CAMELOT FANTASIES

^ CD, In Pete's book, which is a reasonable read - particularly the section where he talks about his peers, he admits he never felt comfortable on clay.  He was committed to it until late on where he accepted he wasn't going to triumph in Paris.

lately i have found myself wanting to check up on pete`s career. i wanted to get a better idea of his place in the sport for myself.

i will get a hold of that book as i have a couple that i want to read. i am going to scoop up andy`s new book and i will also grab hold of pete's book.


i have to be honest. i ignored pete because of my intense clay orientation. for me, clay is the ultimate battlefield.

and RG final is ultimate dance of death.


but i happen to catch one of pete's matches with courier at the Australian open. it was on tennis channel about a year ago.

pete played him mostly from the baseline. i was impressed with his flowing ground game. he was not too shabby off the ground.

so now i want to see his Italian open final which he won. i am thinking he was a great mover but i will have a close look on clay.



anyway i hear what you are saying. there can be any number of reasons why he never felt totally comfortable on the red clay. his biggest and his greatest weapon was his serve. clay negated some of that venom off both of his serves. that called for a slightly different plan of attack.


he was not all that tall. i thought he moved fairly well from the footage that i have seen