Roger Federer: It's not easy to blast opponent with your serve
Roger Federer commented on how different the conditions can be between day and night on clay. "On a sunny day, it can definitely play faster than in a night session on hard courts, you know, when you're talking medium, slow, or slow. Because the bad bounces, you know, on clay, that helps sometimes for the serve and volley, the footing is tougher to change direction quickly."
He added, "So all these things can help the case to serve and volley. Madrid? I don't think the balls played particularly different, in my opinion, between Madrid, Rome, and then here. Of course, I still have this dream for all the players that we wouldn't have to change balls, you know, but, okay, it is what it is. It's never going to be perfect, you know, because of all the contracts and to align them, it's going to be tricky. Madrid obviously was different because of the altitude. The moment you have altitude, the kicker goes crazy. You can hit more aces. I also thought in Rome and in Madrid, you know, when it gets nice and hot and the sun is shining, I feel like the clay goes dry. Then it becomes more slippery. Whereas here at the French Open the court always seems a little bit more damp, a little bit more wet, which makes for easier playing and easier footing. But of course it's not as easy just to blast through an opponent with your serve, as well, so you have to find different ways to win the points, mostly a lot of baseline rallies."
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2X5bWmt
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