People at Wimbledon are "talking about whether there needs to be stronger enforcement of rules that set time limits between points," according to Dennis Passa of the AP. One possible solution that keeps coming up: "instituting a basketball-style shot clock." Caroline Wozniacki said Monday that "she'd endorse the idea." Roger Federer feels that TV viewers "might be turned off -- and tuning out -- because of the time delays and feels shot clocks are inevitable." Former No. 1 Wozniacki, who lost her fourth-round match 6-2, 7-5 to Barbora Zahlavova Strycova on Monday, said that she felt her Czech opponent "was taking longer than the 20 seconds allowed between points." Wozniacki: "I thought she was very slow. But I guess the referee, she has the time on it. If she's within the time, I guess it's OK." A time clock "would be fine with her." Wozniacki: "I wouldn't mind. You have a clock. It shows exactly how much time you take in between points." Zahlavova Strycova said that if she was taking too much time, she "should have been warned." Zahlavova Strycova: "The referee would tell me speed up or hurry up on your serve, I would maybe change it. But I didn't get any warning or something like that, so I was just following the rhythm I had." Last week, Federer said that he thinks a clock "might eventually be instituted because the 20-second rule in Grand Slams and 25-second limit in other tournaments was being abused." Federer: "I just think it's important that we, as players, play up to speed." Federer added that the issue "has been discussed at player meetings." Federer: "And don't exceed the time limit, because what I don't want is that we lose viewers because we play too slow. What you're going to see next is all of a sudden a shot clock. We discussed that as well. We said we didn't need to go that far. I wouldn't be surprised if that were to happen all of a sudden. Because you only just need a couple of guys always doing it, and that's when it happens" (AP, 6/30).
