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Old 02-23-2017, 09:08 AM   #515
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Originally Posted by psyang View Post
Having never been to a clay court tennis match, I was surprised by the following from the video:

1) They rake up the lines and repaint them at the end of a set on clay courts
2) They can do this in about one minute (from the 0:35 mark to the 1:35 mark)

The lines are not paint. Clay court lines are tape that is pinned in place - this is why you often see players react poorly to unpredictable bounces when the ball jumps off the lines.
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