LONDON (Reuters) - Players will have an additional five seconds between points at next year's Australian Open but time-wasters will have nowhere to hide thanks to the introduction of shot-clocks. A two-day rules meeting of the Grand Slam Board in London also agreed to limit pre-match warm-ups to five minutes. The 25-second shot-clock was used in the U.S. Open qualifying event this year and also at the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan earlier this month. The Grand Slam Board said in a statement that the serving-time changes had been agreed unanimously. American player Jared Donaldson said before the Milan tournament: "The five-minute warmup maybe is redundant and doesn't necessarily need to take place.

Source: The Star November 21, 2017 15:33 UTC