dmitry tursunov hand thing

saram4 · Mar 29, 2009

what does he apply on his hands during every changeover? hand sanitizer? i've never seen any player do something like this all the time.

aldeayeah · Mar 29, 2009

Probably some kind of chalk to keep his hands dry and keep the grip.

It's humid in Florida.

Staiger · Mar 29, 2009

i think it is a gel which to cool your hand (ultimately dry it)

tahiti · Mar 29, 2009

It's a pity he lost the tiebreaker, it was close.

wilsondude · Mar 29, 2009

what stuff does he use?

Fee · Mar 29, 2009

Was it a roll on? It might be some type of Stick'em. I've seen some other players use that.

saram4 · Mar 29, 2009

it comes in a little white bottle the size of a deck of cards.

a lot of people don't seem to know what i'm talking about, but he started constantly using it way b4 this tournament!

antisferisi · Mar 29, 2009

dinara safina, flavia pennetta use it, too...

prince hand gel, it gives you a better grip if you have sweaty hands.

predrag · Mar 30, 2009

antisferisi said:
dinara safina, flavia pennetta use it, too...

prince hand gel, it gives you a better grip if you have sweaty hands.

Prince Grip Enhancer - the ONLY thing that I find that actually works and works well. Not sold on TW. You have to go somewhere else

Regards, Predrag

mikeler · Mar 30, 2009

predrag said:
Prince Grip Enhancer - the ONLY thing that I find that actually works and works well. Not sold on TW. You have to go somewhere else

Regards, Predrag

I'm a Floridian and I have used the Prince stuff in the past. I agree that it does work well but it is kind of expensive which is why I just bought a white tennis glove instead. Sure I get called Michael Jackson on the court by guys down at the club but at least I can hold onto the racket and it gives me an excuse to do the moonwalk on the clay.

NotSoSuper · Mar 30, 2009

Was it sawdust? it looked like Djokovic was using some pretty frequently against Matheiu.

Lefty5 · Mar 30, 2009

Speed Stick Deodorant Stick or something similar. Gross....

predrag · Mar 30, 2009

mikeler said:
I'm a Floridian and I have used the Prince stuff in the past. I agree that it does work well but it is kind of expensive which is why I just bought a white tennis glove instead. Sure I get called Michael Jackson on the court by guys down at the club but at least I can hold onto the racket and it gives me an excuse to do the moonwalk on the clay.

Expensive?
Depends how much you use, I guess

It lasts me over few months, during summer.

Regards, Predrag

mikeler · Mar 30, 2009

predrag said:
Expensive?
Depends how much you use, I guess
It lasts me over few months, during summer.

Regards, Predrag

It lasted me about 10 matches before I'd run out.

predrag · Mar 30, 2009

mikeler said:
It lasted me about 10 matches before I'd run out.

Well, you are not supposed to bathe in it

Just kidding

Regards, Predrag

mikeler · Mar 30, 2009

I have to bathe in it because I sweat so freaking much! I've even had a few matches where the grip enhancer is not enough. The racket feels like it could slip out of my hand on any shot. I change my overgrip every match too. The glove works great for me.

origmarm · Mar 30, 2009

Knew a guy who used this also when I was in the US for a while. He used to use Tournagrip also, really sweaty hands.

I've fortunately never come across a situation that Tourna couldn't handle.

mikeler · Mar 30, 2009

origmarm said:
Knew a guy who used this also when I was in the US for a while. He used to use Tournagrip also, really sweaty hands.

I've fortunately never come across a situation that Tourna couldn't handle.

I'm not this bad, but I played one guy in a league match a few years ago who told me that he did not play tennis in the summertime because he sweats so much. Somebody else in the league said they could hear his shoes squishing with all the sweat in them towards the end of the match. Eeeeewwww!

origmarm · Mar 31, 2009

mikeler said:
Somebody else in the league said they could hear his shoes squishing with all the sweat in them towards the end of the match. Eeeeewwww!

That's in a whole league of it's own! A human sponge!

wilfreb · Oct 10, 2009

Prince grip enhancer, works great

SuperDuy · Oct 10, 2009

He Beat Hewit Yerestuday

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