New York – Playing in the first few days of this year’s US Open is talking one thing, in which the weight of many players is the speed of the court and the position of balls.
The problem is that players cannot agree.
“The speed of the court, I could not really remember what the year was when it had changed, when it started getting a little faster, what it used to be,” Novak jokovich Said at flushing meadows on Wednesday. “But this is the same speed for a few years.”
The US Open is the only prominent to use different balls for men and women’s events – both use Wilson, but the “additional duty” ball of men is slightly heavy. The speed of the court and the balls are playing at how fast or slow, the temperature, air and humidity may be affected, but whatever the weather, players always seem to disagree. John Isner Once reporters were told that he was not really looking at the difference between the Clay Court and the Grass Court.
The US Open organizers emphasize that the balls are the same as last year and the courts are the same, medium-teej speed. Alexander Bublike They are called “very fast” Alex de meinour Said they are “quick and skidti”, but Australia Jordan Thompson There were other views after their first round victory.
“It is usually very fast,” he said. “But I will not call these courts fast this year.
“I think the balls are really soft, especially when it cools down. Obviously, when it cools down, it slows down, but even in the day, I mean, I mean, I think the balls usually get mild and big, now they feel really soft and heavy. Now they feel so disappointing. It is just so disappointing. You are not expected to be equal to every other year, and it is not just.”
Jessica pegulaNumber 4 Seed said that some players are better than others in judging the pace of the court.
“I think some people are really too much for it [and] Some people don’t even care, “he said.” They are, like, I don’t know, it looks like this.
“I don’t know what is right or wrong, it is probably good in a sense to overthrow it, but I think sometimes the lack of awareness may change you or may not even go to know that it may not hurt.
Daria kasatkina Said that he thought that the balls were flying.
“The surface is very sharp,” he said after his first round victory. “The balls are not full at all. They are opposite. They are becoming rocks. This is interesting because the more they play, the hard they are, and they are less controlled. They are completely bald and when you try to squeeze them, it seems that there is a lot of pressure from inside, which is a bit strange.
“In normal circumstances, when the ball is big, it becomes soft and it is more difficult to make the winner. Here it is just like flight, boom, boom, boom.”
Honored data analyst and coach Craig O’Shesines said that players are often the worst judges.
“This is because it is about his personal choice,” he told ESPN. “When they say it is sharp, it is’ fast for them, ‘or’ it is slow for them.” Some game style, players from Spain, Argentina, South America, they are going to enjoy a slow surface, with the ball that jump more, and if the court is not behaving in this way, if it is probably coming at least at the same speed, it is going to feel different for them, and they can easily say that it is probably less. ,
D Minaur said the balls played differently in every North American summer program.
“Many players, we were scratching our heads, because we do not understand, we played at the US Open with this ball, and we have never felt it, or the brief, it’s uncontrollable, or we can’t feel the ball in strings [as we did] In the lead-up tournament. You could ask any player in the draw and they had similar feelings.
“So for me, to be here looks great. It looks like comfortable conditions. It is clearly quick and skidti, but I have always enjoyed it.”
Djokovic said that he was discussing the position of balls with his fellow players.
“I am hearing that a lot of players think that in the end there is some stability with balls that they have used in the US Open Series Tournament in the US Open. Most players I have talked to say, they say that now, they are almost the same.
“This is good to hear, and we can immediately see less injuries with joints that have been clearly seen. I had an unfortunate tendency of injuries, I think it was last year or two years ago? So I think it has to be taken clearly seriously, and to ensure that there is no major ups and downs in terms of balls.”
O’Shannessy said that the speed of the court would be different as to how much tennis has been played on them.
“I’m working with Gabriel Dialo Here, and we have practiced on many courts including Ash, and they have to be taken, each court is different, “O’Shannes said.” Some are faster than others. It comes very down how much they are wearing, how much they are really playing.
“When you ask the player, you also propose, what is the court fast, what time was the temperature? What was the air, and how was the wind? And then you are starting to get a better answer. But when you ask a player, it is very related to them.”
Pegula said that all courts play differently in flushing meadows.
“The rear courts are much faster than Ash,” he said. “Ash is slow, almost, a little bit. Armstrong is always slightly faster than Ash. I have definitely played here in many of these courts and they are definitely not the same. They try to make it as much as they can, but they have to change different times, different days and temperature and temperature and all accessories.”
