Gilles Muller title

The grass season started this week in Stuttgart and Hertogenbosch with 23-year-old Lucas Pouille winning Stuttgart and 34-year-old Muller winning the second title of the year and his career. Grass court tennis is almost like a different sport at times, especially when you watch it so soon after the long rallies of the French Open. It’s a lot of smack-smack-smack – aces, unreturnable serves and three-shot-rallies. While the grass in Wimbledon has been slowed down, the rallies in tournaments such as Stuttgart and Hertogenbosch are still at break-neck speed compared to for example hard-court tournaments. This is likely why we …