[TIGHazard]

I realise this is nothing in regards to how many viewers Wimbledon gets worldwide. But I thought I'd post this /r/tennis thread just in the context of people who aren't normally pres-fans, talking about the scoreboard and why they dislike it.

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Full title is "Is anyone else bothered by the way Wimbledon displays the match scores? e.g. 2-1 (sets) 5-4 (games) instead of 6-4 6-3 3-6 5-4 - I realize that it makes the scoreboard a consistent, shorter and more readable size, but sort of annoying when you start watching a match and want to see how it has unfolded so far."

Pretty much all of the replies are agreeing with the original poster.

"Yes! Takes me the whole first week to get used to it."

"I hate not knowing the score of the previous set(s) Why is Wimbledon like this??"

"Yes. You’d think they’re paying by how much screen space or characters they are using or something. I don’t get the need to change it other than it saves space. I like to know the score in each set not just who won it as well. It gives you a better idea of how close the match really is."

"Totally bothered. I made a post about this 8 yrs ago."

"I dislike it. You’re not getting the whole story. I keep my google scores handy."

"Always has been. The most annoying thing about Wimbledon. And they do it to save what, a bunch of small pixel on huge screen estate."

"yes! and why is it in the top corner instead of the bottom? i hate it so much"

"Yes, I understand the space saving if this was the 90s and a 32" screen was big, but everyone's got 60 plus now. We got room for the entire score people."