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When does the tennis grass court season begin?
Tennis' 2025 grass court season officially started on 2 June with the Birmingham full grass court season lasts for just 41 days, coming to a close following the conclusion of Wimbledon on 13 period consists of a small number of tournaments, with Wimbledon being the sole Grand Slam on Queen's Club Championships and Halle Open are both ATP 500 events which take place during the grass court season. Why is the season so short? Among the reasons for the short grass season are the close proximities between the French Open being played across May and June and Wimbledon, which takes place across June and reasons for a shorter grass court season include the significant extra cost required in maintaining grass courts compared to hard or clay surfaces, and the fact that they are much more susceptible to damage from bad are also significantly fewer grass tennis courts than there are other hard court season lasts between the end of July and middle of March. The primary clay court season, including the French Open, takes place between March and June. What are the major differences between playing on grass and clay? Grass court tennis tends to be faster-paced, with the grass contributing to a lower bounce of the therefore favours players who specialise in serve and volley tennis, as well as big court tennis is the opposite to grass, with the ball bouncing slower but higher. Clay courts tend to favour players who stick to the baseline and specialise in executing drop courts are a balance between grass and clay tennis, favouring players who stick to the baseline and are good at maintaining longer article is the latest from BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team. What is Ask Me Anything? Ask Me Anything is a service dedicated to answering your want to reward your time by telling you things you do not know and reminding you of things you team will find out everything you need to know and be able to call upon a network of contacts including our experts and will be answering your questions from the heart of the BBC Sport newsroom, and going behind the scenes at some of the world's biggest sporting coverage will span the BBC Sport website, app, social media and YouTube accounts, plus BBC TV and radio. More questions answered... Why does French Open not have electronic line calling?How is the Ballon d'Or winner decided?What are penalty points in F1 and how do they work?Why are 1bn euro release clauses becoming more common?
Powys County Times
3 days ago
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- Powys County Times
Jack Draper's rise up the rankings branded ‘insane' by French Open opponent
Jack Draper's next French Open opponent Alexander Bublik says the British star's rise to the top is 'insane'. Fifth seed Draper takes on Kazakhstan's world number 62 in the fourth round on Monday. 'Jack for me is insane. I mean, last year the guy is 40 in the world. This year he is top five in the world,' said Bublik. 'That's a crazy achievement. He doesn't seem to stop, so I mean, what do I have to do to beat him? I don't know. 'I will just go there, enjoy the time, show what I'm capable of showing, and we all know what I'm capable of doing on court and then we see how it goes. 'This is the approach I have now, and Jack is a great sportsman, great person.' Draper, 23, has played Bublik twice on the ATP Tour, beating him at Queen's Club in 2021 and in Adelaide last year. 'I know him since I played him in the qualifiers of Queen's in 2018 or something (a three-set win for Bublik in 2019). He was a little kid,' added Bublik. 'Then when he beat me in Queen's, and he told me 'I finally got you'. I said 'let's speak when you're in the top 50', because he was like 300 in the world, and now he's top five. 'So now I have to have some courage to play, and we'll see how it goes.' There will be a likely quarter-final meeting with world number one Jannik Sinner for the winner. Cameron Norrie has ticked off a career milestone having reached the fourth round of every grand slam. Loving the fight @cam_norrie 🦾 Into the @rolandgarros last 16 for the first time! #BackTheBrits 🇬🇧 — LTA (@the_LTA) June 1, 2025 The 29-year-old has beaten Daniil Medvedev, Federico Gomez and Jacob Fearnley in Saturday evening's battle of Britain to set up a meeting with 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic. Norrie, who has endured a rough couple of years which has seen his ranking drop from top 10 to 81, said: 'To make the second week for the first time is so, so good and at a time where I was not really stringing a lot of matches and a lot of wins together. 'I was able to build from the momentum that I've really struggled to get from the last year and a half, for different reasons. 'So I think it was really fun and a really good week so far, and there's still plenty of tennis to be played, which I'm excited for. 'I've just been enjoying my tennis, and I think I wanted to do that again. Another chance to play a really competitive match against one of the best players in the world at the moment.'
