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Court-speed conspiracy theory

By Greg Garber
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, September 3, 2009

NEW YORK -- There is a conspiracy theory floating around here on the grounds of the National Tennis Center: The USTA, trying to improve the chances of its hard-hitting Americans, has speeded up the blue DecoTurf II hard courts. A number of players and analysts queried on the subject report that the courts are fast, really fast. When he was coaching Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick, Brad Gilbert spent a lot of time on these courts. Hitting the other day, he said, they seemed fas ...

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