I left Hamburg yesterday with Dusan Lajovic with 18 degrees and I arrived in Paris with nine.
Notable change in relation to the traditional temperature of the tournament.
We trained for the first time with the new Wilson balls.
They are not grateful.
They do not absorb revolutions per minute.
They are different from all those on the circuit.
It is clear that the ball is not going to help the clay court specialists' system of play.
It does not jump.
Explode on the racket.
It does not take effect.
When it reaches the opponent it does not produce the damage that would correspond to the effort of the one who hits.
It is a radical departure from the Babolat, which balances the conditions for those who function less naturally on this surface.
There are other specificities of the clay that are maintained, such as the corrections after the boats.
One of the qualities of the professional tennis player is adapting to different circumstances each week.
It will be necessary to do it with great effort in this edition of Roland Garros.
The materials of the ball are closely related to temperature.
Before traveling to Australia at the beginning of the season, I have always liked to prepare for the tournament by conditioning the balls, as far as possible, to the circumstances that we are going to find ourselves there.
I try to heat them overnight and then keep them in a thermos.
The same ball changes with room temperature.
If the cold persists, the new Wilson will be even more difficult to move.
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