Mardy Fish praises the quick hard-court surface in Dubai. The world No. 8 crushed Andreas Beck in the first round, 6-1, 6-1.
"It's nice to have at least a tournament or two that's a quicker surface on the tour these days," Fish told reporters. "They've slowed everything down. They've slowed Wimbledon down, they've slowed the U.S. Open down. Montreal was the fastest surface of the year last year, Cincinnati is usually relatively quick. A lot of that has to do with the weather as well. But this court is quick. It's playing fast, especially during the day. And it's nice to get that sort of variety a little bit. We've lost the variety, no doubt about it. There are hardly any faster-surface tournaments any more. I love them. There should be a couple more at least."