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Australian Open Confirms Five Set Format’s Future After CEO’s Comment Goes Viral

A 4-hour and 38-minute battle between Francis Tiafoe and Alex Michelsen raised a lot of questions about the five-set matches. After the Australian Open CEO said that there might be changes in the future, there was a lot of backlash. But a day later, there is some news for tennis purists that will calm them. […]

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The last day of men's quarterfinals at the US Open brought out the entire format of the Grand Slams. Two meetings to five sets of maximum demand and that exceeded the four hours. For some, the duration of these games is exaggerated, as much as it adds epic to the match. Andrew Abdo, CEO of the Open of Australia, goes a bit in that line."Perhaps in the future, in the Grand Slams, in the different rounds or with different durations... let's not pl…

The Australian Open Championships have confirmed that they do not plan to abandon the traditional five-seat format.

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Daily Express broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Thursday, September 10, 2026.
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