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5/11/09 8:42 PM | Johan Lindahl
Spain's Tommy Robredo is looking for a few more practice courts as the Madrid Masters tries to shake out its initial shortcomings in a test run this week at tournament level.
The 16th seed said that instead of 18 courts as planned, only four are so far available for training. When those are full it's indoors for a less-than-satisfactory training experience at the clay event at the spectacular Magic Box venue.
"The courts outside are rather bad, the closest ones are all right but the once furthest away are not in good shape. When the ball bounces, you are not sure where it is going to go," Robredo said. "If they only finished the building 10 days ago, these things are to be expected. There are only only two training courts for men and two for women, otherwise you have to go inside.
"I think all of this is the result of having gone too fast or of having too little time to prepare. But the Magic Box' is spectacular and the central court is beautiful, its fine but there are always little things.
The veteran also mentioned a few other small points: "The gym is very small, the locker rooms are not that great, little things like that.
"When you come in with a car there is only one entrance so you have to wait. These are all little things that perhaps they didn't foresee happening. The accreditation process had some hitches, as did the arrangements for leaving tickets."
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