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Kohlschreiber’s Tennis Racquet
Philipp Kohlschreiber is entertaining to watch, much due to his fabulous technique on both forehand and his one-handed backhand. This post will deal with Kohlschreiber’s tennis racquet. Kohlschreiber currently endorses the Wilson Pro Staff 97, but if you look at the above picture up close you will see that it is in fact the racquet he’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kei Nishikori to Nike Vapor Tour
Kei Nishikori has been an Adidas Barricade tennis shoe user for as long as I’m familiar, but in recent footage found on the ATP World Tour website he is sporting red Nike Vapor Tour 9.5s. Nishikori is using a Wilson racquet and Uniqlo tennis wear. The Nike Vapor Tour 9.5 are one of my personal […]
Fabio Fognini to Hydrogen
Italian tennis player Fabio Fognini is moving from Adidas apparel to Italian brand skull-inspired brand Hydrogen. In the above pic he is posing with the Hydrogen founder Alberto Bresci, who closed 2016 with a 15% rise and a revenue of approximately 12 million euro. Fabio Fognini joins his friend Simone Bolelli and Nikoloz Basilashvili in the Hydrogen […]
John Peers to Wilson
Doubles professional John Peers has gone from his 18×20 patterned Prince TexTreme Tour 95 (which is a great racquet according to my humble opinion – read my review) to some kind of Wilson Pro staff 97 (could be a pro stock model like Wilson H22 or Wilson H19, but not sure yet). Looks like the stick has a […]
Babolat Pure Aero French Open Edition
Babolat usually releases special edition paint jobs of their most popular racquets for Wimbledon and French Open. This is 2017s Babolat Pure Aero French Open. What do you think of the design? Should the racquet companies keep making special paint jobs for the grand slams? The specs is exactly the same as the usual Babolat […]
