First hit with the pro open was just practice, no sets.
Felt like a wilson. Super easy transition from the 6.1 in terms of it having that awesome wilson feel. It was strung full poly with tour bite and twisted razor crosses. Felt good but was dying, so its coming out for gut/poly. Weighs 11.1 strung, 11.4 with dampener and grip.
Anyway, this racquet has a thicker and fuller feel to it than the blx. I think that is because the sweet spot is probably bigger. The 6.1 is crisper and less forgiving. For being a light stick, the feel on the ball with a perfect rip is very plush.
The racquet feels better than a babo and is much easier on the arm. It may be softer than the 6.1 in terms of feel. It hits with as much power as well. The difference is of course the weight of the ball.
What i noticed with the lighter stick:
I hit with more spin which made the balls a little easier to get to, but when i had my timing synced to the stick, the ball was really big.
Not sure if gut poly will last as long with the racquet head speed, but we will see. I will put iontec in the second one and see how it goes in comparison.
Drop shots and wolleys are not as good as the 6.1. The 6.1 is just such a solid stick. The pro open is suprisingly solid as well, but its lighter.
Serves are big. Not sure if they are better than the 6.1, but i had no problems. The spin was bigger once again.
Running cross court winners are a lot easier. So to me, a lighter stick makes a difference here.
Slices are sick with this racquet. The 6.1 is also incredible for slices, but its a little different. The 6.1 excels at classic fed style slice, and the pro open has an incredible driving slice that you can use more as attacking shot.
The pro open is a pretty easy to use stick. Its like an easier to use 6.1 and pure drive mixed together.
But to be honest, The footwork is the game changer. That makes it so much easier to hit big even with the lighter stick. When you are properly throwing all your weight into the ball, it doesnt seem to matter how light the stick is. The thing is that i was very early with the timing off so i was missing cross court wide sometimes. But the racquet makes picking the low balls up super easy. I think tw mentions this, but this really stands out. Its mainly due to being lighter.
Basically, the weight experiment continues. I will keep this one stock, and the other one will be weighted up a little. So i will have light, medium and heavy to try and figure out my favorite.
In terms of the stick though...This could be a possible grail stick for ross. I just think it is how a lot of people wished a pure drive or apdc played. It could be very similar to the swirly, because it just has superior feel for a tweener stick, and hits with more control and comfort to it. You can definitley seem elements of the 6.1 in it as well.
