Dear Clay,

Sometimes we have to be firm with the things we love. You need to stop being mean to the ankles of tennis players.  They have a very limited time to slide around and have fun without their ankles bending in ways they should not bend. (the names link to videos of the injuries) First with Pico & Julien in Monte Carlo and now to poor just returned Petko. I don't want to see anymore sad faces. I hope they all get better soon and kick your butt. Slide responsible everybody.

A fan


Here is what Vika has to say about todays match:


Good News is that Pico posted a video of him hitting yesterday:

Clay Time!

I love clay season it means spring time after watching hardcourts since forever and the tease of summer for us Northern hemisphere folks during the Australian swing the clay seems like a shock to the senses. The colors are deeper with the contrast of the red clay and white lines, the destination locations of Monte Carlo, Rome, Barcelona, Madrid and Paris, the ball bounces higher, the shots are more creative, the sliding.

This week the ladies are on the clay of Barcelona 2010 Roland Garros Champion Schiavone and 2011 Stuttgart Champion Goerges as the top seeds. While the men are in Casablanca Top Seed is Mayer and 2 seed is Dolgopolov and Houston Fish and Isner are the top seeds and their results this week could see them swapping spots as the top American.

(There is also the E-Books [Caro Open] that is on indoor hard courts this week with Woz, JJ, Robson, Kerber and Barthel in the field. )
It's the little things that make it more fun....
The views...

Clay being tossed around.

Sliding

Although I am not looking forward to this fiasco. 

The first winner of the clay season was Serena Williams won on the green clay of Charleston last weekend.