Why do women only play best of three sets in tennis? Men play best of five. How cute.

[Montrovant]

Many years ago women did play 3 out of 5 sets for a while, and it was discontinued. I think it was a problem with conditioning. Today's women are in great physical shape and should be able to go 5 sets. Martina Navratilova was the first woman to seriously work out in the gym and she jokingly said that she would never lose a 5 set match.

Navratilova was a man

The irony of your silly comment is that Navratilova has said she considers trans women sports players to be cheating.

If a white Christian man said that.........ohhhhhhh boy

Navratilova got a lot of flack for her comments. She was accused of being transphobic, of basing her opinion on outdated stereotypes, etc.

Well, she got flack. Not overwhelming flack. Not if it was some white male conservative and not nearly as much flack as McEnroe gets for stating the truth in regards to women's tennis and men's tennis .

I don't even know what McEnroe has said regarding men's vs women's tennis.

I'm sorry if you don't think Navratilova was attacked enough for her comments.

 

[Montrovant]

There are a number of possible reasons that men play best of 5 while women play best of 3.

To start with, it's only true during the Grand Slam matches. The men apparently play best of 3 any other time.

There have been a couple of periods during which women were able to play best of 5 matches. From what I've read, most of the decisions for abandoning that came from men.

There's tradition, there's scheduling, there's a question about whether fans actually want it, and it may be that men's games tend to be shorter, meaning that their best of 5 matches would be shorter than women's best of 5 on average. I don't know if that latter point is true, but it sounds possible, considering men generally hit harder which could lead to more aces and shorter volleys.

Who watches men's tennis, and if they do, what sort of fruitcake would watch any of the other tennis matches other than the grand slam events?

1. What does it matter? The point is that professional men's tennis players only play best of five in the Grand Slam singles, not in any other play. The men are not limited to Grand Slam matches; they often play plenty of other matches throughout the year.
2. I would guess that tennis fans, whether men's and/or women's tennis, would watch matches from tournaments outside the Grand Slams, if they are broadcast. Considering I've seen putative 'sports' like cornhole, competitive eating, and various card games broadcast on the various ESPN networks, I would guess there are broadcasts of tennis events outside the Grand Slams.
3. I wonder if any of the sports you enjoy watching would make you seem like a "fruitcake" to someone else?

So men can play in the big matches and women can't even play other women like the men play each other. Why are the femnazies not boycotting tennis?

Because tennis is a game for little girls

Having fun with your trolling?

 

[Frannie]

There are a number of possible reasons that men play best of 5 while women play best of 3.

To start with, it's only true during the Grand Slam matches. The men apparently play best of 3 any other time.

There have been a couple of periods during which women were able to play best of 5 matches. From what I've read, most of the decisions for abandoning that came from men.

There's tradition, there's scheduling, there's a question about whether fans actually want it, and it may be that men's games tend to be shorter, meaning that their best of 5 matches would be shorter than women's best of 5 on average. I don't know if that latter point is true, but it sounds possible, considering men generally hit harder which could lead to more aces and shorter volleys.

Who watches men's tennis, and if they do, what sort of fruitcake would watch any of the other tennis matches other than the grand slam events?

1. What does it matter? The point is that professional men's tennis players only play best of five in the Grand Slam singles, not in any other play. The men are not limited to Grand Slam matches; they often play plenty of other matches throughout the year.
2. I would guess that tennis fans, whether men's and/or women's tennis, would watch matches from tournaments outside the Grand Slams, if they are broadcast. Considering I've seen putative 'sports' like cornhole, competitive eating, and various card games broadcast on the various ESPN networks, I would guess there are broadcasts of tennis events outside the Grand Slams.
3. I wonder if any of the sports you enjoy watching would make you seem like a "fruitcake" to someone else?

So men can play in the big matches and women can't even play other women like the men play each other. Why are the femnazies not boycotting tennis?

Because tennis is a game for little girls

Having fun with your trolling?

The OP is right, women are meek if they accept that men are stronger, so why do they allow this

 

[Bobob]

Is it because they are just so much more physically less able than men to play best of five? What I am just a bit surprised about is how not one burly woman has ever been utterly offended by such an insult.

Are women insulted by that? Should metoo women be offended by that? Based on everything they yell and scream about (you know how they are physically equal to women in every way) shouldn't they be offended by that?

Hmmmm?

Many years ago women did play 3 out of 5 sets for a while, and it was discontinued. I think it was a problem with conditioning. Today's women are in great physical shape and should be able to go 5 sets. Martina Navratilova was the first woman to seriously work out in the gym and she jokingly said that she would never lose a 5 set match.

Navratilova was a man

The irony of your silly comment is that Navratilova has said she considers trans women sports players to be cheating.

Why aren't the femnazies protesting not allowing women to play as the men do?

