at 6-6 in order to ensure that the fans still get a special end to the often exciting battles. The longer the tiebreak, there may still be a last twist or shift in momentum in the fighting, says turneringsdirektør Craig Tiley on the website.

- The longer tiebreak can also reduce the servedominans, which can make itself felt in a shorter tiebreak.

In October announced Wimbledon, that the british tournament from next year introduce the tiebreak in the decisive set. Here it is, however, at the post 12-12.

in Order to win a player must reach first up on seven points. However, it is a requirement that the player to win at the same time must be up by at least two redundant points.

the 2019 edition of the Australian Open starting 14. January in Melbourne. Caroline Wozniacki will try to defend his victory from 2018, which was the dane's first grand slam triumph.