Nole is super irritated about the blue clay.
In his opener, he couldn’t play any close to his usual tennis due to a completely lack of balance. It took 3 sets for him to defeat Spanish qualifier Gimeno-Traver in horrible conditions. 6-2 2-6 6-3
For Nole it just was “impossible to move”.
NOVAK AGAINST THE BLUE CLAY
“I hit five balls throughout the whole match,” the visibly irritated Serb, who had a bye into the second round of the Masters event in the Spanish capital, told a news conference.
“Everything else I was just trying to put the ball in the court so I just rely on my serve and getting some points eventually from his unforced errors,” he added.
“For me that’s not tennis. Either I come up with the football shoes or I invite Chuck Norris to advise me on how I should play on this court.”
NOVAK AGAINST THE ATP
“I know for certain that there are so many players that I talked to these last three or four days that share the same opinion,” he said. “I take things very seriously regarding the surfaces and regarding our circuit.”
“I think all the players’ opinions have to be heard and have to be considered. This tournament and this decision to change to the blue clay is an example of players not being considered and heard and their opinions being ignored so I really hope that this is going to change in the future.”
“I haven’t heard a single player, not man or woman, saying they like blue clay.”