Because the little girlie tennis stars are wimpy

Women"s tennis is very entertaining and the players are very good.

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

Is it because they are just so much more physically less able than men to play best of five? What I am just a bit surprised about is how not one burly woman has ever been utterly offended by such an insult.

Are women insulted by that? Should metoo women be offended by that? Based on everything they yell and scream about (you know how they are physically equal to women in every way) shouldn't they be offended by that?

Hmmmm?

If the women played the men there would be no womens tennis.

You mean men are better athletically than women?

You figure that out for yourself?

Yes, I myself figured it out one day lifting a concrete cover with one hand when the woman telling me she could do it with one hand and could not even budge it with a pry bar and a friend helping her...

Do not get me wrong there are a few women that could do it but most could not...

Now playing Tennis against the William's Sisters I would say they could whip most men any day of the week but again not the norm...

 

[rightwinger]

I am not convinced that a five set tennis match is better than a three set match

More does not necessarily equate to better tennis

 

[Bobob]

Is it because they are just so much more physically less able than men to play best of five? What I am just a bit surprised about is how not one burly woman has ever been utterly offended by such an insult.

Are women insulted by that? Should metoo women be offended by that? Based on everything they yell and scream about (you know how they are physically equal to women in every way) shouldn't they be offended by that?

Hmmmm?

If the women played the men there would be no womens tennis.

You mean men are better athletically than women?

You figure that out for yourself?

Yes, I myself figured it out one day lifting a concrete cover with one hand when the woman telling me she could do it with one hand and could not even budge it with a pry bar and a friend helping her...

Do not get me wrong there are a few women that could do it but most could not...

Now playing Tennis against the William's Sisters I would say they could whip most men any day of the week but again not the norm...

A male doubles team would clobber the Williams sisters.

 

[rightwinger]

Is it because they are just so much more physically less able than men to play best of five? What I am just a bit surprised about is how not one burly woman has ever been utterly offended by such an insult.

Are women insulted by that? Should metoo women be offended by that? Based on everything they yell and scream about (you know how they are physically equal to women in every way) shouldn't they be offended by that?

Hmmmm?

If the women played the men there would be no womens tennis.

You mean men are better athletically than women?

You figure that out for yourself?

Yes, I myself figured it out one day lifting a concrete cover with one hand when the woman telling me she could do it with one hand and could not even budge it with a pry bar and a friend helping her...

Do not get me wrong there are a few women that could do it but most could not...

Now playing Tennis against the William's Sisters I would say they could whip most men any day of the week but again not the norm...

A male doubles team would clobber the Williams sisters.

Ya think?

 

[rightwinger]

Is it because they are just so much more physically less able than men to play best of five? What I am just a bit surprised about is how not one burly woman has ever been utterly offended by such an insult.

Are women insulted by that? Should metoo women be offended by that? Based on everything they yell and scream about (you know how they are physically equal to women in every way) shouldn't they be offended by that?

Hmmmm?

If the women played the men there would be no womens tennis.

You mean men are better athletically than women?

You figure that out for yourself?

Yes, I myself figured it out one day lifting a concrete cover with one hand when the woman telling me she could do it with one hand and could not even budge it with a pry bar and a friend helping her...

Do not get me wrong there are a few women that could do it but most could not...

Now playing Tennis against the William's Sisters I would say they could whip most men any day of the week but again not the norm...

So your point is that men are stronger than women

I’ll have to make a note of that

 

[rightwinger]

Women could play five sets of tennis

They would just have to pace themselves the way men do

 

[bodecea]

Is it because they are just so much more physically less able than men to play best of five? What I am just a bit surprised about is how not one burly woman has ever been utterly offended by such an insult.

Are women insulted by that? Should metoo women be offended by that? Based on everything they yell and scream about (you know how they are physically equal to women in every way) shouldn't they be offended by that?

Hmmmm?

If the women played the men there would be no womens tennis.

You mean men are better athletically than women?

You figure that out for yourself?

Frannie must be a GENIUS!!!!!!

 

[Paulie]

The OP is a sad little person.

It has to do with endurance. I would wager any of them could wipe the floor with the OP

It doesn’t matter what it has to do with, the point is women are not equal to men in many ways. I don’t understand why women are so bothered by that. It’s normal everyday life to not be as good or equal as someone else. I’m an athletic man but I’m not as athletic as lebron James but I don’t complain about it. Im a really good carpenter but I’m not as good as bob vila. Im actually pretty decent at tennis but I’m not as good as Serena Williams.

None of that bothers me. All of those people make more money than I do at those things that I’m also pretty good at myself but I never once thought about organizing a group of people together to go protest about it.

 

[Paulie]

Women could play five sets of tennis

They would just have to pace themselves the way men do

Well in this equality age why haven’t they lobbied for 5 set matches then? Because they only want to be CONSIDERED equal to men, but they don’t want to actually do the equal amount of work.

