Native American Wells Open

[Smitty]

Gotta do something to pass the time until we get into the red clay season, AKA "the best time of the year."

I found this on twitter, so it's gotta be true. I mean, somebody clearly put a lot of effort into this.



Atmane 3 to win 3.6. Dimitrov has lost 9 of his last 10 sets, including 6-3, 6-3 last week to... Terence Atmane.
Majchrzak 2.5 to win 2. See above. Plus, he beat Opelka at Brisbane, so he's already played a huge server on what I assume are faster courts than here.
Quinn 2.4 to win 2.

Selekhmeteva 2 to win 2.1

 

[kickserv]

Gotta do something to pass the time until we get into the red clay season, AKA "the best time of the year."

I found this on twitter, so it's gotta be true. I mean, somebody clearly put a lot of effort into this.

1. Smitty banned 69 days for the stupid "red clay season" comment.

2. Lots of effort put in on that "twitter picture/stats", but they forgot the most important part......the ball. The type of ball used plays a massive roll (pardon the pun). 99.5 percent of the people that watch/and or play tennis have no idea how many different types of balls are used on tour, there is a massive difference from one ball one week to another ball the next week.

 

[Smitty]

2. Lots of effort put in on that "twitter picture/stats", but they forgot the most important part......the ball. The type of ball used plays a massive roll (pardon the pun). 99.5 percent of the people that watch/and or play tennis have no idea how many different types of balls are used on tour, there is a massive difference from one ball one week to another ball the next week.

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[Smitty]

Good call on the balls. Sounds like Indian Wells used Penn balls in the past, but are going to the Dunlops this year, which are slower. Which, please correct me if I'm wrong, would just compound the slowness of the courts. Oversimplification, I'm sure. But seems to make sense. Slow court + slow balls = slower overall game. Which definitely diminishes the advantage of the big hitters.

https://www.tennis365.com/tennis-ne...ge-request-in-ridiculous-ball-quality-warning

 

[kickserv]

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