Such a style usually involves an effective first serve, strong volley technique and the deployment of a slice backhand to ...

After surveying hard-court and grass-court champions, thoughts turn naturally toward the clay. While grass courts had a long run, being in place since the time tennis began, hard courts have a ...

Sometimes a clay court will be dry, other times wet – and this can change on the same court in one afternoon. “You need to have control of your body,” says Bollettieri. “Your ready ...

Why clay courts mold top tennis players June 4, 2019 More than 6 years ago Many players reared on clay courts, such as Rafael Nadal, find it easier to adjust to other playing surfaces.

Clay-court tennis does not appeal to every tennis fan. It’s the red-surfaced stepchild to regal grass and prosperous hard courts, and it has a hard, grinding reputation that is often derided ...

In the era of fast courts and serve-volley tennis, it was vital to meet the return early, lest the incoming net-rusher knock off the volley. But these days, particularly on clay, serve-volley is ...

A tennis match on clay keeps no secrets. The red canvas is clean to start. Then, with each step, slide and bounce of the ball, two players paint the story. Over several hours, tennis becomes a ...

In Sept. 1995, a Bettendorf resident ordered 44 tons of crushed green stone to his home off Crow Creek Road. The final product: a green clay, or Har-Tru, tennis court ...

Founded in 1919, the tennis club has the only clay tennis courts in Eastern Pennsylvania. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call) Mallory Henry of Allentown sifts clay dirt for rocks Wednesday, March, 19 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Popular clay tennis courts are not opening at Chickasaw Park because there is no money to pay for the clay, one of the latest pitfalls of the city's budget crisis.

The greatest clay-court player of all time is desperate for one last slide — but not at the cost of his pride Tennis Rafael Nadal’s clay-court tennis swansong is a dance between fitness and pride ...