But they are not both slow.
LOL, Fed has lost on faster HC before.
Despite the magnitude of the final, I think there was very little pressure last year because no one expected him to win. This year will be different. There's a very different kind of pressure this time imo; he's 2 in the world with 2 majors last year while Nadal has kept pace, a 4-0 record vs Nadal, and everyone knows this court favors him now. Everyone's made him the favorite.
I wonder where that USO CPR GIF came from. Hopefully not from Gilbert's pre tournament tweet. I thought it was kinda medium. Slow = IW/Miami. But IW played a little faster than usual. So if that's compensated by slower than usual Montreal/USO, it's fine. But I would rather have the early tournaments (coming up to RG) playing slow and the ones in the latter half playing fast, less taxing for the players. Last year's USO series was mostly disastrous with only Cincy getting rescued by Dimi/Kyrgios.But they are not both slow.
2017 court speeds.. check out how pathetic the USO was.
Having spoken to the actual people who maintain the AO courts (since they maintain some courts near me) they (yes, the actual top guy from the company) said they have done the main show courts the same the past few years with the main difference being the timing they do them. Last year Rod Laver's top layer repaint was done in November whereas they had often done it as late as the end of December. That meant it had as much as a month's extra wear and smoothing out. Hisense arena however got a done a few weeks later so it was slower than Rod Laver even with the exact same paint being used.
So do we know when they painted the courts for this year? The article doesn't say, only that the speed should be the same as last year.
Well ,they were painting our courts 2nd week of Dec and had come from finishing Melbourne Park. They still had another crew there finishing up at Margaret Court so, in theory, it'll be a little slower than Rod Laver. But since that court is more exposed to the elements and would likely get more play it could even up.
Look at the draw and you have your answer. Didn't he play Carreno Busta in the semis? I mean, doesn't that say enough? Sam Q was probably his toughest opponent in the entire draw.Are these Numbers correct?
How the hell did Anderson get to the final with basically a serve and no ground game?. Also Nadal’s forehand seemed faster at USO compared to AO
Anderson also had a weak draw to the final.Are these Numbers correct?
How the hell did Anderson get to the final with basically a serve and no ground game?. Also Nadal’s forehand seemed faster at USO compared to AO
Federer is without doubt the overwhelming favourite. Let's see if he can capitalize on the almost perfect conditions arranged for his game, or if we will see a shock loss like in WTF
Did you see the draw? ;-)Are these Numbers correct?
How the hell did Anderson get to the final with basically a serve and no ground game?. Also Nadal’s forehand seemed faster at USO compared to AO
Are these Numbers correct?
How the hell did Anderson get to the final with basically a serve and no ground game?. Also Nadal’s forehand seemed faster at USO compared to AO
Okay, this is what we all expected. The murmur has turned to a shout. The "ice rink" from 2017 is back!
Thankfully this year everyone has more of a chance to prepare for the slick surface and knows what to expect.
Really hoping some of the U.S. guys produce the great first strike tennis that they are capable of. It's not only Federer, many players will benefit with these conditions.
The jokers and slow court tricksters (Monfils, PCB et al) stay home your are not needed this year
VERY interested to see how Nadal goes on this surface on the second time around. Hoping he gets the double career slam but it will be extremely tough. Everything has been stacked against him.
I am predicting that David Goffin will make at least the 1/4F.
Federer is without doubt the overwhelming favourite. Let's see if he can capitalize on the almost perfect conditions arranged for his game, or if we will see a shock loss like in WTF
Are these Numbers correct?
How the hell did Anderson get to the final with basically a serve and no ground game?. Also Nadal’s forehand seemed faster at USO compared to AO
I wouldn't be shocked if either Fed or Nadal or both get taken out before the final. People are taking their presence in the final for granted. This is not 2009 anymore.
From which angle federer sounds a servebot to you~~?
If you remember last W, it was all slow in first week. But was restored to routine one once 4th round was over. He had stopped hearing all complaints about slowness of grass.
Wrong. Were is your source to back this up
And even then it was slower than the old green decoturf.
Only 17 years at most. We still had Rafter and Sampras (later career).
Overall convergence was towards slowness. Regarding court pace, 40s is medium fast and above that is fast. But we don't see any true fast courts.
A faster USO would be better, it would be more consistent with other preceding tourneys in the series.
Safin also said that grass was slowed down, which helped him in his lone SF run in 2008.
Which shows that the slowness of the courts wasn't decisive from the start. Wimb was still faster in 2003-2004 than 2007-present. USO also was still faster in 2003-2010 than later.
For many years whey were both slow, but no one gave a damn about it.
