[VIPer7]

What's the surface of Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur??

According to this main draw it's played on Carpet, Greenset on Boards. But I thought carpet has been forbidden by the ATP a few years ago? Both qualifying draw and doubles draw show Hard, Greenset on Boards as the surface, so that's problaby more correct?

 

[Action Jackson]

Greenset is the name of the company owned by Javi Sanchez that makes the surface it's not carpet.

 

[dodo]

greenset is a type (brand) of hardcourt.

 

[philosophicalarf]

Same as WTF. Same construction, even the same installers.

Possibly the slowest indoors court on tour.

 

[Luinir]

Bad entry list, bad surface, WORST atmosphere on the stands.....

Hopefully this event gets deleted from ATP Tour. Turkey deserves one instead of this one.

 

[Dead Net Cord]

Bad entry list, bad surface, WORST atmosphere on the stands.....

Hopefully this event gets deleted from ATP Tour. Turkey deserves one instead of this one.

I don't mind but it would be better if Turkey could provide challengers like that in Izmir in official livescores first.

 

[Luinir]

Hehe, there was livescore both for Istanbul and Izmir last year but dunno about this year.

 

[philosophicalarf]

Bad entry list

It's getting worse it seems, was really good in the first version in 2009. Most of the top guys aren't going to play this week regardless (only 7 of top 30), with a 500 and 1000 in the following weeks. Long trip too, going to Tokyo is over 5000km.

 

[Just like heaven]

Why was the carpet banned?

 

[MuzzahLovah]

Why was the carpet banned?

Yeah, that doesn't make sense to me. Hardcourt seems more dangerous.

 

[safin-rules-no.1]

Why was the carpet banned?

Banned here or at all events?

 

[Just like heaven]

Banned here or at all events?

At all events. Someone said they did it because Federer and Nadal have whined about it, but I don't know if it's true.

 

[safin-rules-no.1]

At all events. Someone said they did it because Federer and Nadal have whined about it, but I don't know if it's true.

Thats crazy! I like carpet as a surface.

 

[yesh222]

Kuala Lumpur is on Carpet?

I thought the ATP officially got rid of carpet, but on the official drawsheet it says it's being played on carpet.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2011/6003/mds.pdf

 

[Getta]

Re: Kuala Lumpur is on Carpet?

old topic already discussed

http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=190503

 

[yesh222]

Re: Kuala Lumpur is on Carpet?

Thanks.

 

[Pirata.]

Banned here or at all events?

At all events. Someone said they did it because Federer and Nadal have whined about it, but I don't know if it's true.

Take this with a grain of salt because it's from an MTF post, but Scoobs is a respectable poster:

Federer and Nadal made a change to the surface a condition of them playing.

Nadal said the surface "gave no value to his game" (read: topspin not that effective) and Federer said he had balance problems on the old surface.

I think it's outrageous that the top 2 players should combine in this way to effectively demand a surface be adjusted at a tournament, but there we are.

As I have said elsewhere, it used to be that the players had to adapt their game as best they could to the surface, but now it seems the surface is expected to be adapted to the players.