 

[rightwinger]

Women could play five sets of tennis

They would just have to pace themselves the way men do

Well in this equality age why haven’t they lobbied for 5 set matches then? Because they only want to be CONSIDERED equal to men, but they don’t want to actually do the equal amount of work.

What does 5 sets offer other than more boring matches?

Women’s tennis offers more action and more grunts

 

[Paulie]

Women could play five sets of tennis

They would just have to pace themselves the way men do

Well in this equality age why haven’t they lobbied for 5 set matches then? Because they only want to be CONSIDERED equal to men, but they don’t want to actually do the equal amount of work.

What does 5 sets offer other than more boring matches?

Women’s tennis offers more action and more grunts

Try and use your brain correctly here, just for a minute.

This has nothing to do with what product would be better in what way. All that’s being said here is that women want to be equal to men in every way but they aren’t and this is just another example of it.

 

[rightwinger]

Women could play five sets of tennis

They would just have to pace themselves the way men do

Well in this equality age why haven’t they lobbied for 5 set matches then? Because they only want to be CONSIDERED equal to men, but they don’t want to actually do the equal amount of work.

What does 5 sets offer other than more boring matches?

Women’s tennis offers more action and more grunts

Try and use your brain correctly here, just for a minute.

This has nothing to do with what product would be better in what way. All that’s being said here is that women want to be equal to men in every way but they aren’t and this is just another example of it.

Women have their own game for which people buy tickets and networks pay to cover.
They are highly compensated and many make more than men do

In this country, men’s tennis sucks as much as men’s soccer.
Women also are a better draw in gymnastics and skating
The women’s product is more successful

 

[deanrd]

Is it because they are just so much more physically less able than men to play best of five? What I am just a bit surprised about is how not one burly woman has ever been utterly offended by such an insult.

Are women insulted by that? Should metoo women be offended by that? Based on everything they yell and scream about (you know how they are physically equal to women in every way) shouldn't they be offended by that?

Hmmmm?

You’re right, five sets is too long. I wish they would all only play three sets.

 

[deanrd]

Women could play five sets of tennis

They would just have to pace themselves the way men do

Well in this equality age why haven’t they lobbied for 5 set matches then? Because they only want to be CONSIDERED equal to men, but they don’t want to actually do the equal amount of work.

What does 5 sets offer other than more boring matches?

Women’s tennis offers more action and more grunts

Try and use your brain correctly here, just for a minute.

This has nothing to do with what product would be better in what way. All that’s being said here is that women want to be equal to men in every way but they aren’t and this is just another example of it.

Women have their own game for which people buy tickets and networks pay to cover.
They are highly compensated and many make more than men do

In this country, men’s tennis sucks as much as men’s soccer.
Women also are a better draw in gymnastics and skating
The women’s product is more successful

I like men’s tennis as well as women’s tennis. But five sets can be too long. Who wants to watch a game the lasts for five hours or more?

 

[deanrd]

Is it because they are just so much more physically less able than men to play best of five? What I am just a bit surprised about is how not one burly woman has ever been utterly offended by such an insult.

Are women insulted by that? Should metoo women be offended by that? Based on everything they yell and scream about (you know how they are physically equal to women in every way) shouldn't they be offended by that?

Hmmmm?

If the women played the men there would be no womens tennis.

Well, the same reason why we do tune in now to watch women's tennis, women's golf, womens ice skating, or gymnastics and volleyball, is EXACTLY the SAME REASON we DO NOT tune in to watch women's basketball.

Here, let me clarify.

And then there is women's basketball.....

That is a woman, they claim.

Anyway, sorry women. Yes, that is the way it is. We are all dogs, and it is true. I am guilty as charged.

When it comes to softcore, I like to watch Melania Trump. But when it comes to sports, I like to watch athletes.

 

[rightwinger]

Women could play five sets of tennis

They would just have to pace themselves the way men do

Well in this equality age why haven’t they lobbied for 5 set matches then? Because they only want to be CONSIDERED equal to men, but they don’t want to actually do the equal amount of work.

What does 5 sets offer other than more boring matches?

Women’s tennis offers more action and more grunts

Try and use your brain correctly here, just for a minute.

This has nothing to do with what product would be better in what way. All that’s being said here is that women want to be equal to men in every way but they aren’t and this is just another example of it.

Women have their own game for which people buy tickets and networks pay to cover.
They are highly compensated and many make more than men do

In this country, men’s tennis sucks as much as men’s soccer.
Women also are a better draw in gymnastics and skating
The women’s product is more successful

I like men’s tennis as well as women’s tennis. But five sets can be too long. Who wants to watch a game the lasts for five hours or more?

More is not better
Men play five because that is the way it always was