Time for some clay!

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Spring is finally here and so is the clay court season. April and may are the 2 months dedicated to clay court tournaments. The action is mostly situated in Europe except for Houston U.S.A ,Casablanca Morocco that is hapening as im writing this and Turkey. This is probably my favorite season of tennis during the year. As a player, i learned playing on clay and i enjoy it a bit more than the harder and faster surfaces. It’s a totally different story on clay. The irregularity of the ground can give you funky bounces. You can actually slide your way to a ball and hit it without discomfort. The slower pace on clay gives birth to long lasting and exciting confrontations. It’s less tress on the body but your cardio might get challenged a bit more than  usual. Coming from a cold place like Canada, it also means that we’ll soon be playing…

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