The conditions have something to do with it as Diamond supplies the tables with new cloth at the start of the event and we clean the tables 5 or 6 times a day.
I think this is something that is overlooked. I'm not talking about the faster cloths today vs yesterday, I'm talking about having a NEW fast cloth. I find that it is a heck of a lot easier to run balls on a brand new cloth than it is on the same cloth 6 months later. My understanding is that the new cloths have some kind of slick coating on them from manufacture that wears off. You ever notice how a ball rebounds on new cloth? The ball will keep its original spin going into the rail for several inches after it rebounds. When the cloth wears in a little, that spin changes right at contact with the rail. Not sure I said that in a clear way, but you know what I mean if you've played on new, fast cloth.