Clay Courts Quotes

I've had good results on clay during my junior years and I enjoy playing on clay to the opposite of what many media can say.

We have been playing every summer on clay since I was five years old, so it is an easy surface for us in Belgium.

Of all my achievements in tennis, I'm probably as proud of my record on clay courts as any of my Wimbledon, U.S. Open or French singles titles.

I definitely think the European weather has more of a factor than the European clay. I think the European weather changes from week to week, I mean, last year it was sunny and hot and this week it's kind of playing tricks on us a little bit. I definitely think that is a factor.

I think for Britain it's tough to play on clay. They prefer grass courts, hard courts, fast courts.

Nadal is just more at home on clay. It looks like he feels safer on clay courts. He can get to a few more balls, he can play a bit further behind the baseline when he defends, and he's also able to get the ball to bounce higher. It's unbelievable.

On clay, you know that you have much longer rallies, and you must run for maybe two or three hours.

In Madrid, the conditions are always better for me. It suits my game: fast clay, high altitude, the balls fly really well.

When you're a kid and practice on clay, you're always, 'Oh, I wish I could win Roland Garros.'

You know growing up in Sweden meant we had a lot of rain when we played tennis. We were taught on clay courts but because of the weather, we had to go indoors a lot.

On clay courts I have some weapons to play a good match.

Before I started playing more on the WTA tour, I actually won most of my Challengers on the clay, especially at the very beginning.