Its time to see Davydenko new racket, not clear, but just have a look

[TennisAddict121]

Originally Posted by SoBad

Wow, none of that would have had to do with desperation, lack of umpires and dumb luck now would it.



Wow he took retired fast court specialist Mahut to four sets on clay, who would have thought! Was this the first time Mahut even played on clay?



More milestones in Melzer's best year of career - beating Dustin Brown in four sets and taking average 2 games per set from Federer who barely got through first round and barely made quarters.



Hopefully matches will be properly officiated at the US Open going forward.



Beating both Dudi Sela AND Harel Levy in the same event - amazing.

I hate to be the bringer of bad news but Melzer deserves his spot just like everyone else deserves theirs...You get what you earn and while he might not have played great or everyone he beat may not have played great its all about the W son! Every tennis player only plays their best tennis for a few minutes of every match including the top players, at the end of the day its all about grinding it out and moving on to the next round. Melzer deserves his spots because he won matches...

Also @buckethead I know plenty of D2, D1 and futures players that all use stock dunlop racquets and love them, while they may not be your preference other people love them. For instance I hate wilson and will never play with them even they sponsored me, this isnt the case with everyone but its my choice, dunlop wouldnt be in business if they didnt make quality products

[johnnymacfan]

Originally Posted by SoBad

Wow, none of that would have had to do with desperation, lack of umpires and dumb luck now would it.



Wow he took retired fast court specialist Mahut to four sets on clay, who would have thought! Was this the first time Mahut even played on clay?



More milestones in Melzer's best year of career - beating Dustin Brown in four sets and taking average 2 games per set from Federer who barely got through first round and barely made quarters.



Hopefully matches will be properly officiated at the US Open going forward.



Beating both Dudi Sela AND Harel Levy in the same event - amazing.

Wow...you've got some serious hate for Melzer...The facts speak for themselves. This isn't Novak Djokovic by chance is it? That French Open loss must really sting you.

[Buckethead]

Originally Posted by TennisAddict121

I hate to be the bringer of bad news but Melzer deserves his spot just like everyone else deserves theirs...You get what you earn and while he might not have played great or everyone he beat may not have played great its all about the W son! Every tennis player only plays their best tennis for a few minutes of every match including the top players, at the end of the day its all about grinding it out and moving on to the next round. Melzer deserves his spots because he won matches...

I think Melzer is a loser, however he deserves what He has achieved this year, with lucky draws or not, but clearly He isn't a top player he's been in position to win matches against top players and always choked. He is not a factor, but just one more out there.

[/quote]Also @buckethead I know plenty of D2, D1 and futures players that all use stock dunlop racquets and love them, while they may not be your preference other people love them. For instance I hate wilson and will never play with them even they sponsored me, this isnt the case with everyone but its my choice, dunlop wouldnt be in business if they didnt make quality products[/quote]

Wilson makes better rackets than Dunlop , they perform better, they are better. Wilson's QC isn't as good as the Dunlop's.
Personally I'd only play with a few brands and neither one we are talking about is included. Dunlop sponsorship to Junior players is one of the easiest to get, that is why you see many playing, because they just want free stuff to play with.

[King_roger]

Originally Posted by SoBad

Melzer is a journeyman and a poor one at that - probably the most overrated player inside ATP top 200. What does he have to do with Davydenko?

Jürgen lost in Roland Garros just the match with Rafa and in Wimby and at the USO against Roger.
He came as far as a top player can go IMO. He is now the best player in the history of Austrian Tennis after Thomas Muster.
Don’t forget he was just hanging around at 30 or 40 at the ATP rankings all the years before…


Sorry mate, but do you even know what tennis is?

[cknobman]

@Buckethead

You appear to suffer from a mental handicap because you have yet to demonstrate the ability to use logic and reasoning in your posts. You just spew the same "dunlop sucks" dribble over and over again without any factual matter to back up your opinion. The only thing that "sucks" is your posts.

[TennisAddict121]

Originally Posted by Buckethead

I think Melzer is a loser, however he deserves what He has achieved this year, with lucky draws or not, but clearly He isn't a top player he's been in position to win matches against top players and always choked. He is not a factor, but just one more out there.

Also @buckethead I know plenty of D2, D1 and futures players that all use stock dunlop racquets and love them, while they may not be your preference other people love them. For instance I hate wilson and will never play with them even they sponsored me, this isnt the case with everyone but its my choice, dunlop wouldnt be in business if they didnt make quality products[/quote]

Wilson makes better rackets than Dunlop , they perform better, they are better. Wilson's QC isn't as good as the Dunlop's.
Personally I'd only play with a few brands and neither one we are talking about is included. Dunlop sponsorship to Junior players is one of the easiest to get, that is why you see many playing, because they just want free stuff to play with.[/quote]

They arent sponsored they simply like the sticks, and like I said I hate wilsons and cant think of worse racquets and you like them; but its all preference. I would play with dunlop but I got a sick deal with prince, which are not bad racquets either. I would say though Head is the best racquet company in general

[johnnymacfan]

Originally Posted by Buckethead

I think Melzer is a loser, however he deserves what He has achieved this year, with lucky draws or not, but clearly He isn't a top player he's been in position to win matches against top players and always choked. He is not a factor, but just one more out there.

