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Blue Clay Blues – Part Three

May 8, 2012 By Tennis Panorama News

 

Tuesday’s player quotes about the blue clay courts being used at this year’s Madrid Open:

Novak Djokovic

To me that’s not tennis. Either I come out with football shoes or I invite Chuck Norris to advise me how to play on this court.

Center court is impossible to move on. I hit five balls throughout the whole match. With everything else, I was just trying to keep the ball in the court.

When you slide on the red clay you have a feeling you can stop and recover from that step. But here, whatever you do … you are always slipping.

From Djokovic’s Twitter account: First match on blue clay? Ouch. Next time I better bring my skates with me. So slippery out there.

 

Victoria Azarenka

 

The surface is a bit slippery, but it’s the same for all of us.

 

I don’t like to complain – it is what it is and it won’t change now.

 

 

 

Maria Sharapova

It’s not so much about the color. It does look good on television. But it plays a bit different. It’s about the amount of clay on the court and the way it bounces.

You have to get used to it but I came here after winning Stuttgart and got in four or five days on it. I got settled in so it’s just a matter of adjusting. It’s also the same for everyone.

I did feel a bit of a difference with the amount of clay that is on the court and the bounces were a bit off, especially the first couple of days of practice, but I feel like it’s got better and settled in a little bit.

You just have to work on your balance a bit more.

 

Stanislas Wawrinka

It’s not a problem of color, I don’t care what color they are. But these courts are really terrible. You are skidding a lot and it’s tough to control the ball.

It’s a joke to have such courts at big event like this.

Gilles Simon

The courts are too slippery they are not the same as red clay.

 

 

Filed Under: Features, Front Page News, interviews, news conference, tennis news Tagged With: blue clay courts, Gilles Simon, Madrid Open, Maria Sharapova, Novak Djokovic, Stanislas Wawrinka, Victoria Azarenka

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