Grass Court Tennis Tips - Playing on the Grass Courts of the Mercedes Cup 

Thanks - fantastic courts!

Thanks - fantastic courts!

Grass is rare anywhere, but I assume Australia still has a fair array of grass courts compared to other parts of the world. After all...Australia has a history of grass court tennis and other countries never did. From experience I can say in Melbourne/Victoria, there's of course Kooyong (20+ grass), although being an 'elite' club the general public can't go and hire there. You have to go with a member I think. RSY likely even more 'elite' , they've got 10 grass courts. Regionally there's Mildura (25+ grass courts) & Shep(~20 grass courts). There's likely more, but they are what immediately come to mind. I'm not really sure about other states, other than White City (Sydney), still has grass. Of all those Mildura has the best grass that I've played on, having played tournaments there. Then again, grass anywhere can change so much from court to court, how much play's been on it etc. So, yes maintenance makes grass not viable for the average club. And I certainly don't think clubs are adding grass, where most that had grass got rid of them long ago in favour of either syn grass or hard court. Cheers 🎾🎾🎾

Yes! both clay and grass show tennis from different sides :)

As a baseline topspin player, I love playing on grass. The topspin still keeps the ball in, helps me dig under the ball, and causes the ball to skip. :)

@@Jingoa bet the dipping control is still there, but skipping instead of really aggressive bounce soothes a little against a us flatter hitters 😅 I have to play on grass

They’re both good - the Solinco is a bit softer - review to come

Interesting!

@@Tennisnerd Thanks for the low down on pro rackets, very interesting esp Djokovic using an old radical frame. Also lots of pros using 95s when you assume they all 100s.

That's what Sampras said in his book, said its brutal on hamstrings and lowerback

Volkl Vcell 10 300 :)

I think they are popular in some places around the world