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Auckland officials won't make a kneejerk response and copy Tennis Australia's decision to change surfaces for next year's Open.
And they are confident that decision won't impact negatively on the city's two international events in January.
The first grand slam of the year in Melbourne will be contested on newly laid Plexicushion courts as Australia moves to change surfaces throughout the country as part of a push to raise its playing standards.
The rubberised Rebound Ace had been used there for the past 19 years.
The ASB Tennis Centre, host to the women's Classic and men's Heineken Open in the two weeks immediately before the Australian Open, uses Rebound Ace. The replacement surface is a mix of latex, rubber and plastic, tipped to be cooler on the feet and less bouncy.
But Auckland Tennis chief executive Graham Pearce is adopting a wait-and-see approach.
"We'll stick with what we've got. We're not going to change this year," he said.
Players like coming to Auckland to prepare for the Australian Open partly because it has had an identical surface. That will change from next year, but Pearce suspects it won't spin off into a drastic negative effect for Auckland.
"I wouldn't think it will make a major impact. The playing characteristics won't be that different. It's still a cushioned hard court."
One of the criticisms of the decision is that it removes a point of difference with the US Open, which is played on Deco II hard court.
"It is obviously another complete sellout of an Australian icon product to the Americans," Rebound Ace spokesman Paul Bull said.
Pearce said it was too early to make that judgment, before the new courts had been used in Australian conditions.
Auckland Tennis have plans for major reconstruction at the complex, with a best-case start date late next year. If they decide to change court surfaces to mimic Tennis Australia, it's unlikely to happen until after the NZ tournaments in January, 2009.