David Ferrer Racket?? Wimbledon 4th July

[NickJ]

Anyone know what Ferrer is using? Racket is blacked out but has a Babolat stencil on the strings (that may be purely for the strings rather than the frame). I'm not watching it and have only seen one small picture of a live feed as playing now so I don't have a lot to go on.
Thanks

 

[NickJ]

Ahhh, a Wilson, possibly Steam. From another thread and he was using it at the French too.

 

[moon shot]

https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/ferrer-french-open.590683/#post-11255095

It looks to be 16x18 three loops in the throat, typical wilson skips. The bottom of the throat seems to have a boxy bevel that looks a bit like a Steam 99 to me, but thats just a guess.

Not a guess. It's a Steam 99. On the picture below you see the characteristic groove, at the tieoffs, on the inner side of the beam.

I wonder if the layup is the same as retail. Svitolina, Henin & now Ferrer...

A few more...

Another shot of the "Wilson" on the headguard.

 

[NickJ]

Cheers Moon

 

[Crozzer95]

Funny we are bumping this, he has the new Wimbledon Bag, so surely Babolat know he's not using their rackets?

 

[jarko111]

Surely Babolat could care less. I doubt they're thinking "he's costing us sales! - this over the hill player that is barely getting back to back wins a week and outside top 39!"

When he switched over I am sure they got a lot of push from that. But Babolat is making bank. I haven't watched a match today (apart from Djoko getting a retirement) from Wimbledon that didn't have a PD or PA.
The Delpo match had an aussie with a White PS

 

[OnyxZ28]

From Gstaad.

 

[Yoccespin]

http://www.tenniswarehouse-europe.com/Wilson_Blade_Team_99/descpageRCWILSON-WBT99.html
...?

 

[moon shot]

http://www.tenniswarehouse-europe.com/Wilson_Blade_Team_99/descpageRCWILSON-WBT99.html
...?

Close, but it doesn't have the channel in the bottom of the hoop that the steam has.

 

[jonestim]

Ferrer finally won a tournament again. His drought had been since 2015. I don't think he ever won with his Babolat. Did he make a final with it?

Now that he is with a Wilson will he crack the top 20 again? Top 10?

 

[jmacdaununder2]

Should have just gone straight from Prince to Wilson, without the unfortunate detour...