Also @buckethead I know plenty of D2, D1 and futures players that all use stock dunlop racquets and love them, while they may not be your preference other people love them. For instance I hate wilson and will never play with them even they sponsored me, this isnt the case with everyone but its my choice, dunlop wouldnt be in business if they didnt make quality products[/quote]

Wilson makes better rackets than Dunlop , they perform better, they are better. Wilson's QC isn't as good as the Dunlop's.
Personally I'd only play with a few brands and neither one we are talking about is included. Dunlop sponsorship to Junior players is one of the easiest to get, that is why you see many playing, because they just want free stuff to play with.[/quote]

Buckethead has proven time and again that he hates Dunlop for whatever reason...He loves Yonex and Volkl. Period. He says the sponsorship is so easy to get (Babolat's is the easiest to get, by the way), but my guess is that he tried to get one and and was denied, so he feels like he needs to trash them every chance he gets. Take his bitter and biased comments for what they're worth...nothing.

[TennisAddict121]

Originally Posted by johnnymacfan

Also @buckethead I know plenty of D2, D1 and futures players that all use stock dunlop racquets and love them, while they may not be your preference other people love them. For instance I hate wilson and will never play with them even they sponsored me, this isnt the case with everyone but its my choice, dunlop wouldnt be in business if they didnt make quality products

Wilson makes better rackets than Dunlop , they perform better, they are better. Wilson's QC isn't as good as the Dunlop's.
Personally I'd only play with a few brands and neither one we are talking about is included. Dunlop sponsorship to Junior players is one of the easiest to get, that is why you see many playing, because they just want free stuff to play with.[/quote]

Buckethead has proven time and again that he hates Dunlop for whatever reason...He loves Yonex and Volkl. Period. He says the sponsorship is so easy to get (Babolat's is the easiest to get, by the way), but my guess is that he tried to get one and and was denied, so he feels like he needs to trash them every chance he gets. Take his bitter and biased comments for what they're worth...nothing.[/quote]

I have noticed...idk why i think dunlop makes some pretty solid frames

[Buckethead]

Originally Posted by TennisAddict121

Wilson makes better rackets than Dunlop , they perform better, they are better. Wilson's QC isn't as good as the Dunlop's.
Personally I'd only play with a few brands and neither one we are talking about is included. Dunlop sponsorship to Junior players is one of the easiest to get, that is why you see many playing, because they just want free stuff to play with.

Buckethead has proven time and again that he hates Dunlop for whatever reason...He loves Yonex and Volkl. Period. He says the sponsorship is so easy to get (Babolat's is the easiest to get, by the way), but my guess is that he tried to get one and and was denied, so he feels like he needs to trash them every chance he gets. Take his bitter and biased comments for what they're worth...nothing.[/quote]

Babolat is an easy sponsorship to get o.O.....how easy....you have intrigued me[/quote]

TennisAddict,
it is not that I hate Dunlop, it is that their rackets suc.. therefore I hated them. Why don't I hate Volkl, Yonex, Pacific, Tecnifibre, Pro Kennex, they all have at least a couple good rackets that perform well, but Volkl and Yonex do have the entire line better than anything, and that is why, after demoing so many I decided to stick with whatever these 2 brands make, I just trust them, that is all. Head is a brand that don't like their policies neither, giving cra..p to customers that give their brand money while the real rackets only go to the pro's.How pathetic this is, and isn't what Dunlop does as well?
But I have had enough of this Dunlop thing, I really don't like them and I already chose the brands I will always play with, because I they are just better than the others, period.

[TennisAddict121]

Originally Posted by Buckethead

Buckethead has proven time and again that he hates Dunlop for whatever reason...He loves Yonex and Volkl. Period. He says the sponsorship is so easy to get (Babolat's is the easiest to get, by the way), but my guess is that he tried to get one and and was denied, so he feels like he needs to trash them every chance he gets. Take his bitter and biased comments for what they're worth...nothing.

Babolat is an easy sponsorship to get o.O.....how easy....you have intrigued me[/quote]

TennisAddict,
it is not that I hate Dunlop, it is that their rackets suc.. therefore I hated them. Why don't I hate Volkl, Yonex, Pacific, Tecnifibre, Pro Kennex, they all have at least a couple good rackets that perform well, but Volkl and Yonex do have the entire line better than anything, and that is why, after demoing so many I decided to stick with whatever these 2 brands make, I just trust them, that is all. Head is a brand that don't like their policies neither, giving cra..p to customers that give their brand money while the real rackets only go to the pro's.How pathetic this is, and isn't what Dunlop does as well?
But I have had enough of this Dunlop thing, I really don't like them and I already chose the brands I will always play with, because I they are just better than the others, period.[/quote]

Fair enough anyways back to davydenkos racquet....its hideous

[Shaolin]

Originally Posted by SoBad

Wow, none of that would have had to do with desperation, lack of umpires and dumb luck now would it.



