Andy Murray has added his voice to a chorus of tennis royalty pushing for one of the sport's more controversial rule changes: eliminating service lets entirely. The retired three-time Grand Slam champion made his feelings clear while speaking to LTA Padel, saying he would remove the let from both padel and tennis, adding simply that he does not like it.
Murray, now 39 and keeping busy with golf, a stint coaching Novak Djokovic earlier in 2025, work alongside Jack Draper, and his padel franchise Team AD/vantage, has found time to reflect on the sport he dominated for over a decade. His let-rule opinion puts him in impressive company.
At this year's Wimbledon, Martina Navratilova was equally blunt on BBC One during Karolina Muchova's quarter-final win over Naomi Osaka. The 18-time Grand Slam singles champion called the service let rule "useless" and urged officials to treat clipped net serves as live balls. Her argument centered on pace of play: most lets involve only a minor nick of the cord, and playing on would simply speed things up.
John McEnroe has made the same case, arguing on BBC Radio 5 Live in 2025 that playing lets would inject excitement into the game. The seven-time major winner acknowledged, however, that top players would likely resist the change because it introduces an unpredictable element into their carefully constructed service games. He suspects that resistance will keep the rule intact for the foreseeable future.
For now, service lets remain part of the game despite the growing star power behind scrapping them. TennisDraw users debating future rule impacts on bracket strategy will want to keep this conversation on their radar.
