Tennis-X Notes: Fish Chokes on Rafa Bait, Agassi to Exo

TENNIS-X NEWS, NOTES, QUOTES AND BARBS
Roger Federer on the difficulties of adjusting from the clay to the grasscourts: "Getting used to quick points instead of long rallies, getting used to the slice serve instead of the kick serve, getting used to the little steps instead of the sliding. It adds up and is a lot. This transition is tough and this is why we have many players, who actually don't like this surface, who can't really move on this surface. Thank God I'm not one of them."...Fernando Gonzalez blogging for the ATP: "We're lucky to have wireless internet in the locker room at Queen's so while I was waiting for my match today I did a little web surfing. I'm setting a personal record this week. Yesterday I spent four hours online and the day before it was six. It's a really good week for me with the internet!"...Andre Agassi is scheduled to play the Boodles Challenge grasscourt exhibition at the Stoke Park Club in Buckinghamshire next week according to a BBC report, joined by James Blake, Mardy Fish, Radek Stepanek, Nicolas Massu and David Nalbandian...That was a hell of a choke for Mardy Fish against Rafael Nadal, four double faults in a row, be more intimidated against a player you should have beaten...Venus Williams is iffy about playing the team competition for the U.S. in Fed Cup, but not when it comes to the big cash, as the American has already confirmed her participation for next January at the Hopman Cup exhibition...Mats Wilander speaking with Reuters on Wimbledon making the grasscourts more hardcourt-like each year: "I'm personally very disappointed the way they are making Wimbledon these days. We're slowly losing the style of playing tennis which is the serve and volley. We are slowly losing that because the grasscourts in Wimbledon are getting slower and slower. I'm not sure what they are thinking in England because you have (British) players like Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski. England might be the only country in the world who don't actually try and (prepare courts to) suit them. It seems they are doing everything they can for them not to win."...No e-mail inquirers, supermodel Gisele is not dating Gustavo Kuerten, she just stopped by to visit his new clothing store...From Content-USA: "Hawk-Eye, the global pioneer in ball tracking technology for sports broadcasting and officiating, has been bought by the Wisden Group, the owners of Cricinfo. Mark Getty, a director of Wisden Group, said that the acquisition was a coup for the group which would strengthen its presence in the global cricket market and provide an entry into tennis and other major international sports. "In a relatively short space of time, Hawk-Eye has achieved a major impact in the way cricket is presented and appreciated by fans around the world," he said. "It already has enormous recognition in the sport and is now making a similar impact in the world of tennis. Wisden is cricket's most famous publisher and Cricinfo is the game's largest global website, so the addition of Hawk-Eye as the most innovative technology provider in sports broadcasting is a development that will reinforce the group's presence and influence."...Sania Mirza is in the third round of a WTA event for the first time in eight months.