Overview

• Roger Federer told the Served podcast that more uniform, slower conditions make matches too predictable and benefit Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.
• Patrick Mouratoglou said the point is not new, citing Wimbledon’s 2002 slowdown and broader governing-body decisions to reduce excessive ace counts.
• He warned that reverting to much faster courts would hand a major edge to big servers such as Reilly Opelka, Alexander Zverev and Ben Shelton, risking dull, one‑shot rallies.
• Zverev backed Federer’s view by saying courts feel relatively slower and suggested tournament directors prefer conditions that help star players.
• Jannik Sinner emphasized adapting to whatever is set and noted many hard courts feel similar, while tournament data shows meaningful pace differences between events like Monte Carlo and Cincinnati.