| Of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the U.S. | | | | absence of resiliency. Then there's the heat rising up |
| Open and Australian Open use hard courts surfaced | | | | from the surface in the Summer... |
| with Plexipave. Wimbledon is steeped in tradition and | | | | In the 1950s, Plexipave was developed in Australia to |
| keeps the short grass, but that surface has mostly | | | | be formulated and placed over asphalt and concrete |
| vanished from other venues. The French Open has a | | | | tennis court surfaces. This features a Plexicushion |
| clay court, which is still widely used in some places | | | | substrate made of a proprietary blend of rubber, latex, |
| including South American and Europe; there are some | | | | and plastic particles. What tennis players get is a |
| clay courts in the U.S. as well. | | | | resilient layer absorbent of body shock and reducing |
| Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. | | | | muscle fatigue. The Plexipave Surface, which is 100% |
| Clay has always been a well-loved tennis court | | | | acrylic, gives you consistent and uniform ball bounce, |
| surface and typically allows for good playing conditions. | | | | can be specifically designed for a desired speed of |
| It's a slower-moving surface than hard courts and | | | | play, and provides the key grips for footwork that |
| even slower than short grass, and this allows for top | | | | tennis players on that court desire. The Plexipave |
| players to master extremely heavy top spin that they | | | | system also comes with a patented Color Finish, which |
| put on their balls to make them "leap off" the surface, | | | | is a quick-drying durable all-weather color surfacer |
| confounding or overpowering their opponent. However, | | | | providing the highest quality resistance to UV ray |
| the clay court does not always give consistently good | | | | deterioration. |
| playing qualities--a prolonged set or match played on | | | | Plexipave is surface for all seasons. It quickly dries out |
| clay can result in the surface becoming worn down | | | | after rain while being a perfect anti-glare finish. Even |
| and dimpled, so that now and again a tennis ball takes | | | | as it increases players' visibility on the court, it lowers |
| a zany, unpredictable bounce and costs the returner a | | | | tennis court temperatures by an average of 5°C |
| point. It is extremely soft and unplayable during rainy | | | | to 7°C. The surface is allowed to breathe, yet |
| weather. But during dry spells it can get to be like | | | | without losing any of its solid adherence to the |
| granite and tennis balls--and players' feet--can kick up | | | | underlying asphalt or concrete. |
| dust. It is also easier to slide too much and lose your | | | | From the financial perspective, a Plexipave surface |
| footing on clay courts than it is on other surfaces. | | | | over a well-constructed asphalt or concrete tennis |
| But concrete and asphalt, on which players don't slip | | | | court is easily renewed. There is no need for |
| and slide as much, where there is no dimpling with | | | | reconstruction or surface removal. For the Olympics in |
| extended play, and where those who have a faster | | | | Sydney, Australia in the year 2000, Plexipave was |
| game can thrive, have a couple of severe drawbacks | | | | chosen as the "Urban Forest" pedestrian surfacing |
| because of their extreme hardness--which means | | | | placed all around Stadium Australia. That Plexipave |
| intense wear and tear on the muscles and joints, and | | | | surface still remains, as a testimony to its incredible |
| blisters on the feet--and thei dramatically noticeable | | | | durability. |