Bates was on tour between 1980 and 1996. He rarely played on a slow court."In that period of time, there were two completely separate tours," he explained."You had all the players who played on the clay, and then you had everyone else who played on the fast courts and the only time you would see the clay court players would be at the French [Open] and the only time we would see them would be at Wimbledon and the other Slams."All the indoor courts we played on were super slick. It was a question of how quick you could get…
