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All that slipping and sliding on tennis courts prevents injuries: a biomechanics expert explains how

  • Written by Anthony Blazevich, Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University

Hard courts are very negative for the body. I know the sport is a business and creating these courts is easier than clay or grass, but I am 100% sure it is wrong. I may have to play more on clay than before, but there aren’t that many options.

So said Rafael Nadal back in 2012 – and several times since – before succumbing to...

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