Despite losing that game, it's clear that Nadal's ball is doing things it couldn't in yesterday's soggy conditions, kicking up high and fast as it normally does on dry clay.
What he did on clay was quite impressive and I'm sure he's going to do well in the final".
Although Egyptian hieroglyphics are more broadly familiar than cuneiform, Sumerian writing was done on clay, which is more durable than papyrus.
"This time I feel I won't need to leave my comfort zone as much as I do on clay," Blake said.
The quick court speed doesn't give her as much time to run around her backhand and rushes her long take-backs, and her heavily kicked and spun shots don't bite and bounce up on her opponents like they do on clay or hard courts.
I don't mind admitting that for a long time, early in my career, I had no idea what I was doing on clay.
This is not so unusual in art -- silverpoint is often done on clay as well.
You're not having to generate as much power [on grass] because the ball is coming into you a little bit more and doesn't get up as high as it does on the clay.
