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Jai Ganesh

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Clay Quotes - II

Clay Quotes - II

1. I like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process. -Matthew McConaughey

2. I had a harsh lesson in 1996, when I lost four times to Andres Gomez on clay. - John McEnroe

3. Hard courts are very negative for the body. I know the sport is a business and creating these courts is easier than clay or grass, but I am 100 per cent sure it is wrong. - Rafael Nadal

4. It is very hard for me to switch from clay to grass. - Marat Safin

5. Any quality player can adjust well to the different demands. It is like a good tennis player who is expected to adjust to the clay at the French Open, the grass at Wimbledon, the hard courts of the U.S. and the heat of the Australian Open. A professional is expected to do all that. - Gautam Gambhir

6. Nadal is just more at home on clay. It looks like he feels safer on clay courts. He can get to a few more balls, he can play a bit further behind the baseline when he defends, and he's also able to get the ball to bounce higher. It's unbelievable. - Mats Wilander

7. More than half of the matches are won in the dressing room for him. The guy he's playing against is sitting in the locker-room thinking 'oh my God, I'm going to play Rafa Nadal on clay in five sets, that's going to be painful.' - Mats Wilander

8. I know how to play on clay with confidence if I'm in good shape, and in a good mood and have energy. That's the most important. - Daniil Medvedev.

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