In a recent interview, Rafael Nadal did not agree with Andy Murray’s assessment that the level of the men’s game had gone up another notch this season, instead suggesting that he and Roger Federer had not been as good as in previous years, and therefore were unable to keep pace with World No. 1 Novak Djokovic. "Winning or losing depends on very, very, very small things"- expanded Nadal. "And probably these very, very small things I did a little bit better in 2010 than 2011. It is hard to win big matches. I lost a lot of finals this year."

I’ve been complaining for years that tennis scoring should be changed. I became tired of four or so hours matches which are then decided in a couple of tie-break points, which, in turn, "depend on very, very, very small things". I believe that many players just hold their service games, strategically driving into tie-break. The change should shorten match playing time and reduce the gamble scoring on very small things. And that could be easily achieved by abandoning the game scoring (romantic but ridiculous love-15-30-40-deuce-advantage) and introducing continuous set scoring, other rules unchanged.

My proposal: During a set, points are scored 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. The first player/team to win 24 points wins the set, provided there is a margin of two points over the opponent(s). If necessary, the set shall continue until this margin is achieved. Each player/team shall serve alternately for four consecutive points up to 24 points, after this, if necessary, each player/team shall serve alternately for two consecutive points until the end of the set.