The inquest into the shortage of British singles success on the French Open is nothing new and is essentially right down to an absence of publicity to the clay.
In keeping with the Garden Tennis Affiliation, there are round 1,300 clay-courts in Nice Britain. That’s about 5% of the 23,000 complete variety of courts.
In distinction, about 60% of courts in Spain – one of many main nations on the floor – are clay.
“Do I feel we must always attempt to develop extra juniors on clay? Sure. I feel it helps the understanding and building of the sport extra,” Jones mentioned.
The grass courts are the place British gamers have a tendency do higher, given it’s the floor they’ve extra entry to from a youthful age.
Giving a number of wildcards to house gamers all through the British grass swing can also be a vital improvement instrument.
For gamers like Oliver Tarvet, who met Alcaraz within the Wimbledon second spherical final 12 months after receiving a qualifying wildcard, it may be a precious springboard.
In addition to publicity at the next stage, the cash earned can be utilized to finance what’s an costly profession.
“I feel you may most likely see some folks you have by no means heard of earlier than making deep runs in a number of huge tournaments,” Fearnley added.
“All the fellows that lose in Paris aree straight on the grass the following day.
“I feel the state of British tennis going into grass might be fairly good.”
