The elite tennis players may not
like the new look blue Smurf clay in Madrid but as far as watching on TV it
looks much better. I suppose elite athletes
are fine tuned to certain things but I am sure over time I think blue Smurf
Clay will become acceptable. Personally I
cannot see how the colour of the clay makes any difference since colour makes
no difference on a hard surface. More
likely it is the type of clay or the way the surface itself has been created
that is the real issue, and even if it was the normal brick red clay it would
still be slippery and difficult to play on.
Tennis players need to remember though
this is an entertainment sport, and blue clay certainly makes it easier to see the
ball. And if Madrid wants to use that
colour I see no reason why it should not be able to. It works on the Madrid courts in a way it
would never work at Roland Garros.
It was good to see Federer overcome
the new sensation Milos Raonic, but I worry about tennis if someone like Raonic
is the future. I know sport goes through
cycles but if the next phase of tennis stars is going to be like the 90’s over
again then it doesn’t bode well for tennis.
No disrespect to Raonic he can play some nice shots and he nearly beat
the great Swiss, but it was not exciting tennis with lots of rallies and this was on a clay court. 160 mile an hour super servers will ruin
tennis.
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