How to Use clay court in a Sentence

clay court

noun
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  • These best-selling tennis balls are best for hard courts, but can also be used on indoor courts, as well as clay courts.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2024
  • As more than a thousand tennis clubs popped up across the country, all with clay courts, Spanish players learnt to adapt to the slower pace of play.
    — Julia O'Driscoll, The Week Uk, theweek, 15 July 2024
  • Djokovic is one of two players to beat him on the clay court.
    — Jimmy Hascup, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2020
  • All 14 clay courts and four hard courts have been resurfaced by ProWorld.
    — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The matches will be played on an outdoor clay court in Zadar.
    — Brian Mahoney, The Seattle Times, 4 Sep. 2018
  • The official poster for the 2020 French Open shows a view of a sunlit clay court through a dense ring of green leaves.
    — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2020
  • The Spaniard topped Djokovic with an ace and dropped to his knees on the famed red-clay court, pumping his arms in victory.
    — NBC News, 11 Oct. 2020
  • Rafael Nadal and clay court tennis are a match made in greatness heaven.
    — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 10 June 2018
  • Because Rafa is, of course, the best player ever to play tennis on clay courts.
    — Ben Rothenberg, New York Times, 19 May 2018
  • The 28-year-old British star has quietly put in practice hours and matches to lift her clay court game.
    — Vanja Lakic, SI.com, 5 June 2019
  • He's won 10 French Opens and is considered the best clay court player in the sport's history.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Halep excels at this type of play, more frequently seen on clay courts than grass, and soon enough was on her way.
    — Howard Fendrich, baltimoresun.com, 11 July 2019
  • But there were no tumbles or stumbles on Monday on the most important clay court in the world.
    — New York Times, 7 June 2021
  • There were more than 50 of the top college tennis coaches and scouts surveying the young talent on the clay courts.
    — Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 2 July 2019
  • Rublev first threw his racket to the clay court at the end of the first set and was subsequently given a warning by the umpire.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 1 June 2024
  • Add that to the Nadal clay court statistic comedy routine!
    — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 9 May 2018
  • Racing Club de France, a historic sporting club dating back to the late 1800s, offers hard and clay courts.
    — Nick Pachelli, Vogue, 12 June 2024
  • At the French Open and other clay court tournaments, the ball leaves a mark that umpires often inspect.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 10 July 2023
  • Hawk-Eye still isn’t used to check calls in clay court matches, with umpires instead coming down to check the ball marks themselves.
    — Matias Grez, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Halep excels at this type of play, more frequently seen on clay courts than grass, and soon enough was on her way to her fifth Grand Slam final.
    — Howard Fendrich, The Denver Post, 11 July 2019
  • Seems to raise all sorts of interesting questions, including the use of Hawk-Eye on clay courts.
    — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • His mischievous and adorable children, Jonathas, 8, and João Vitor, 10, are scheduled for a tennis lesson at the club’s clay courts.
    — Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Daily Intelligencer, 21 Jan. 2018
  • That final was played outside, in a rainstorm, on a clay court that probably would have been better served that day as a slip-and-slide.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Tennibot can collect up to 80 balls, works on hard and clay courts and operates off a battery that can last up to five hours.
    — William Thornton, AL.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Fish suggested a clay court would be easier to maintain and more helpful to Cousins’ game.
    — Ben Goessling, Star Tribune, 22 Aug. 2020
  • The sport — and the familiarity of the 78-foot rectangular clay court — has been her saving grace.
    — New York Times, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Around the same time, the French Open made its courts harder and faster, which basically caused the extinction of the clay court specialist who won in Paris but nowhere else.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 July 2023
  • Over the weekend, guests played tennis on the resort’s immaculate green clay courts.
    — Julia Echikson, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Speaking of consistency…I have to yet to hear a clear and convincing reason for why the balls are different from one clay court event to the next.
    — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 9 June 2019
  • The duo decided to put red clay courts in the development (though hardcourts would have been cheaper), and the club became known for having the best clay courts in the region.
    — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023

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