At the Net: Will the grass hold up at the Games?
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At the Net: Will the grass hold up at the Games?

Seoul : South Korea | Jul 20, 2012 at 9:15 AM PDT
Source: Ledger-Enquirer
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Following the Wimbledon Championships in 2001, officials decided to install 100-percent perennial Ryegrass, which in turn, makes the soil much drier and harder beneath one's tennis shoes...Balls bouncing higher and the perceived speed of the court becoming much slower. FULL ARTICLE AT Ledger-Enquirer
 
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