Make tennis like boxing: divided by weight class? (ten years ago):
Certainly right now the singles game is typically pretty predictable and often the winner is simply the taller player. Could an amazing player 5’8″ tall reasonably hope to beat Novak Djokovic at 6’2″?
The women’s final is going on right now. Chris Evert dominated American tennis at 5’6″. Margaret Court dominated world tennis at 5’9″ (of course, today she must be condemned as a hater: “Court has been a consistent critic of same-sex marriage in Australia”). Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina (a born-again Kazakhstani, presumably after watching Borat?) are both 6′ tall.
The men’s final tomorrow is between Floridian Ben Shelton is 6’4″ and Alexander Zverev is 6’6″.
Why not tear the whole thing down, especially since we can’t figure out what a “woman” might be and also because Science recognizes 74 genders? If there were a section of tennis competition for players 5’0″ to 5’4″ tall, for example, we might discover interesting athletes and competitions that can’t possibly happen right now (ATP top 200 currently has no players under 5’7″).
Borat’s deliberate replacement of murderous Cossacks with innocent Kazakhs was a blood libel.
You should have seen the men’s badminton final at the last Olympics. Viktor Axelsen the Danish gold medallist was like a terrifying Daddy Long Legs spider on that court. His six feet four inches frame just completely dominated his Thai opponent. Axelsen easily won every single set and coasted to a victory.
Viktor Axelsen did not lose a SINGLE set throughout the entire Paris 2024 Olympic Games.