Following the inaugural tournament in 1877, The Champions, Wimbledon - commonly known as Wimbledon - has become the oldest and most prestigious competition in the sport.

Hosting legends such as Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Pete Sampras and even absentee from this year's tournament Andy Murray, the legendary courts have been graced by the vast majority of the sport's greatest ever talents.

However, the way in which its matches operate could be set to change drastically in the foreseeable future. 

The All England Club committee plans on introducing a new 'shot clock' system, which would limit players to no more than 25 seconds between serves.

Players often use these passages to recover from the fatigue that long sets bring, or even to take their time in striving for the perfect serve.

Rafael Nadal has won two Wimbledon singles trophies, in 2008 and 2010, and has accumulated a total of 17 Grand Slam titles in his career so far.

However, the Spaniard recently came out publicly declaring his dissatisfaction with the proposed rule change, but also claims he doesn't think the change would affect him as much.

He said: “Personally, I don't feel that that's going to bother me. In terms of the sport, depends. If you want to see a quick game without thinking, well done.

“If you want to keep playing in a sport that you need to think, you need to play with more tactics, you want to have long and good rallies, then, of course, you are going the wrong way.

“But seems like sometimes is only about the business, so... I can't support this, no, because I don't feel the matches that stays for the history of our sport went that quick (snapping fingers)."

The 32-year-old also says that players who play longer games will suffer most when the shot clock is introduced.

He continued: "I don't remember an emotional match that the total time of the match had been two hours. All the matches that have been important in the history of our sport have been four hours, five hours etc.

"To play these kind of matches you need time between points because you cannot play points in a row with long rallies, with emotional points, having only 25 seconds between points.”