Fact: Serve clocks
and warm-up clocks have now been introduced in
tennis
The serve clock gives players 25 seconds to begin their service motion from the time the chair umpire announces the score (ball bouncing and gestures not counted as starting a serve motion)
The warm-up clock allows 1 minute from on-court arrival to get to the net
And 5 minutes for warming up
And 1 minute to get ready to play
Friction: And how are the players coping? Mostly okay, except:
Frances Tiafoe (USA): "The minute to walk on, I don't like that. I had to take my headphones off so I didn't get fined there."
Naomi Osaka
(Japan): "The most panicky thing for me is the minute you have to get to the net for the coin toss. It cut into my music...I was a little upset about that."
Sloane Stephens (USA): "It's a little weird...when you're 6-6 in the third set of a close match you don't want to look at a clock. But it is what it is."
Kei Nishikori
(Japan): "I'm not going to have time to think much about where to put my serve. I won't have much time to think between the points and with the heat it's going to be a little bit tough."
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