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After years and years of failure on the clay courts of Europe and South America, the top US Men are finally starting to show some life.
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American men famously went 0-for-9 at Roland Garros three years ago; after today the US has five guys (including American #1
Andy Roddick) with a chance to reach the third round of the French Open, and so do the US Women!
My wonder has always been why US men's tennis players fear the red clay of Europe so much?
Do US Tennis development centers not place emphasis on playing on this slower surface? Do they focus solely on the fast hard courts to really bring out the big shots most American players like to hit?
But apparently despite all the short comings in the past few years during the European Clay swing during the summer, the US players have adjusted to it, the finals at the Serbia Open just a few weeks ago featured two rising stars from the new generation of men's American tennis players:
Sam Querrey and
John Isner!
Hopefully maybe this year, or in the coming years an American will raise the title in Monte Carlo, Madrid, and Roland Garros! But then of course there's one obstacle that stands in every ATP player's way during a clay court tournament:
Rafael Nadal.
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