April-May of each year is a clay season, and the Professional Tennis Tour is a clay court game. With the French Open at the end of May as the core, the early stage is the warm-up of the French Open.
June is a grass season, with Wimbledon at the end of June as the core, with a series of grass racing competitions.
The rest are basically hard-court seasons, the core of which is the Australian Open at the beginning of the year and the US Open at the end of August.
Based on this, the players are divided into three types: hard ground, clay, and grass, such as Rudd and Schwartzman are typical clay masters, Kvitova and Liski are typical grass masters, and Naomi Osaka and Medvedev are typical hardfield masters.
Well, here's the problem. Since there are field masters, there are some kind of field players. There are already several players who openly hate the clay court.
| Bublick: I hate red clay, I want to hit the grass early
Kazakh player Bublik has always been a player with a strong personality, he is good at serving the ball, and the ball path is more elusive than That of Kyrgios. His atP official website personal homepage reads: "Favorite venue is hard courts, and favorite event is the Monte Carlo Masters."
But in the first round of this year's Monte Carlo Masters, Bricque beat the returning Wawrinka 2-1. After the game, he publicly declared: "I hate clay, this is a solemn statement, I hate this kind of venue." I hope the clay season ends early and then I can play on the grass. That's the only thing I can say. ”
In the second round that followed, he played against Busta and retired from the game 3-4 at the decider due to injury.
If you don't like nature, you can't get good results, and this saying is naturally appropriate for Bublick.
| Medvedev: I don't see a little bit of fun in the clay fields
There is no shadow of Medvedev this year's clay season, who was absent due to hernia surgery.
This may also be the reason why he did not play clay, because last year's clay season, Medvedev publicly expressed his dislike of clay: "I don't see a little fun on clay, I bounce too much irregularly, and after playing the ball, I am covered in mud and dust." ”
Medvedev, who dared to speak out, openly said that he did not like clay, because in clay, his advantages such as serving and fast hitting were filtered out a lot, resulting in his poor performance on clay.
He was once known as Mr. Clay Bye, and he was also the big seeded player that everyone wanted to draw.
| Kyrgios: The French Open should be removed from the Grand Slam
Kyrgios, who has always dared to speak out in the men's tennis world, publicly expressed his dislike of red clay in 2021.
"I think the French Open should be removed from the Grand Slam, which is the worst Grand Slam I've ever seen."
Clay courts have higher requirements for player stability and physical fitness than hard courts and grass, so Kyrgios did not have much of a bright performance in clay games. His clay record so far is 27 wins and 22 losses, with a winning percentage of only 55%.
Kyrgios also silently rebelled against the Clay Race in action.
Since the 2017 French Open, he has been absent for 4 consecutive French Opens, and a few days ago he has officially announced that he will not participate in this year's French Open, but will appear in the 2023 French Open, because he is going to accompany his girlfriend to Paris.