Leader Live
3 days ago
- Sport
- Leader Live
Jack Draper's rise up the rankings branded ‘insane' by French Open opponent
Fifth seed Draper takes on Kazakhstan's world number 62 in the fourth round on Monday. 'Jack for me is insane. I mean, last year the guy is 40 in the world. This year he is top five in the world,' said Bublik. 'That's a crazy achievement. He doesn't seem to stop, so I mean, what do I have to do to beat him? I don't know. 'I will just go there, enjoy the time, show what I'm capable of showing, and we all know what I'm capable of doing on court and then we see how it goes. 'This is the approach I have now, and Jack is a great sportsman, great person.' Draper, 23, has played Bublik twice on the ATP Tour, beating him at Queen's Club in 2021 and in Adelaide last year. 'I know him since I played him in the qualifiers of Queen's in 2018 or something (a three-set win for Bublik in 2019). He was a little kid,' added Bublik. 'Then when he beat me in Queen's, and he told me 'I finally got you'. I said 'let's speak when you're in the top 50', because he was like 300 in the world, and now he's top five. 'So now I have to have some courage to play, and we'll see how it goes.' There will be a likely quarter-final meeting with world number one Jannik Sinner for the winner. Cameron Norrie has ticked off a career milestone having reached the fourth round of every grand slam. Loving the fight @cam_norrie 🦾 Into the @rolandgarros last 16 for the first time!#BackTheBrits 🇬🇧 — LTA (@the_LTA) June 1, 2025 The 29-year-old has beaten Daniil Medvedev, Federico Gomez and Jacob Fearnley in Saturday evening's battle of Britain to set up a meeting with 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic. Norrie, who has endured a rough couple of years which has seen his ranking drop from top 10 to 81, said: 'To make the second week for the first time is so, so good and at a time where I was not really stringing a lot of matches and a lot of wins together. 'I was able to build from the momentum that I've really struggled to get from the last year and a half, for different reasons. 'So I think it was really fun and a really good week so far, and there's still plenty of tennis to be played, which I'm excited for. 'I've just been enjoying my tennis, and I think I wanted to do that again. Another chance to play a really competitive match against one of the best players in the world at the moment.'
The Herald Scotland
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Jack Draper's rise up the rankings branded ‘insane' by French Open opponent
'Jack for me is insane. I mean, last year the guy is 40 in the world. This year he is top five in the world,' said Bublik. Draper faces Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik (Christophe Ena/AP) 'That's a crazy achievement. He doesn't seem to stop, so I mean, what do I have to do to beat him? I don't know. 'I will just go there, enjoy the time, show what I'm capable of showing, and we all know what I'm capable of doing on court and then we see how it goes. 'This is the approach I have now, and Jack is a great sportsman, great person.' Draper, 23, has played Bublik twice on the ATP Tour, beating him at Queen's Club in 2021 and in Adelaide last year. 'I know him since I played him in the qualifiers of Queen's in 2018 or something (a three-set win for Bublik in 2019). He was a little kid,' added Bublik. 'Then when he beat me in Queen's, and he told me 'I finally got you'. I said 'let's speak when you're in the top 50', because he was like 300 in the world, and now he's top five. 'So now I have to have some courage to play, and we'll see how it goes.' There will be a likely quarter-final meeting with world number one Jannik Sinner for the winner. Cameron Norrie has ticked off a career milestone having reached the fourth round of every grand slam. The 29-year-old has beaten Daniil Medvedev, Federico Gomez and Jacob Fearnley in Saturday evening's battle of Britain to set up a meeting with 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic. Norrie, who has endured a rough couple of years which has seen his ranking drop from top 10 to 81, said: 'To make the second week for the first time is so, so good and at a time where I was not really stringing a lot of matches and a lot of wins together. 'I was able to build from the momentum that I've really struggled to get from the last year and a half, for different reasons. 'So I think it was really fun and a really good week so far, and there's still plenty of tennis to be played, which I'm excited for. 'I've just been enjoying my tennis, and I think I wanted to do that again. Another chance to play a really competitive match against one of the best players in the world at the moment.'
South Wales Argus
3 days ago
- Sport
- South Wales Argus
Jack Draper's rise up the rankings branded ‘insane' by French Open opponent
Fifth seed Draper takes on Kazakhstan's world number 62 in the fourth round on Monday. 'Jack for me is insane. I mean, last year the guy is 40 in the world. This year he is top five in the world,' said Bublik. Draper faces Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik (Christophe Ena/AP) 'That's a crazy achievement. He doesn't seem to stop, so I mean, what do I have to do to beat him? I don't know. 'I will just go there, enjoy the time, show what I'm capable of showing, and we all know what I'm capable of doing on court and then we see how it goes. 'This is the approach I have now, and Jack is a great sportsman, great person.' Draper, 23, has played Bublik twice on the ATP Tour, beating him at Queen's Club in 2021 and in Adelaide last year. 'I know him since I played him in the qualifiers of Queen's in 2018 or something (a three-set win for Bublik in 2019). He was a little kid,' added Bublik. 'Then when he beat me in Queen's, and he told me 'I finally got you'. I said 'let's speak when you're in the top 50', because he was like 300 in the world, and now he's top five. 'So now I have to have some courage to play, and we'll see how it goes.' There will be a likely quarter-final meeting with world number one Jannik Sinner for the winner. Cameron Norrie has ticked off a career milestone having reached the fourth round of every grand slam. The 29-year-old has beaten Daniil Medvedev, Federico Gomez and Jacob Fearnley in Saturday evening's battle of Britain to set up a meeting with 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic. Norrie, who has endured a rough couple of years which has seen his ranking drop from top 10 to 81, said: 'To make the second week for the first time is so, so good and at a time where I was not really stringing a lot of matches and a lot of wins together. 'I was able to build from the momentum that I've really struggled to get from the last year and a half, for different reasons. 'So I think it was really fun and a really good week so far, and there's still plenty of tennis to be played, which I'm excited for. 'I've just been enjoying my tennis, and I think I wanted to do that again. Another chance to play a really competitive match against one of the best players in the world at the moment.'
