An example court pace rating for each surface may be 23 for a clay court, 35 for a hard court and 46 for a grass court.
On the other hand, Roddick had the bad fortune of playing in an era with Federer, who is the greatest grass court player of all time.
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The "Fed Express" would go on to win the next five titles at the prestigious grass-court major.
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Meanwhile, in women's action, Maria Sharapova crashed out in the semifinals of the Birmingham grass-court event, beaten in straight sets by China's Li Na.
Federer went on to reveal that he was suffering from back and thigh problems picked up while contesting the pre-Wimbledon grass-court event in Halle, Germany.
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It was a similar tale in the second set: Federer vainly seeking inspiration against an opponent who continued to play solid, and occasionally brilliant, grass-court tennis.
Williams has enjoyed huge success at the All England Club in the past, having won five singles titles and four doubles crowns at the prestigious grass-court venue.
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It's normal that the back tends to get stiff in the grass-court season but it's just not nice when it doesn't go away and you can't play freely.
In the other men's grass-court tournament being played, second seed Novak Djokovic is through to the final in Halle after a 7-6 6-4 victory over Belgian Olivier Rochus.
Baltacha got some valuable grass-court practice at Eastbourne, going through qualifying to reach the second round of the main draw where she was beaten by fifth seed Nicole Vaidisova.
"I've looked back at the whole grass-court season, not just Wimbledon, and I've looked back at the last four weeks and and I'm very proud of what I've achieved, " said Skupski.
The latter property includes a grass tennis court, formal gardens that a former horticulturalist of the New York Botanical Gardens maintains, a carriage house, two greenhouses, a 75-foot-long heated pool with a hot tub, a pool house and an apple orchard.
The maths of the clay surface are distinctly different to grass or hard-court surfaces.
For the league, the TV deal is the latest step that began with grass roots programs like court construction and clinics administered by former players like A.C.
Like many tennis players, she prepares for competing on different surfaces hard court, clay and grass.
Murray came into the match with a 6-2 head-to-head advantage over Roddick and, having won their only previous meeting on grass, the Scot was expected to triumph on Centre Court.
Most tried to court it and reflect its will by painting themselves as a grass-roots uprising against big government.
With the Wimbledon grass not as greased-lightning as it used to be, clay-court specialists are tending to perform better here.
After the the Davis Cup, both players then turn their attentions to the hard-court season in the United States, but Skupski says they can look back at their performances on grass with a sense of pride.
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