Mailbag: Should There Be a Standard Rule for Mid-Match Breaks?

We are two days in. We have been spoiled for choice matches. We’ve seen some extraordinary tennis—with precious few upsets. We’ve an extraordinary (unprecedented?) variety of players, physiques and styles. If this is what the post-Federer, Serena, Nadal Era looks like, we’ll be okay here, folks. And Wednesday is Mailbag Day so here goes.

Onward….

Mailbag

Why not just have a scheduled five-minute mid-match break and that’s all you get? Of course, this doesn’t stop the phantom injury—nothing will—but then the idea of a warm-up hitter makes sense there.