US Open makes ‘massive error’ as Grand Slam refuses to permit followers to look at draw

The All England membership broke with custom earlier this 12 months when as an alternative of broadcasting its draw on the radio, a reside feed of the process was streamed on the web.

The transfer was designed to extend transparency across the draw and create pre-tournament pleasure, however regardless of calls from followers for the US Open to comply with swimsuit, that won’t be the case.

According to the i, the complete accomplished draw will merely be ‘revealed’ on the match web site as soon as it has been undertaken, because it has carried out in earlier years.

The resolution to not broadcast the draw is at odds with the US Open’s proud place as one of the modern tournaments, having been the primary to introduce equal prize cash for women and men – a parity that has now been in place for the previous 50 years, shortly after the formation of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA).

Tennis followers on social media have reacted with disappointment on the resolution. @TennisUpdates23 wrote on X: “Now that Wimbledon streams the draw, the US Open is the only major that doesn’t. A big unforced error.”

Philip Fama wrote: “How not to get people excited for the last Grand Slam of the year.”

Journalist James Gray added: “It is the kind of thing that fans love to be involved with and can easily be turned into a decent bit of content to “launch” the tournament.”