Jessica Pegula criticizes Martina Navratilova's proposed rule change

Jessica Pegula voiced strong opposition to a suggestion made by Martina Navratilova regarding tennis rules. During a recent episode of her Players’ Box podcast, Pegula addressed the idea of abolishing lets in tennis, calling it 'stupid'. She emphasized the importance of retaining advantages at deuce. The discussion followed increased scrutiny of late finishes at major tournaments like the US Open, where several matches ended in the early hours. Pegula proposed maintaining best-of-three formats until the quarterfinals but acknowledged that this wouldn't resolve all issues. Fellow tennis figure John McEnroe has also supported the idea of playing through lets to add unpredictability and speed up matches.

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