Why Carpet Tennis Courts Were Permanently Banned 

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Okay tbf sucking is exactly what a vacuuming team should be doing

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Unless the website blocks the well know VPN sites IPS!

That had to be intentional. Otherwise it sucks.

Impossible, since when has a manager actually made changes when something at work was a strain on those under him/her lmao

Nah, that's just "conspiracy theory"

All Federer did was boycott the tournament, right? It was the guy in charge of that tournament who was all obsessed about getting him to stop boycotting, come back *and win*.

So basically everyone was sucking Federer because he brought the viewers and the money. And they made it so he wins. And this sport is a "fair competition"? Why do people even follow pro sports. Its all a scam to the bone. Its roman gladiators or Wrestling in a nutshell. It's fake story's for the amusement of the commoners.

@@AlexanderKrivacsSchrder Yeah that's right. Federer did nothing wrong. He's allowed to request things from tournaments. What was messed up was the tournament directors choosing their marketability over tennis. Imagine if a director made the US Open Clay or the French Open an indoor hard. That director would be crucified alive.

Well, apparently he also told them which he prefers and suddenly snap he won. I'm a Fed Fan but that's def weird. I don't get why he didn't like it. It's fast as grass 💁‍♂️

How about the Aussie Open final indoors at night to suit Federer.

@@diggler2002 Still crying about that?

Did you even watch the video? It was so he could play, not so he could win.

@@Al-ji4gd uh, did YOU watch the video, he says pretty clearly the organizer wanted Federer to win.

@@LDK447 No, it isn't.

Pretty pathetic really that tennis will straight up change the meta of the sport to either suit or crush a single person for basically no reason

@@THICCTHICCTHICC I don't agree - what you are removing is a style of play - the serve volley - as a threat to non-serve volley players. Also, by making rallies longer, you are lowering the odds of a 'shock result' - thus favouring the higher ranking players.

All your doing is favoring a less creative way of playing.

@@shadowside8433 it’s not just favoring higher ranked players. Changing all surface to behave more homogeneous inevitably hurts some playstyles more than others. Players that could have the potential to be top players are thus removed from the potential pool of top player candidates. This hurts the game imo as it makes playing styles more homogeneous as well

He should’ve lost in the semi. Only to be saved by the rain(maybe light) I can’t fully remember. Got to recharge and then go again the next day, he was on the ropes.

I don't know what Federer was thinking, he had a pretty good record on Carpet too.

Probably because he always had problems with his knees, and the cheaper carpet variants were not good for them? That's how I would imagine it, at least.

I loved the carpet too. The one I played on had low and fast bounces, a lot of half-volleys. Per the video, Fed did not specifically requested taking out the carpet. It was the tournament director's decision in his attempt to entice Fed to keep coming back.

Fed was the best carpet player in the world during his run.

I think carpet is still used in Japan on their indoor courts

AO should be carpet 😂

@@jonathanchen1026 No, the US Open should. That way they can brag about the US Open being competed on all 4 surfaces.

Carpet was never used at the majors. From 1975 - 1977 the USO was played on green clay, which is a bit faster than red clay.

It's like people dont see the videos or something, the risk of injury is so much higher on a carpet surface

Yeah, makes tennis more boring. I remember McEnroe making the finals of the French with his serve and volley game. That was masterful. I can't think of anyone else ever doing that.

No one...

I wouldn't say eagerly, but considering I'm not subscribed I did find myself checking a week ago if a new video is up.

Outdoor carpet is fine because it's a permanent installation. My dad liked it because it played slower than hard courts due to the sand content.

They changed our clay courts to clay/carpet and they stayed quite similar in basic playability. We didn’t have the problem with drainage though, and were often back out there quicker after a rain than the people who preferred our hard courts. The biggest drawback was also water for us, with excessive wear and the constant need for top watering. We couldn’t keep them from drying out. In a couple years there were already slippery places where the carpet had been ground smooth by dry grains under shoes. We thought it was in large part because of the lack of added expensive clay, too thin, so didn’t hold much water.

yeah I played on carpet when I was 13/14 and I loved it!!!

Agree. Hard courts are brutal on the body too.

Yes but it isn't that bad considering it isn't the same hard court has you said but probably with 4 different court will be more interesting

How about wood?

@@Justanoldrunner like a basketball court? Might work, but it would be rapid...

@@levdiniho12 Yes, the US nationals used to be played on wood courts. I think it was in the 1930s

I've played once on an indoor hardcourt, and many times on indoor carpet. As an amateur, you can't really slide on either, and in terms of ankle stability both are vastly inferior to clay. But I'd still prefer carpet to hardcourt, since it feels a bit softer and doesn't squeak.

I actually learned tennis on an outdoor carpet court. It was fun.

I vaguely remember wood courts. Probably team handball or badminton courts set up for tennis in the winter season. I think depending on the lacquer, shots with heavy backspin would slide almost horizontally

@@themountain3461 Oh yeah, I played on that a few times. We call it Parkett in Germany. Not a great surface, and the ones I played on had a lot of dead spots where the ball wouldn't bounce.

