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Jordan Thompson’s Racquet – Player Profile
Jordan Thompson is an Australian player with one ATP title, but what is Thompson’s current tennis racquet and gear? Jordan Thompson’s tennis racquet Jordan Thompson uses a Babolat Pure Drive (older version) to create that massive top spin he gets on the ball. Especially his serve looks rather lethal, and the second serve kicks up […]
New Nike Collection for Australian Open
You can always count on Roger Federer to look stylish and that’s the brand that Moet, Lindt, Mercedes-Benz etc has bought into and seems to get pretty decent value for. Nike and Wilson has been Federer’s long-term sponsors on court and we don’t see that changing before his career comes to a close (but let’s […]
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Tennis Racquet
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is a hard hitting entertainer with bundles of talent. He’s beaten pretty much the other top players, has two Masters titles to his name and is currently ranked 12 in the world. He plays a high-octane, aggressive tennis driven by his serve and his massive forehand and doesn’t hesitate to get to the […]
Fabio Fognini Tennis Racquet
Fabio Fognini is one of the most colorful players on the ATP Tour. You never know what to expect from him and when he might throw a fit, completely give up on a game or play amazing tennis and beat the top players in the world. He is the embodied version of tennis roulette. He has […]
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 […]