Overview

• After her Wimbledon first-round win, Sabalenka said she isn’t ready for best-of-five matches and warned they would increase injury risks
• Coco Gauff agreed that longer matches would favor stronger athletes physically but represent a major change for the tour
• No governing body or Grand Slam organizer has put forward a formal proposal to move women’s singles from best-of-three to best-of-five sets
• Roland Garros has not featured a women’s singles night session since 2023, with officials citing three-set matches’ shorter durations
• Tournament directors point to scheduling constraints and heightened recovery demands as key barriers to achieving format parity