On the contrary, I have no idea carpets were banned. Thought many of the indoors ATP matches were on carpet before watching this video.

Yeah it’s pretty sad, the grindy baseline rallies are incredibly boring in my opinion.

Federer wasn't able to win at the ATP Finals since he was 30. It's normally the fastest surface of the year.

@@womp6338 Nah those are the most interesting, players get to show off a lot of amazing returns and strategy.

I agree completely it’s a little crazy how no one seems to care

I heard about this but it was just rambling, but man, how he corrupt that is, if he was benefitted that time, then how many more?

I think it has to do with wanting him to compete in his tournament. That´s completely normal since he was the number 1

Did you clowns no watch the video? Jesus. Are all Nadal fans illiterate?

facts

this should be the case for ALL sports but likely not possible bc of capitalism lol

The US indoor nationals

Do you know more bout the artificial grass..? I'm interested in build a court in future, with this surface..

The ATP should reconsider. You need faster and slower surfaces throughout the year to bring variety in the game. Otherwise, the courts play too similarly and the approach to the game do not sufficiently change across tournaments.

Agree'd. In hindsight, Ancic and Tsonga's complaints were justified. The game *HAS* gotten too slow, and now there really aren't different playstyles anymore, everyone is a Defensive baseline grinder these days because the slowness of todays game facilitates that style.

Astroturf is extremely popular in Australia.

or it simply doesn't suit his game, like stated in the video

This video is oriented, the carpets were all very different, often of poor quality. It cost less, players have suffered too many times!!! As for Federer, he simply did not like that of Bercy, too slow and in which we blocked our feet. Honestly, the disappearance of tennis carpets has done a thousand times more good than harm.

Where? I think you forgot to include a link.

@@johnanderson9765 it is basically an astroturf court

I know this is unrelated, but I don't like how far tennis has tried to make the game easier for return is, if I'm being honest.

@@leaderofnoone9087 They haven't. The simply haven't banned modern materials for rackets, and with carbon fiber frames and poly strings you are left with two only options: make the surfaces slower and bouncier, or let tennis be only about serving (not even serve-and-volley; just serve alone).

Even if it was true, my response every time is "So what?".

Nadal changed it. Federar was invincible...until Nadal came. Nadal was better, but not in grass where Federer dominated (5 years without losing) in synthetic the two were even I think....I imagine this is why Federer became pickier about the surface to get a little more edge. I never saw a carpet court in Brazil where I live clay is preferred in almost all places except synthetic for international games, but I imagine carpet is or was intermediary in speed between synthetic and grass.

70% of all injuries on the ATP Tour happen on Hard Courts even to this day, ironically the most common surface in the world. So I don't believe the part about Carpet Courts facilitating injuries.

@@666kingdrummer And what percentage of matches are played on hard courts? More or less than 70%?

You can call it influence and power, or you can call it corruption lol

@@rafagoat575Seems like it’s the tournament’s fault. The tournament staff don’t have to listen to Fed’s requests. Madrid didn’t keep their blue clay after Federer won it the only time (it was on blue clay) in 2012.

@@RunRecoverRallyYou don't need to wonder what happened lol You can go ahead and read an interview in L'Equipe with Jean-François Caujolle, Paris-Bercy tournament director back then Lol He was a Federer fan and he wanted Federer to play and win.. Federer wasn't playing because didn't quite like the surface. So they contacted him, and he told them the exact Austrian company they had to contact to build the court... made with a resine he liked. And they did lol... but once it was finished, Federer didn't like it 100%, so you know what they did? Build it again.... and now yes, Federer loved it, he won that year and it was his only title lol. This is corruption. The blue clay was a scandal, top players didn't want it, even FEDERER was against it. It was slippery and dangerous. But the owner Ion Tiriac didn't give a fuck, thought it was cool and they made it. But after seeing how players were constantly falling and confirming it was dangerous, they didn't make it anymore. That wasn't about Federer or any other player, it was about Ion Tiriac.

@@rafagoat575 ah alright you got me. I made assumptions and I was wrong. Good stuff

Not in Vic. Most clubs are clay court

@@DanTuber oh wow find that surprising, I'm in NSW, just assumed it was similar in other states, my bad

I have played on wood in the 80:s. By far the fastest court. I loved indoor carpet (Bolltex) installed on wood. Best court of all-time 😄

Just because you love Roger doesn't change the facts... he hates carpet so they changed it... he didn't like the new surface so they changed it again...

Because you want to give the biggest star of the game the best experience possible. Roger didn't ask him to change it, the organizer itself realize its best to do for their own good.

That is called corruption

@@edgarpanganiban9339 sure, it makes sense but it's still insane though to have a director give you that much

@@youngsuit The director wants to lure Fed in. Changing the court is one step to that, plus the fact that its an outdated surface. Its just a great decision overall.

@@edgarpanganiban9339 it was good to change the surface overall. it's good to bring star players in to bring funds in for the event for sure. just depends, there's eventually a limit to accommodating to the point of it being unfair