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href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/ewan-west\" class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br \/>\n                            Ewan West                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <time class=\"ml-3 text-sm font-normal text-info md:ml-4\" datetime=\"24 Jul 2026 4:00 PM\" data-ps-date=\"24 Jul 2026 4:00 PM\" data-ps-datetime=\"1784905205\"><br \/>\n                            24 Jul 2026 4:00 PM                        <\/time>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden justify-end space-x-4 text-xl sm:flex sm:!opacity-100\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto !my-0 hidden dark:block h-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/content\/themes\/tennis365-sportsui\/img\/png\/preferred_source_badge_dark.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" 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space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Left to right: Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Newly-appointed USTA boss Craig Tiley has revealed he would still like to see some big changes implemented at the Australian Open after leaving Tennis Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Tiley has started his new role as the CEO of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) after concluding his work at Tennis Australia last week.<\/p>\n<p>The South African had been the CEO of Tennis Australia since 2013, having served as the Australian Open tournament director since 2006. He joined Tennis Australia in 2005 as the director of player development.<\/p>\n<p>On his first day in his new job at the USTA, Tiley said: \u201cThe USTA has created a great platform to inspire further growth in tennis participation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to work with everyone within the tennis family to grow the sport beyond what anyone thought possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Tiley will be looking ahead to the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/us-open\">US Open<\/a>, he has declared that there is \u201cplenty of opportunity\u201d to improve the season\u2019s first Grand Slam in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Australian Open\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_0uFO84ij34\" target=\"_blank\">The Sit-Down<\/a> podcast, Tiley said: \u201cIf I had my choice for the Australian Open, I would be starting with a blockbuster night on Saturday night, maybe the former champions opening up.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/olympics\/why-sinner-alcaraz-djokovic-swiatek-gauff-and-co-face-huge-la-olympics-headache\"><strong>Why Sinner, Alcaraz, Djokovic, Swiatek, Gauff and co face huge LA Olympics headache<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/kyle-edmund-exclusive-interview-injuries-withdrawals-emma-raducanu-jack-draper\"><strong>Emma Raducanu &amp; Jack Draper injuries spark Kyle Edmund to call for a \u2018compromise\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen I\u2019d be going into a full day on Sunday and then giving the players enough rest because it\u2019s three out of five sets. I\u2019d have the women playing three out of five sets from the quarters onwards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day would be a festival, a minimum of 100,000 people a day for 21 straight days. All the other channels we have, like in music and food, really elevate those and lift those up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt rivals with the four weeks of Olympics once every four years pretty easily, so there\u2019s plenty of opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Tiley has called for the best-of-five set format to be introduced at women\u2019s Grand Slam events.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2026 Australian Open, Tiley told the AAP: \u201cIt\u2019s something we should put on the agenda and start talking to the players about it because there\u2019s some matches in those last rounds which would have been fascinating had they been three out of five sets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow I don\u2019t know whether the players would want to do it or not, but it is something we need to consider on the women\u2019s side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Elena Rybakina and Amanda Anisimova all revealed they would prefer to keep the current best-of-three format when asked about Tiley\u2019s proposal in February.<\/p>\n<p>During the Qatar Open, Swiatek said: \u201cI think with the world right now that is kind of, like, speeding up, I don\u2019t really think it makes sense for us to play such long matches. Especially when I think it would be tough to keep the quality up throughout the whole match.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the same event, Gauff said: \u201cI like the way two-out-of-three is. I think best-of-five wouldn\u2019t be terrible, but I don\u2019t know. I feel indifferent towards the question, honestly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like the way it is right now. Two-out-of-three feels right. I can be home at a good time. I feel like best-of-five we\u2019re going to be out there until 5:00 a.m. like every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aryna Sabalenka, though, said she would be in favour of best-of-five set women\u2019s tennis as she claimed it could be an advantage for her, despite having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\/wta-players-split-five-set-suggestion-aryna-sabalenka-women-not-ready\">opposed the change in July 2025.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Indian Wells in March, Sabalenka said: \u201cLet\u2019s do that. Yeah, let\u2019s do that. I feel like I would have probably more Grand Slams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like physically I\u2019m really strong, and I\u2019m pretty confident that my body can handle that. So let\u2019s do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-comeback-injury-update-cincinnati-us-open\">Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s Cincinnati Open participation \u2018not guaranteed\u2019 despite \u2018positive\u2019 progress<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Grand Slam rule suggested that would please Aryna Sabalenka \u2013 but not Iga Swiatek &amp; Coco Gauff Ewan West 24 Jul 2026 4:00 PM Left to right: Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek Newly-appointed USTA boss Craig Tiley has revealed he would still like to see some big changes implemented at the Australian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2060126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2060126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2060126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2060126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2060126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}