May 3, 2007 Grass versus Clay, Nadal v Federer Sports Share this post: The recent battle of the champions’ surfaces, featuring Nadal versus Federer on a hybrid court, half grass and half clay, was completely innovative. When I read about the concept, it felt instinctively distinctly weird. The bounce on your side and the movement underfoot changed at every changeover (they changed their footwear at the same time). And yet, it worked like a treat. And the final score was worthy of the innovation: Nadal in 3 sets 7-5 4-6 7-6 (12-10). NEWSletter Subscribe to Minter’s Bi-Weekly NEWSletter and receive a free copy of the exclusive and updated 8 Golden Rules of an eReputation Your Gift For Signing Up 8 Golden Rules of an eReputation SUBSCRIBE! You have Successfully Subscribed! Federer, innovation, Nadal, sports, Tennis Minter Dial Minter Dial is an international professional speaker, author & consultant on Leadership, Branding and Digital Strategy. After a successful international career at L’Oréal, Minter Dial returned to his entrepreneurial roots and has spent the last ten years helping senior management teams and Boards to adapt to the new exigencies of the digitally enhanced marketplace. He has worked with world-class organisations to help activate their brand strategies, and figure out how best to integrate new technologies, digital tools, devices and platforms. Above all, Minter works to catalyse a change in mindset and dial up transformation. Minter received his BA in Trilingual Literature from Yale University (1987) and gained his MBA at INSEAD, Fontainebleau (1993). His books include Heartificial Empathy, Putting Heart into Business and Artificial Intelligence, bowed in December 2018 and won the Book Excellence Award 2019 as well as being shortlisted for the Business Book Awards 2019. It's available in Audiobook, Kindle and Paperback. He is also co-author of Futureproof (Pearson, Sep 2017) and sole author of The Last Ring Home (Myndset Press, Nov 2016), a book and documentary film, both of which have won awards and critical acclaim. Minter's newest book on leadership, You Lead, How being yourself makes you a better leader, published by Kogan Page, was released January 2021. It's easy to inquire about booking Minter Dial here. View all posts by Minter Dial Previous post Next post
Misha May 6, 2007 at 3:07 am I wish I could see that match. Great idea.I found the controversy around the hybrid court interesting as well. S.C. teaching pro sues organizers over hybrid court:The suit, which does not specify damages, claims Marcinkowska invented the idea of a tennis court of differing surfaces on either side of the net, received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in November 2004 and pitched the idea to IMG soon after she got the patent. Marcinkowska says in her suit she met with IMG in February “with the idea of having Roger Federer play Rafael Nadal on a hybrid court.” Again, the suit said, IMG expressed no interest in going forward.
Sportingo May 16, 2007 at 1:07 pm Greetings — I would like to speak with you about publishing some of you future articles on sports. Cheers,[email protected]