Cortex on Nadal's Racquet?!

[ChuDat]

The best way is to ask Nadal himself haha. I hope theres at typo in the price and that its actually $105.00

[zidane339]

Originally Posted by featherlight

the racket also does not have the custom damp Rafa uses

Good point. Must be a real APDC, with Nadals sig. Not his actual racquet, what a $10 grand rip.

Check out the other auction items. Those dates look enticing. A playmate!

[Raiha]

i remember the us open commentators saying that brad gilbert actually got one of nadal's wimbledon rackets. I'd assume that one was genuine, or maybe it was just nadal trying to convince everyone that he uses cortex. Oh well, if its for a good cause i guess i don't mind.

[rubberduckies]

Maybe Nadal did use this at Wimbledon. He probably felt that using his real racquet wouldn't be fair to Roger after what happened at the French, so he went to the store to by some APDC's strung with stock strings. He left the dampener off to further level the playing field between himself and Roger. His hubris almost got the better of him, but in the end his talent prevailed. Notice how the strings on this racquet aren't worn at all - almost like they've never been used. That shows how easy Rafa was taking it on Roger.

So go ahead and make a bid to win that racquet. Rest assured that it's the genuine article and not just some cheap piece of crap with his signature on it.

[rubberduckies]

Seriously though, if I paid thousands of dollars for that to later find out the truth, I would be so pissed off. Wouldn't the buyer be able to claim fraud on the part of the auction?

[Mdubb23]

Originally Posted by featherlight

the racket also does not have the custom damp Rafa uses

Good point, although, believe it or not, there have even been theories about Rafa using a Sampras "O" with the Babolat stripes and word embedded on, but that was just at my club, no gossip about that yet on these boards. But if that were to be true, which, again, it probably isn't, that would just be taking the endorsment thing a bit too far.

[Mdubb23]

Originally Posted by rubberduckies

Seriously though, if I paid thousands of dollars for that to later find out the truth, I would be so pissed off. Wouldn't the buyer be able to claim fraud on the part of the auction?

I think so. I'd be interested on what Rafa would say about that. He'd probably bite it, then get thirty photo shoots while slobbering all over it, then claim the price was fair.

[valerio]

nadal uses a custom version of the apd without cortex

[hayate]

I think it's a fake while it's so flat at throat

[KJSupra70]

That Aerodrive can feed hundreds of children in third-world countries...

[SaunderS]

Originally Posted by hayate

I think it's a fake while it's so flat at throat

Thats on all Aero rackets.

[OldNews]

The bidding closed at $27,500 Aussie with the reserve not met.

Bill

[Blade0324]

He probably did hit with it. They gave him a stock APDC with Pro Hurricane Tour strings he hit with it about 10 balls on the practice court and then they took it away to use for this sham of an auction. Too bad someone got so ripped off.

[master_stringer_mitchy]

2 things. one, i remember the above close up picture being on here some time ago, nadal could have switched since. on the other hand, the grip size on the auction one looks 2 big, bet thats not a 2

[master_stringer_mitchy]

and the reserve price was not met!

[MrBen]

I'm under the impression that Nadal's racket is just the APD without the cortex, but just has the paint job.

[MrBen]

His racquet does not have the cortex because he specifically told Babolat that he did not want it. Still, the racquet looks like the APD w/ Cortex...

[FedererForehand]

Originally Posted by MrBen

His racquet does not have the cortex because he specifically told Babolat that he did not want it. Still, the racquet looks like the APD w/ Cortex...

ALERT THE MEDIA... Have you herd about the Lindberg baby???

[martini1]

The seller only got a 1 rating??

The listing also doesn't look that professional. Ummm. If this is for a good course why don't they put it on bigger sites for international bidders?

After seeing the Rafa pj'd rackets I seriously doubt he would use the APDC in wimbledon of all matches. He would probably sign a whole bunch stock racket per contract agreement with babo or other sponsors as give aways for theirs VIPs. I suspect this is one of those even if it is real at the first place.

[lawlitssoo1n]

LOL pro's like andy roddick and nadal don't have hte cortex system in there rackets. the cortex takes the feel off the rackets and the pro's don't like dat. so pretty much they are using hte same racket with a different paint design on it. the only reason why babolat paint their rackets with cortex system is so that they can advertise their rackets