Are Modern Balls Destroying Tennis? Houston: we have a problem. Modern tennis balls are slower, heavier and fluffier. This makes hitting winners much more difficult.
Not only this, but with the courts being slowed down over the past 25 years, to the point where modern grass often plays like a hard court, and with more gritty hard courts replacing the older, smoother surfaces, modern tennis is quickly becoming one dimensional.
Pro players from both the ATP and WTA tours have been complaining on mass about these new balls, that deteriorated massively after 2020.
In this video, Coach Simon Konov of Top Tennis Training will show you plenty of evidence that players are unhappy and something needs to give. And soon.
