Yes - but, as I said, making the courts slower has not fully compensated for the increased speed and power, in my opinion. The game is still too fast for my liking.ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 9:16 pm I think that they had to slow the courts down to accommodate the "newer" racquets. For me tennis became unwatchable for a lot of the late 90's because there was no intellect to it. It was all serve, serve, and serve with some net play thrown in for the usual giggles. Tennis for me anyway is much more watchable now.
Back in the '80s - and prior to that - THAT was a thinking person's tennis... because there was so little power and ball speed in the game - except for the occasional serve -, players had to use their intellect to figure out how to basically outsmart their opponents, mostly using variety and creativity.