Mais la reponse est evidente!Sur terre battue,le rebond de la balle est plutot normal,tandis que sur gazon le rebond est plus "mou",provoquant ainsi de nombreux faux rebonds,ce qui donne un avantage certain aux tacticiens!(exemple:Federer)Il est aussi beaucoup plus facile pour des joueurs comme Nadal de bouger sur terre battue puisqu'il a la tendance de "glisser",ce qui est impossible sur gazon.Autre facteur important:Nadal est un joueur puissant qui met beaucoup de puissance dans ses tirs,ce qui fait que la balle voyage a une vitesse incroyable,vitesse accentue par le rebond de la terre battue compare a celui du gazon!

Wow! Je n'y avais jamais pensé... Well, thanks for the explanation, that was quite 'pro'... But what do you mean by "Nadal...puisqu'il a la tendance de "glisser",ce qui est impossible sur gazon"?

Well,Nadal has the tendency to "slide" when reaching for the ball...which makes dirt a better surface for him!(c'est impossible de "slide" sur gazon)

These details may seem insignificant,but as a former table tennis player,I do know their importance....By the way,anybody interested in table tennis here?

I sometimes play table tennis at school! I like the game,but I have to make a lot of effort to control myself, else I smash the ball and it goes hiting the ceiling... and the PE teacher would then yell at me... -_-"

wow nat...i know someone like that....her balls transform into missiles!! i've stopped playing table tennis at school me...stopped doing PE altogether....
well, anyway, thanks for the precision, sylvio!! can there be tennismen/women who are good on both genres of terrain?

There MUST be players who excel on all terrains...Federer himself is the greatest all time champion,and to be able to achieve such a goal means that whether the playing ground is in dirt,concrete,etc...it doesn't really matter to him....Anyway,I'm not much into tennis....
But from my own table tennis player experience,there is only ONE place in Mauritius where I can play decently....this indicates that I'm not a versatile player,and I think that most of my "colleagues" agree with me that the "environment" is one of the most important factors in the game....

Well Federer is an altogether good player and this is why he is first on the global ranking...
Last year, he won all the 'Grand Chelem" except for the Roland
Garos one which he lost against Nadal...
He's unbeatable on other grounds...Nobody can see how he became so good...A mystery...

He's the number one for three years consecutively, i think...

By the way, who won Roland Garros yesterday? Nadal or Federer? Last time I glanced at the TV it was 1-1, and Nadal was ahead 15-0 in 3rd part... You must have realised I don't know where and when to use the word 'set'...

Nadal did.....beat the number one~~geez...too bad the guy isn't cute~~but yeah, it was impressive..saw a bit of the match: i was gaping and my dad had to shut my mouth for me...really, it was a real good match!!