Absolutely correct.Rebound Ace was a slow surface, not quick at all.
Making others competitive versus Federer or making rallies longer is part of corporate deals as well. If the matches are longer it means more commercial time. And if Fed is not dominating, that is good for business.These things are typically related to corporate deals and so on, certainly nothing to do with the players. Wasn’t it a nation wide push for plexicushion conversions?
Though feder dominating is much better than say, djokovic dominating for business. His game is interesting to watch. (No disrespect to djok)Making others competitive versus Federer or making rallies longer is part of corporate deals as well. If the matches are longer it means more commercial time. And if Fed is not dominating, that is good for business.
Absolutely correct.
It was a slow, low bouncing hard court.
Some people may not have an idea at all about what they're posting about tennis.
But it's not, you sell more tickets when you have three way rivalry and controversy and fan wars. Because now you have more fan bases tuning in plus more haters to see the other guy lose.Though feder dominating is much better than say, djokovic dominating for business. His game is interesting to watch. (No disrespect to djok)
Weren’t there issues with the court getting too soft in the Australian summer heat with Rebound Ace?
Wasn’t that slow imo but not fast as well. Not IW/old Miami slow. Maybe it was medium or at the very least medium-slow. The play styles of players could make it look faster with Agassi/Safin matches.Rebound Ace was a slow surface, not quick at all.
Wasn’t that slow imo but not fast as well. Not IW/old Miami slow. Maybe it was medium or at the very least medium-slow. The play styles of players could make it look faster with Agassi/Safin matches.
Will have to see more clips of RA matches I don’t recall it being significantly slower than current USO or Wimbledon which is like medium speed.Definitely wasn't medium.
Will have to see more clips of RA matches I don’t recall it being significantly slower than current USO or Wimbledon which is like medium speed.
USO used to be medium-fast with ProDecoTurf I think it was the fastest slam years ago. AO was always slower than USO until the last few years or so.Just started charting Hewitt vs Blake at the AO in 2005, commies talking non stop in the beginning how slow the court is and how much quicker the USO is.
Definitely wasn't medium.
It was hard to classify in the court rating scheme because it was much more rubberized than most hard courts. As a result of the rubber content, the ball bounce very high but it didn't lose as much pace off the bounce as would most courts with a similar bounce. So, for the bounce height it had, it was a pretty quick court, but that bounce height was so high that overall it was probably more like medium-slow.
Like Plexicushion, it also varied over the years. In the late 1990s, it was getting very slow, so they gave it a fresh coat of paint for 2000 and 2001 and both years were much faster, especially 2000.
Yeah I'm aware that in 2000 it played pretty quick, was thinking mostly about Fed's winning years.
Very high bounce and medium slow seems fair.