To me, it is pretty confusing.skatingfan wrote: ↑Fri Nov 18, 2022 1:12 amIt's interesting that you say that because the commentators the other day were saying this is the fastest hard court event of the year.ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 17, 2022 11:35 pm From watching Nadal vs Ruud, it seems to me Nadal is staying closer to the baseline not because he is trying to be more aggressive, but because the balls are not coming through..the bounce is low and pace is not fast..so players have to go to the ball..and Nadal is a great volleyer anyway so he is not afraid to go to the net...
Fritz is doing well because the court is slow ...his own lack of speed doesn't hurt him, neither does the speed of people like FAA get them much advantage .
There have been very few breaks of serve. Felix and Taylor had two breaks combined (well, Taylor did) and further up the topic the numbers are available. But you have to consider that these are the top 9 players in the world, and you don't get to be a top player if you get broken every other service game.
But then, you see the matches and the players are simply getting to everything. 20 point rallies have been very common.
But then, again, Ace Machine Rafael Nadal (not) hits 16 aces in a two setter.
So, how fast is this court really? I still say it is like all modern courts. Slower than anything that was being laid down in the 80's or 90's.