Reminiscing about the many memories they shared over two decades, Federer pointed to "that match on half-grass ... the court - described as "one of the best images that I've ever seen in tennis ...

There are three held on clay between April and May, and there are six on hard courts: two in the U.S ... from this annual circuit of top-flight tennis: grass. The old surface and the stage ...

It’s hard to play your best tennis when a ball you frame forwards ... the grizzled veteran looking for his first grass-court final since Wimbledon in 2002 and the youngster finally breaking ...