Verdasco back to his Tecnifibre racket.

[tennis_balla]

What happened with him and Yonex, anyone know?

[RacquetCraft]

Originally Posted by tennis_balla

What happened with him and Yonex, anyone know?

Technifibre was certainly not happy losing Verdasco as a player. Although Verdasco was very happy with his Technifibre SMU, when he decided to leave Technifibre he was leaving without his bat. He went through alot of playtesting and tweaking to finally get that Technifibre bat to his liking.

Technifibre and Dunlop both produce their bats at the same OEM. With those star aligning for him, he was presented with an opportunity where he was more likely to get a bat produced identical to or similar to his old bat which Yonex could never do for him...it all turned on the design! Did Dunlop end up acquiring the design plans for Verdasco's SMU from Technifibre? I'll leave that for you to decide and draw your conclusions.

cheers,

Racquetcraft

[Automatix]

RacquetCraft, why is he leaving Dunlop then? From your post it would seem he got something close enough for his liking...

[mfieni]

Verdasco was " growing" with the Technifibre racket.
Of course when he started to be higher in the ranking other big brands were trying to get him under contract thanks to the fact that the french company even though makes great rackets it is still a small company and , of course, cannot compete financially.
In fact he has changed from Technifibre to Yonex, but it did not work since he was not happy. Then he had contract with Dunlop but,again, he has practically always played with technifibre even though painted all black to disguise it.

Now we hear that he is looking for a new "supplier" .

Well aware that we are talking about big money ( and Technifibre cannot offer )
the discussion is : This guys already have and get a lot of money. Wouldn't be better to play with a racket that makes us happy ?

[fluffy Beaver]

Originally Posted by Automatix

RacquetCraft, why is he leaving Dunlop then? From your post it would seem he got something close enough for his liking...

He doesn't give a direct answer because he doesn't know...then he'll probably have a snotty remark to my post and give another indirect answer.

[CzechM8]

I used to like Verdasco a lot. But he's been a joke recently, going from one racquet manufacturer to another, wearing the wrong brand of clothing than the one he's paid to wear...

[Kimosabi]

I was under the impression that the 4D 300 Tour was the same mold as his old TF....

[mustangmarc]

So has he left Dunlop officially or what???

[SFrazeur]

He's James Blaked himself.

-SF

[Power Player]

Originally Posted by fluffy Beaver

He doesn't give a direct answer because he doesn't know...then he'll probably have a snotty remark to my post and give another indirect answer.

Are you an idiot? RC has made some legendary sticks. I am quite sure he knows what he is talking about.

[Gemini]

Originally Posted by RacquetCraft

Technifibre was certainly not happy losing Verdasco as a player. Although Verdasco was very happy with his Technifibre SMU, when he decided to leave Technifibre he was leaving without his bat. He went through alot of playtesting and tweaking to finally get that Technifibre bat to his liking.

Technifibre and Dunlop both produce their bats at the same OEM. With those star aligning for him, he was presented with an opportunity where he was more likely to get a bat produced identical to or similar to his old bat which Yonex could never do for him...it all turned on the design! Did Dunlop end up acquiring the design plans for Verdasco's SMU from Technifibre? I'll leave that for you to decide and draw your conclusions.

cheers,

Racquetcraft

But doesn't it simply come down to why Verdasco would leave Tecnifibre in the first place? Money's the driving force in all of this and I guess Verdasco could be the loser if he can't find someone that's willing to manufacture a new racquet to his TF's specs AND pay him what he feels he's worth. He'll be in a situation where he's playing with a limited number of blacked out frames with no alternatives.

[Outlined]

On average, how long do those contracts last? Are it lifetime contracts or is it more in the range of 5 years?

[JasonPlaysTennis]

Verdasco should go to Babolat, he could use the APD-Lite because I know he likes the super-super lite racquets, or maybe he could sign on and they could make a Pure Storm Lite or something.

[THESEXPISTOL]

Originally Posted by JasonPlaysTennis

Verdasco should go to Babolat, he could use the APD-Lite because I know he likes the super-super lite racquets, or maybe he could sign on and they could make a Pure Storm Lite or something.

Wrong login Fedace.

[bfactor61]

i could see verdasco playing with the prestige pro, considering he plays 16x19