ATP Votes To End Round-Robin Experiment

After just five tournaments, the ATP is dropping its experimental round-robin format and returning to the traditional knockout format for all events. The idea was novel, but with controversies and the media having problems reporting the results, the ATP is ending the trial. Still, ATP Chair & CEO Etienne de Villiers vows to “keep trying to find new and better ways of growing” the sport.

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