Blue clay for Madrid 2012

vernonbc

Legend
Telepatic, giving you the benefit of the doubt because it says you're from Serbia, but most mature, non-teenaged boys don't use the term ******** in the english speaking world. It's insulting and insensitive and shows immaturity and lack of ability to express yourself well.
 

The Bawss

Banned
Telepatic, giving you the benefit of the doubt because it says you're from Serbia, but most mature, non-teenaged boys don't use the term ******** in the english speaking world. It's insulting and insensitive and shows immaturity and lack of ability to express yourself well.

But he is right though.
 

Carsomyr

Legend
The link was also posted at MTF, but it seems the article's been taken down. Perhaps they jumped the gun a bit?
 

PSNELKE

Legend
Telepatic, giving you the benefit of the doubt because it says you're from Serbia, but most mature, non-teenaged boys don't use the term ******** in the english speaking world. It's insulting and insensitive and shows immaturity and lack of ability to express yourself well.

I´m gonna tell you something buddy.
Spraying your smartassnes towards a nonnative english speaker ain´t a sign of maturity either.
Next time better stick comments like that one elsewhere, since there are people who don´t appreciate that stuff at all.

I completely agree with Tele.
 

Mustard

Bionic Poster
The tennis authorities and "businessmen" like Tiriac have been obsessed with blue coloured courts in recent years.
 

Hood_Man

G.O.A.T.
I admit I get a bit tired looking at all the blue courts these days, but that actually looks really nice :)
 

Murrayfan31

Hall of Fame
Hopefully the courts play faster as well though Madrid is already pretty quick. By far my favorite tournament of the clay season.
 

Telepatic

Legend
Telepatic, giving you the benefit of the doubt because it says you're from Serbia, but most mature, non-teenaged boys don't use the term ******** in the english speaking world. It's insulting and insensitive and shows immaturity and lack of ability to express yourself well.

I should correct myself, that is one unneeded and tasteless move by mister Tiriac, I apologize sir vernonbc and feel terribly sorry for showing my immaturity and insensitivity!
 

Netzroller

Semi-Pro
Awesome. Can't wait to see Nadal play like he is on hardcourts and lose early.

Hopefully the courts play faster as well though Madrid is already pretty quick. By far my favorite tournament of the clay season.
I'm sorry to disappoint you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_court#Blue_clay
Manuel Santana, the Open's current director, has assured that aside from the color the surface keeps the same properties as the traditional red clay.[1]
But you might want to check Nadal's record for this years early hc season. IW and Miami final is not what I would call losing early (Murray's 2nd round losses on the other hand ...)
 

Towser83

G.O.A.T.
so basically they're just dying it blue? What is the point? I can see the point changing up some of the hardcourt colours so they're not all the same, but leave clay red. Blue is just weird and a big gimmick.
 
Gah, keep clay red...it's nice to have red for clay, blue for hard courts and green for grass, it adds a different atmosphere to the surfaces in my opinion. Blue clay just looks really fake to me, it's supposed to be a natural surface.
 

Towser83

G.O.A.T.
Gah, keep clay red...it's nice to have red for clay, blue for hard courts and green for grass, it adds a different atmosphere to the surfaces in my opinion. Blue clay just looks really fake to me, it's supposed to be a natural surface.

Yeah why not just paint grass purple or something
 

Funbun

Professional
There is Bluegrass

Like lol

I don't understand the resistance to change. Tennis is cooler when there's something awesome and new around the corner. I appreciate new paintjobs, and this new court surface color just makes the sport more awesome.

Seriously, it's only the Madrid Masters. A blue clay court, to me, would give a nice futuristic atmosphere.

....maybe we'll have a red grass Wimbledon. I'd love it.
 

Ronaldo

Bionic Poster
Like lol

I don't understand the resistance to change. Tennis is cooler when there's something awesome and new around the corner. I appreciate new paintjobs, and this new court surface color just makes the sport more awesome.

Seriously, it's only the Madrid Masters. A blue clay court, to me, would give a nice futuristic atmosphere.

....maybe we'll have a red grass Wimbledon. I'd love it.

Multi-colored clay court, sweeeeeeeeeeeeet http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...-Barney_Allis_Plaza_tennis_Kansas_City_MO.jpg
 
If they were going to change the colours of clay for the masters, I was gonna throw green into the mix for variation. Then I remembered we have Wimbledon




Yes I went there.
 

Sid_Vicious

G.O.A.T.
If they were going to change the colours of clay for the masters, I was gonna throw green into the mix for variation. Then I remembered we have Wimbledon




Yes I went there.

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Walenty

Professional
I'll just hopelessly buy into these newly colored court ideas until I get what I really want:

Onyx-black indoor hard courts.
I'd watch that tournament, just sayin...
 

Benhur

Hall of Fame
In the movie True Love (1989) there occurs the following conversation:

Maître d': We often color the potatoes to match the colors of the wedding.

