I think that James statement is at the very least unprofessional. When the whole Brave New World concept was being put out to the public the Europeans problem with it was that it was the United States that wanted to demote clay court play to second class status and elevate hard court play. This is what was behind Roger, Rafa and Novak getting on the players council. For Blake to imply that ALL the US players see the European clay court swing as a bother is to confirm what was being said about US tennis and the reason DeVilliers was pushed out as being valid.