Sweeping the Courts

The work crew in Central Park drag their tennis courts in the middle of the day. The manmade clay becomes rough and scraggly after a big morning of play. They sweep twelve courts at noon, and then the second twelve at one. A parks employee drives a golf court in circles, kind of like the Zamboni driver at the ice rink. Only in Central Park, they drive a golf cart around twelve tennis courts, pulling a large, metal screen behind. Sweeping the tennis courts back into shape. Now an aggressive player will move onto the courts directly after this sweeping, first come, first serve, literally. An aggressive tennis player usually achieves about fifteen minutes of extra play.