Federer, Nadal to meet on half-clay, half-grass court

Wow, I don't know what to say or think. Should be fun.

 

The person on the clay side will always have the advantage since the ball will bounce higher and play slower.

 

that turf looks sweet

 

They should've split it the other way. I think it would be more interesting if the players had to switch between both surfaces during rallies.

 

If they split it the other way, the player can easily turn his ankle when he switches surface while sliding.

 

Cool idea. Should be fun.

 

1.6 million to build the court?

Couldn't they have stripped some topsoil and pour in clay?

 

I would've sworn that this would be a Brushback article.

 

Nadal won.

 

kewl idea.

 

Very intresting idea

 

agreed...this is a neat idea, but it really doesn't make any sense.

 

But then Nadal's spin will be negated against the grass which is what gives Federer problems on the backhand side. Roger won't be able to hit outright winners when it hits the clay but at least he be able to hit cleaner shots w/o the ball jumping up like crazy.

On the other side the ball will bounce high to roger only if nadal can get underneath the low bouncing ball on the grass side. It will be interesting to see but I'm not sure how it will work. They will need to switch shoes on changeovers?

 

Yeah but they switch every game, so they take turns getting the advantage. So the question is, does nadal get an extra advantage by being "more better" on clay, and does that outweight Federer's decreased disadvantage when he's on grass? I mean it's gimmicky and one game, but it's still very interesting.

 

I wonder if anyone is going to do a half hardcourt, half grass or half clay court?

For that matter howabout a three set tennis match where one set is played on hard court, the next on grass and the final on clay?

 

That actually makes the most sense and is most representative, but it wouldn't be as interesting a novelty.