NCAA changes mind about third set tie breaker

After several protests, the NCAA has announced that it will not go forward with some of the more controversial changes that it had proposed.

“The Division I Men’s and Women’s Tennis Committee has decided to rescind the tiebreaker procedure it had recommended last week for singles and six-all set doubles competition,” the NCAA commented in a statement.

The commitee will go ahead with some of the other changes such as reducing the amount of time it takes to complete matches, including removing warm-ups before singles and doubles; reducing the time between singles and doubles to five minutes (currently 10); and shortening each changeover from 90 seconds to 60.