Latest posts by Jonas Eriksson
Wilson Burn with Countervail Review
Wilson Tennis has released a new version of the Burn line (took over from the Steams) with Countervail. The Wilson Burn racquets (including the FST update) were a relatively stiff line of racquets but the reviews talked about a relatively comfortable feel for strung RA ratings around 70(!). The Burn 95 (extended length) and especially the […]
Dimitrov, Djokovic and Bautista First Winners
It was a spectacular first week of ATP tennis. Three tournaments on the ATP 250 level, with pretty much all top players being engaged (Federer, Gasquet, Sock, Kyrgios and a few more took part in the Hopman Cup). Both Brisbane and Doha delivered on the top tennis action with lots of great clashes early on. […]
Head Graphene Touch Instinct Adaptive
Head’s Graphene line has received a mixed bag reviews with a lot of players complaining about high stiffness ratings and lack of feel compared to legendary Head lines (even the IG line was great in this respect, both Radical and Prestige versions). The idea with the Graphene line was all the time to create a […]
Djokovic vs Murray, Nishikori vs Dimitrov
The first ATP Tour finals of 2017 are set: Murray vs Djokovic in Doha and Nishikori vs Dimitrov in Brisbane (click each name to get to articles about what gear they play). The Aircel Chennai Open is still one round behind at the moment of writing, with the semi-finals being: Daniil Medvedev vs Dudi Sela […]
Fernando Verdasco Tennis Racquet
One of the players most prone to switch racquets on the ATP Tour is Spaniard, lefty, ball-basher, Fernando Verdasco. Most racquetholics usually hover around 3.0-4.5 NTRP rating, but Verdasco has been ranked as high as nr 7 in the rankings (in 2009). It’s always a joy to watch Verdasco hit his forehand, but too often […]
Australian Open Boys Champion a match-fixer?
Really sad and upsetting news from The Age today about 18-year-old Australian Open Boys Champion Oliver Anderson charged with match-fixing. Anderson was charged fixing a match at the Traralgon Challenger tournament in October 2016. I suggest you to read the article to find out more about the case, but it’s just very sad that a […]
Radwanska to Srixon
We’ve already seen quite a lot of equipment and gear changes among top tennis professionals on the men’s side with Nishikori going from Adidas Barricades to Nike Vapor Tours, Doubles player John Peers switching from Prince Textreme Tour 95 to a Wilson Pro Staff 97 (I assume paint job), Fabio Fognini moving from Adidas apparel […]
Wilson Federer Super DNA Solar Cell Bag
Wilson is really pumping the Federer brand into their products now with the Federer All Court Tennis Balls and the Darth Vader style Pro Staff 97 Autograph (and I’m of course a happy owner of the Wilson Roger Federer Elite bag). Here’s another item in the Roger Federer catalogue: take a deep breath…the Wilson Federer Super DNA […]
ATP Aces for Charity
I’m a big charity fan and had to post this press release from the ATP. Aces for charity is a great initiative! 4 January 2017 NOVAK DJOKOVIC, JAMIE MURRAY AMONG ‘ATP ACES FOR CHARITY’ GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR 2017 LONDON – The Novak Djokovic Foundation, and Children Change Colombia, supported by Jamie Murray, have been selected […]
Hopman Cup: Zverev beats Federer
Alexander Zverev played a super match against Roger Federer at the Hopman Cup and beat the Swiss maestro in three tie-break sets 7-6 6-7 7-6. Both players looked really sharp in a match that pretty much had everything. I think this week already shows us that the young guns are ready to make big things […]