Roger Federer, a guest on Andy Roddick's SERVED podcast, expressed his dissatisfaction with the trend toward slower tennis courts on the professional circuit. According to the former world number one, the current uniformity reduces diversity in the game and harms competitive richness.
"We need not only fast courts, but also to see players like Alcaraz or Sinner win matches on extremely fast surfaces and then face each other on much slower courts. That would show interesting contrasts," Federer said during the conversation.
The Swiss argued that tournament directors have allowed ball and court speeds to remain virtually the same throughout the calendar, which, in his opinion, makes it easier for the same style of play to work at Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and the US Open.
The statement generated reactions on social media, including a record of the moment published on X by the Tennis Masterr account: https://x.com/tennismasterr/status/1970093111180214570
Sources cited:
1) Andy Roddick YouTube Channel. SERVED podcast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7RsLVkwbDA&t=4078s
2) Tennis Masterr's X post. https://x.com/tennismasterr/status/1970093111180214570