Originally Posted by Odrl
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For me I'm a bit torn between the positive and negative sides of the new format of the season.
I also like watching longer matches which usually have more drama and give the better player the chance to prevail. On the other hand it's nice to get some surprises and see some new players. And for tournaments of lesser worth it's fine that in relation to the bigger events you also have to do less work to earn your points, money and title. And most important it's surely a good thing for the players to have a chance to earn a bit more for all they have invested into their sport, especially for lesser ranked players, the so-called journeymen.
I think they could make it Best-of-9-matches partially though. For all I care they could have Best-of-7-Matches in the first or also second round it if's a tournament with 128 entries. But I find it pretty horrible having a quarterfinal a Best-of-7-match.
What's definitely important for me though is that there should be a separation between the smaller ranking events and the bigger ones. And they should never, never, never shorten the format of the World Championship.
I personally think that the UK Championship in it's later stages is definitely much to short. Quarterfinals should be Best-of-15 and semifinals Best-of-17 or something like that. It's the second biggest tournament and the format of the event should reflect this.
Also I think having 19 ranking events all of a sudden feels a bit inflationary. Having one or more ranking titles to his name won't be representing as much worth than it had before.
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