Court Speed on pro tour.

[bluetrain4]

I hear a lot of commentary about how courts have been slowed down in response to racquet technology. From the grass at wimbledon to hard courts at the US and Australian Opens, and the fact that more indoor tournaments are on hardcourts rather than carpet.

While this neutralizes any given court, is the slow down good for the game in your opinion? On the women's side it seems detrimental as all but a few players are baseline bashers. Though I'm sure court speed isn't the only cause.

 

[Musterrific]

Well no matter what speed the courts are, there's always going to be a large contingent of people who complain and claim that it's ruining tennis. Now that the surfaces have been slowed down, a lot of people are *****ing that tennis has gotten boring because there aren't any more serve-volleyers but rather just one-dimensional baseline bashers, and back in the mid 90's everybody thought the sport was going down the drain because most of the top players seemed to be these huge guys who did nothing but ace each other all the time and you'd be lucky to see a 3 stroke rally.

 

[bluetrain4]

Well no matter what speed the courts are, there's always going to be a large contingent of people who complain and claim that it's ruining tennis. Now that the surfaces have been slowed down, a lot of people are *****ing that tennis has gotten boring because there aren't any more serve-volleyers but rather just one-dimensional baseline bashers, and back in the mid 90's everybody thought the sport was going down the drain because most of the top players seemed to be these huge guys who did nothing but ace each other all the time and you'd be lucky to see a 3 stroke rally.

Good point. Ace-fests are boring.