What has indoor carpet which happened AFTER the US Open, have anything to do with slams, regardless of who has won what?
No slam was ever on Indoor Carpet. Slams in general are outdoor events.
Indoor carpet is needed for variety and to reward other styles of tennis that don't get the chance to flourish as much on those slow court slams.
I'm not against it. But remember that carpet can be made to play extremely slow as well.
I think the AO being on a hard court is wrong . There should he four distinct surfaces .
I think the AO should be on har tru or carpet .....or .....wait for it .....cork!!!
Yup cork! I played on it in Europe.
It's fast easy on the knees and just an incredibly fun surface . I don't know why it's not more popular .
In te USA older players play on clay because it's easy on the body. But I think they would enjoy a nice clean bounce of a hard court if it were easy on the body.
As for speeding up the surface that will not give you serve and volley by the way. The windshield wiper forehand and luxilon has made serve and volley a thing of the past. Groundstrokes would be even bigger on a fast surface.
Bring back gut or wood racquets and serve and volley will be back .....surface speed won't change a thing . It would just be like watching groundstroke winner after groundstroke winner.