大滿貫賽 明年將繼續維持32種子 - 網球 Tennis

Grand Slam events will not return to 16 seeded players

LONDON -- Grand Slam tournaments will continue to seed 32 players.

The Grand Slam Board announced on Thursday that it has given up its
earlier-stated intention to revert to 16 seeds in 2019.

The board, representing the four Grand Slam tournaments -- the Australian
Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open -- says that "following a
full year of Grand Slam match analysis and feedback from all other
constituencies, especially players and broadcast partners, the Grand Slam
tournaments have decided there is no compelling reason to revert to 16 seeds."

The board doubled the number of seeded players to 32 in June 2001. That
decision was made partly in response to complaints from clay-court
specialists, who wanted more draw protection at Wimbledon, the only major
tournament played on grass.

Going back to 16 seeds in 2019 could, in theory, have made early upsets more
likely.


原先傳出說大滿貫賽可能會把單打的種子序縮減至16個

但是經過今年一整年下來的分析，特別還有球員們以及轉播團隊的反應

最後還是決定在明年的大滿貫賽事當中採用32個種子



而大滿貫賽也是自2001年六月才開始從16種子改制為32種子




來源: http://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/24664521/


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