I agree with your point about slow surfaces favoring people in the best physical shape, but your definition of ability seems too narrow if you think faster conditions cannot favor certain kinds of abilities. Are people who excel on clay but not faster surfaces more talented than the people who beat them on faster surfaces?
I dont agree as
best physical shape is a pre-requisite in pro-Tennis.
Defenders have won more titles overall than Offenders like Fed
since 2001 (****-genizing of everything and everyone to further
brainwashing the masses via longer tell-a-vision programming)
It is not the players fault.
Servebots issues are less damaging for Tennis vs Trolling issues
There was one final on grass before they changed it all when the
pride of the Commonwealth, Mr poster boy Rafter was beaten by
Goran the Terrible who reached 4 previous finals before winning.
We never had an Isner vs Roddich USO, AO or Wimby yet Inser
did well once against Nadal on Clay by playing more all round
tennis that was more exciting than many RG finals specially
Coria vs Gaudio and many others.
However we have had Troll tennis issues where players were forced
to have supreme stamina and some of the worst finals ever.
It was not the players fault they had to be PONGsters to survive
hence Nadal, Nole, Murray, Simon, Zvev, Meds and increased field
of 30s year olds could with patience get that extra ball back even
as conditions didnt favor faster reactions of the youth anymore.
Even Nadal and Nole could win the AO easily when one was absent
or imprisoned, on one foot or carrying an injury, with ease over the rest
of the field of lesser pushers.
If we see more Trollster Tennis and now Skinner scaring the weak
minds of the LTA/ATP hidden faceless tumors in charge, then this
sport is going to suffer. They have been profiting from TV time
for too long and not filtering anything back to the lower ranks.
We are in 2025 yet Tennis balls dont get cheaper in price just
cheaper in quality when it is always known the more something
is made over time the cheaper it gets. This is not the case for balls.
We dont need slower balls, we need some of the following:
1. Make Silicone Elastomer textured balls
-This will allow a perfect longer lasting ball which will increase
the skill level in juniors and cause less wrist injuries in all ages.
2. Limit racquet sizes for 180cm+ to 95" vs 98" for under 180cm till age of 35.
-This is for Pros and finally catches up to Table Tennis, Badmington, Pickle
and even the newest racquet sport of Padel that has already done this.
Not to mention every other sport under the sun even cheese rolling!
3. Use several AI companies to compete against each other to monitor, learn, predict,
and produce the
best quality balls for each event and conditions.
As for Stef he is
next is the PA vs PA 98inch battle after Rune
took out the last of the Green Willy endorser left/y.
Humbert got triggered NOT TIRED of trying to hit harder and errored himself out
and that was only a BO3 not BO5, so Hacker Tennis is here to stay.
