Martina's Ten Point Plan

Martina Navratilova, Wimbledon legend (and the only person playing before 1980 who is still playing!) has a nice list of proposals to shake up tennis. She writes about them in the Guardian, in the article 'Players need control to bring about change'

1. Thou shalt not grunt. Maria and Venus, hear this. (Actually, I didn't realize grunting makes it harder to play at the net.)
   
   
2. Simplify the game.
   
   
   
   • If the ball hits the net during a serve and goes in, keep playing.
     
   • Bring in best-of-nine sets. (As in the new men's doubles regulations.)
     
   
   
   
3. Minimize injuries
   
   
   
   • Play only nine months a year.
     
   • Standardize hard courts. Make very hard courts just hard.
     
   • Standardize balls.
     
   
   
   
4. Allow players to display larger sponsor logos on their shirts. (I had no idea they weren't allowed to do so - that's shocking.)
   
   
5. Get drug testing straightened out. Meaningless and minor drugs are being treated the same as real major drugs.
   
   
6. More money for players. (Again, lots of new details here.)
   
   
7. Have tournament organizers compete for the rights to host tournaments.
   
   
8. Raise prize money. Again, it's amazing that there are that many journeymen like Stephen Huss who still bother playing tennis, when you read of how little minor players (i.e. most players) get.
   
   
9. Women aren't equal to men yet. Why no women's wheelchair doubles? (Actually Martina, this was the first time they held one for men's wheelchair doubles - it was an experiment by the Wimbledon organizers, right? Are there more men's wheelchair doubles players? That said, presumably next year... and anyway, how come you didnt mention the fact that women's prize money is less than men's, at least at Wimbledon? Or is it ok since the men play best-of-five and women best-of-three?)
   
   
10. Unionize.