The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) shared new rules for doubles tennis matches on their official social media page, which were previously tested at a Masters tournament in Madrid.
One significant change is that 32 pairs will make it to the main draw of tournaments based on a combined doubles ranking.
Furthermore, players will not be allowed to drink or sit on the bench during switching sides in the first set. There were also some changes regarding breaks: a pause between points lasting three shots or fewer will be 15 seconds, while those exceeding four shots will have a 25-second break; the break between sets will commence immediately after the end of a game and will last one minute.
