clay

While there is some variety between the venues, it is also true to say players do not need to alter their game style very much to be successful on hard, clay and grass courts.

But all the sober talk in the world can’t rival one spot-on dig when it comes to kicking the clay feet of would-be dictators.

She missed some tournaments early in the year with a foot injury before claiming a maiden clay title at a WTA 125 event in Paris.

The grass and flowers are used as decoration for the ceremonies during which the beans are roasted over an open fire, ground and then brewed in a clay pot.

They are about 3.5bn years old and are a type of rock called mudstone, which is fine-grained rock formed from clays.