Maylin on the new balls: "Nadal would have had a much harder time with these balls on his lift".
Winamax TV journalist Benoît Maylin talks about the new balls and how they are changing the game on clay.
"I was wondering to what extent balls change tennis on clay.
Lift isn't as important as it used to be, especially on a South American clay court, which is heavier.
You realize that it's difficult to make your opponent back off. I think Rafael Nadal would have had a much harder time with these balls on his lift.
Players are sliding less too, because they don't have the time. If you allow yourself to slide, you have the impression that the opponent behind you will have time to catch you fifteen times.
The clay-court game is changing at the moment, with Alcaraz and Fonseca in particular, and with the new balls and rackets.
And Fonseca has power that Alcaraz doesn't."
