karlovic with babolat

okdude1992

Hall of Fame
hes playing good tennis thus far. and his serve does seem slightly more powerful but im noticing a big difference in his forehand
 

DJG

Semi-Pro
Last time I saw the racquet he had no stencil on it - has it changed, i.e. does he really have a racquet sponsorship for a change?
 
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Marcob

New User
no wonder his forehand is all over the place, he's using a continental grip, even Edberg couldn't pull that one off.
I do like the leather grip though.
It's a Western grip. In the picture Ivo will hit the ball with the side faceing the photographer
 

King_roger

Semi-Pro
Karlovic and a Aero Pro Drive :?
I think he wants to be a baseline player right now!
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Does anybody know if he uses real Cortex??
 

ronalditop

Hall of Fame
for karlovic its impossible to use a two handed backhand. look in the pic above at how his hand covers almost all of the handle :shock:.
 

10ispro

Rookie
I was at Bolletieris in december and Karlovic was there training using the Babolat. He was switching back and forth during his workouts between his Instinct and the Babolat, but primarily hitting alot of groundies and returns with the babolat.
 

Bud

Bionic Poster
no wonder his forehand is all over the place, he's using a continental grip, even Edberg couldn't pull that one off.
I do like the leather grip though.

It's a Western grip. In the picture Ivo will hit the ball with the side faceing the photographer

Lol! My first thought was a full Western grip... but had to re-look at it after someone else mentioned continental.
 

NickC

Professional
This is probably better racket anyway. that instinct is very harsh on the arm..

Hey man, you're being sarcastic about that one, right? The Instinct is easily the softest frame I've ever played with. The Areo Pro Drive (Original) is probably the second harshest frame I've ever hit with, and I don't mind super-stiff frames, but there was a noticeable difference.

But maybe the frame will do him some good. Maybe a bit more pop on the serve, bit more pop off the ground, a bit more spin off the backhand, the usual. Who knows? But the difference comes in the form of higher or lower rankings, and we really haven't seen much of him lately, so let's give it some time before we crucify him and claim that he should switch!
 

Cl1ntrock

Rookie
I know for sure that he has changed the frame.
HE was pissed because head doesnt produce the FLEX INSTINCT anymore for nobody.not even karlo.or gasquet or LU..
Karlo went 2 babolat..the other two are playing something else..
but no FLEXinstincts in production anymore..
 

NickC

Professional
I know for sure that he has changed the frame.
HE was pissed because head doesnt produce the FLEX INSTINCT anymore for nobody.not even karlo.or gasquet or LU..
Karlo went 2 babolat..the other two are playing something else..
but no FLEXinstincts in production anymore..

Gasquet uses the LM Instinct XL. Don't think he even used an FXP paint scheme on his frame.
 

Frankauc

Professional
is it a babolat he's using right now against fed? Looks like it but it's black and white..
 
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adlis

Professional
old image. Notice the REAL cortex

Who would of thought that the two biggest servers in the history of tennis use a 100sq inch Babolat tennis racket.

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jackcrawford

Professional
had it in my hand yesterday... fpx insitinct blacked out with stripes...
The Babolat stencil should not be a problem here since Babolat does sponsor players for string and it could be deemed to stand for that. Dunlop did not have this option when they were ordered by the court to cease and desist having Safin stencil his blacked-out Head as a Dunlop.
 

winks

Rookie

no wonder his forehand is all over the place, he's using a continental grip, even Edberg couldn't pull that one off.

It's a Western grip. In the picture Ivo will hit the ball with the side faceing the photographer

If that were true I might agree (Western Grip) but I don't see how in hell he could -the ball is just about on him!

Everything about that picture looks to me like his stance/preparation are set to hit the ball with the side of the racquet facing the court, which would make it continental (or even rotated a bit toward a BH grip). Very strange.
 

Lefty5

Hall of Fame
somebody needs to tell IVO they make and XL and XXL version of Tourna Grip. Then again, its kinda old school cool...
 
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