I actually don't like tennis played on superfast courts and stopped watching completely during the '90's. I started watching again just as Sampras was leaving the sport because I wanted to introduce my daughter to tennis. I feel the faster the court the less strategy is involved so I guess that explains why I prefer clay court tennis.
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(4) Santiago Gonzalez/Edouard Roger-Vasselin VS (7) Maximo Gonzalez/Andres Molteni
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(6) Stefanos Tsitsipas VS (8) Holger Rune
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(1) Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek VS (5) Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos
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(1) Novak Djokovic VS (4) Jannik Sinner
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ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:30 pm
I actually don't like tennis played on superfast courts and stopped watching completely during the '90's. I started watching again just as Sampras was leaving the sport because I wanted to introduce my daughter to tennis. I feel the faster the court the less strategy is involved so I guess that explains why I prefer clay court tennis.
Nothing wrong with either but we do need a variety..so different styles can flourish..
I always liked the USOpen surface because it supports baseliners, volleyers equally .any style except pure defence ...favora attacking tennis of any kind .
It is a bit puzzling, though, why Alcaraz doesn't like the faster surfaces .Melbourne, Bercy, Turin..he serves well, has good reflexes, volleys well, doesn't take an excessive backswing, and is the quickest player on the tour ...all just mindset ?
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2023 4:07 am
It is a bit puzzling, though, why Alcaraz doesn't like the faster surfaces .Melbourne, Bercy, Turin..he serves well, has good reflexes, volleys well, doesn't take an excessive backswing, and is the quickest player on the tour ...all just mindset ?
I don't think it's a matter of not liking a fast surface. I think it's more of a case of not having played matches on that type of surface very often. This is first year in Turin, and he's played Bercy a few times, and Melbourne a few times, though the Australian Open courts bounce higher than either Bercy, or Turin, so there not quite the same.
Stefanos seems to be on a mission of some sort.
All of this today.
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