You're kidding right?
USO has never been worse in terms of ball visibility than in the last decade. There have been matches when I gave up in frustration... I absolutely detest having to guess where the ball is going. Never or rarely had that problem in the 90s for example.
Or is it the HD TV that's ruining it?
FO is where the balls are most visible, followed by AO.
Wimby is worse than it used to be but it varies from year to year, match to match. USO is by far the worst among slams.
Regarding speeding up courts: racket technology is speeding up the game constantly, hence if anything we need to slow down courts every few years. Speeding up courts while rackets still improve makes no sense.
You enjoy aces that match? Most boring winner in tennis.
No, not kidding. But it seems that you might be. I was actually speaking about ball visibility for the players rather than for TV viewers. But the two are related.
I actually find it very difficult to track the ball when watching the FO, unless I am watching it on a large screen HD TV. As a viewer and a player, the contrast of a yellow ball against a blue background is considerably easier to see and track.
This is true for most players and viewers. If no so for you, then I would suggest that you either have a color blindness of some sort or perhaps a hypersensitivity to part of the color soectrum. These types of color issues are not the norm but they are not all that uncommon either. Some individuals are very sensitive to the blue or green parts of the spectrum while others might be sensitive to orange-yellow.
True, there are some powerful rackets on the market. But most pros, esp ATP pros, Are not using them. The rackets that these guys use are much less powerful than the rackets used by the average rec player.
While the racket head is somewhat larger, I don't believe that frame that Federer uses is any more powerful than the frame that Sampras used in the 90s. The modern rackets that I have been using actually have less power than the rackets I was using in the 90s.