Donna: Oh, yeah?

Maître d': But with rainbow, you can go with anything. Might I suggest a pale blue?

Michael: Wait a minute, wait a minute - did you say blue mashed potatoes?

Maître d': Yes.

Michael: No, we're not having blue mashed potatoes at this wedding.

Donna: What kind of blue?

Maître d': Sort of a sky blue.

Michael: Get out of here! I'm not eating blue food.

But Donna prevailed, and they ended up eating blue mashed potatoes.
 

Mustard

Bionic Poster
That looks absolutely AWFUL, is this seriously going to be played blue next year? Facepalm.

I know. I can't believe anyone likes it. No doubt they have visions of removing the traditional colour from all clay-courts in the next decade.
 
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15_ounce

Guest
http://deportologo.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/el-madrid-open-se-jugara-en-arcilla-azul-a-partir-del-2012/

The Madrid Open will be played on blue clay in 2012

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Confirmed. The Mutua Madrid Open 2012 will be the first tournament in the history of tennis to be played on blue clay.

A Ion Tiriac, Mutua Madrid Open adviser, you are fulfilling all their dreams since arriving in the Spanish capital.

First wanted the tournament was mixed, then worked for the tour moved to land in a stadium with retractable roof and now, in 2012, the capital of Spain will host the first event in history with colored clay blue.

The problem that had been submitted to Tiriac was that Federer and Nadal, among others, were opposed to innovation and refused to train at the test track.

The U.S. Open 2011, the key:

However, the U.S. Open this year was the key to give the nod to this revolutionary idea. The Big Apple was the place where they met Girgio di Palermo (Europe), Justin Gimelstob (USA) and David Egdes (Asia and Oceania), as representatives of the players, and Mark Webster (Europe), Gavin Forbes (USA) and Charles Smith (Asia and Oceania) leading to the block set of tournaments.

Madrid, through research by Tiriac, presented a technical report showing that the earth was the same, with the advantage that when the ball was blue visible to both athletes and the public following the parties from television.

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The leaders of the racquets know that much of the proceeds from the tournament are television rights and if the viewer can better visualize the ball from your television, start to have more audience and raise sponsorship money.

The extracted subsequent vote a majority of votes to Adam Helfant, outgoing president of the ATP, did not even have to vote, but can not, because both players r epresentatives as events are in full agreement with the incursion of blue clay .

The next step for the Madrid Open that runs the legend Manolo Santana is to change all the blue clay tennis courts onsite. For this, first the courts will have to raise them again later to the color blue.

The official announcement is scheduled for next week where Tiriac will begin to see his dream fulfilled after some time said "I am determined to convert the tennis tournament in Madrid in something never seen before: a SuperSlam on blue clay."

For skeptics and people who have denied the veracity of the notes of this blog, and article of coach who wins the U.S. Open Nadal, I know that this information comes from nothing more and nothing less than the sports daily Marca.

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Ronaldo

Bionic Poster
That corn is not blue at all. You should see the mashed potatoes in that movie, they look the same color as the proposed clay for Madrid. There is a disease or condition called cyanosis where your skin turns blue, but doesn't look nearly as awful as those courts.

Yes, the corn is more indigo. Especially when used in chips. Blue clay will really match some Nike shoes well. http://www.nicekicks.com/wp/files/2011/05/rafael-nadal-nike-court-ballistic-blue-white-1.jpg
 

niff

Legend
Nadal on Twitter...

@RafaelNadal "He leído lo de la pista azul de Madrid!es una pena por la historia y la tradición de esta superficie!...
Espero no tener q jugar algún dia sobre hierba azul ; )...."

"I read about the blue clay of Madrid! It is a shame for the tradition and history of this surface... I hope I don't have to play on blue grass one day ; )"
 

Ronaldo

Bionic Poster
Nadal on Twitter...

@RafaelNadal "He leído lo de la pista azul de Madrid!es una pena por la historia y la tradición de esta superficie!...
Espero no tener q jugar algún dia sobre hierba azul ; )...."

"I read about the blue clay of Madrid! It is a shame for the tradition and history of this surface... I hope I don't have to play on blue grass one day ; )"

Odd quote, figured Rafa will be a pickin' and a grinnin' playin' bluegrass.
 

TTMR

Hall of Fame
I like the blue clay from a purely aesthetic viewpoint, but I am averse to the general movement towards making all courts look the same. Hard courts should vary between blue, green, red, purple and silver.
 

Ronaldo

Bionic Poster
I like the blue clay from a purely aesthetic viewpoint, but I am averse to the general movement towards making all courts look the same. Hard courts should vary between blue, green, red, purple and silver.

Local HS has Scarlet and Gray hardcourts. Never saw purple.
 

Fate Archer

Hall of Fame
Ion Tiriac 2, tennis world 0. I doubt he will fulfill his dream to turn Madrid into a GS though.

But he's certainly an interesting and excentric character to have on tour. :)
 
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