Jessica Pegula's Australian Open Loss
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'Balls are heavy, courts are slow': Are the conditions to blame for Pegula's Australian Open loss?
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American world No. 6 Jessica Pegula says conditions on Rod Laver Arena are "slower than a clay court" in Melbourne .
American Pegula was beaten soundly by unseeded Serb Olga Danilovic in the third round Friday night .
Pegula is not the first top player to notice something different this year at Melbourne .
No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek hasn't noticed any difference in court or ball speed from previous years .
Rafael Nadal used to request day matches as long as he could in Australia .
The extra bounce on warmer courts in particular suited his propensity to generate topspin on his shots.
Pegula said she found the court "a little bit trickier than the previous matches" Nadal said: "I just found it like other courts".
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