Wow he took retired fast court specialist Mahut to four sets on clay, who would have thought! Was this the first time Mahut even played on clay?



More milestones in Melzer's best year of career - beating Dustin Brown in four sets and taking average 2 games per set from Federer who barely got through first round and barely made quarters.



Hopefully matches will be properly officiated at the US Open going forward.



Beating both Dudi Sela AND Harel Levy in the same event - amazing.

I dont know what Melzer did to you personally to make you hate the guy so much but journeymen do not put up the kind of results that this guy does (making the 2nd week at 3 out of 4 majors is incredible). You want a journeyman player check out someone like Teimuraz Gabashvilli, Marcos Daniel or Ivo Minar...or Americans like Robert Kendrick, Lester Cook, Ryler Deheart, Kevin Kim etc. Journeymen grind it out in challengers and usually do not make it out of the 1st round when they do get to majors.

Melzer is not exactly a world beater but the guy is currently ATP 13 which is sick and deserves respect, he is extremely talented.

[johnnymacfan]

Originally Posted by Shaolin

I dont know what Melzer did to you personally to make you hate the guy so much but journeymen do not put up the kind of results that this guy does (making the 2nd week at 3 out of 4 majors is incredible). You want a journeyman player check out someone like Teimuraz Gabashvilli, Marcos Daniel or Ivo Minar...or Americans like Robert Kendrick, Lester Cook, Ryler Deheart, Kevin Kim etc. Journeymen grind it out in challengers and usually do not make it out of the 1st round when they do get to majors.

Melzer is not exactly a world beater but the guy is currently ATP 13 which is sick and deserves respect, he is extremely talented.

That is a stellar list of journeymen. You can also add Cecil Mammitt and Eric Taino...I would also add Buckethead to any list of journeymen high school tennis players.

[JediMindTrick]

Originally Posted by Buckethead

Wilson makes better rackets than Dunlop , they perform better, they are better. Wilson's QC isn't as good as the Dunlop's.

Personally I'd only play with a few brands and neither one we are talking about is included. Dunlop sponsorship to Junior players is one of the easiest to get, that is why you see many playing, because they just want free stuff to play with.

Sadly, Wilson's best racquet is that secret Head clone, the H22, so Wilson racquets are not really that good. They don't even have any box beam racquets bigger than 90". Pure garbage.

[baseline_monster]

GUYS STOP BEING STUPID. AT PRO LEVEL THE QUALITY IS ABOUT AS GOOD ACROSS ALL BRANDS, SO IT DOES NOT MATTER TO THEM ONE BIT. Why do people make stupid comments like Dunlop are crap, they are not, they have produced some of the best frames over the years. I've seen more Wilson and Babolats broke that Dunlop, Tecnifibre, Yonex and other smaller brands if you like. My T Flash 315's beat the crap out of a PDR for build quality and feel and have silicone in the handle. Lets just be about right and say Dunlop are not crap, they may not suit you and you may just not like them, like I dont like the feel of Prince these days but I know they are still good frames. As for Davydenko, his frames will be tailor made to his liking, top level stuff

[Buckethead]

So anything decided on Davydenko's case??
That racket looked so much the Prince Ozone with Dunlop paint job, which actually looks better but one thing is for sure, Dunsloppy's curse is strong, porr Davydenko hasn't passed a 2nd round for a long time, we should call him Nicolay Gulbis, in homage to 2009 Gulbis that would never win 2 matches in a row.lol

[li0scc0]

Originally Posted by baseline_monster

GUYS STOP BEING STUPID. AT PRO LEVEL THE QUALITY IS ABOUT AS GOOD ACROSS ALL BRANDS, SO IT DOES NOT MATTER TO THEM ONE BIT. Why do people make stupid comments like Dunlop are crap, they are not, they have produced some of the best frames over the years. I've seen more Wilson and Babolats broke that Dunlop, Tecnifibre, Yonex and other smaller brands if you like. My T Flash 315's beat the crap out of a PDR for build quality and feel and have silicone in the handle. Lets just be about right and say Dunlop are not crap, they may not suit you and you may just not like them, like I dont like the feel of Prince these days but I know they are still good frames. As for Davydenko, his frames will be tailor made to his liking, top level stuff

Great post!

[Shaolin]

Originally Posted by johnnymacfan

That is a stellar list of journeymen. You can also add Cecil Mammitt and Eric Taino...I would also add Buckethead to any list of journeymen high school tennis players.

Thx yeah Mammitt and Taino are good...or IMO the journeyman GOAT, Ronald Agenor.

[vasquez90]

Originally Posted by johnnymacfan

There is no way this is O3. Did you not see the actual quote from Davydenko just after the US Open? "I'm going to throw my old racquets in the garbage and switch to Dunlop." I'd say that pretty well sums it up.

disagree...isnt he the same guy who said he would never switch from his beloved prince ozone tour racket after winning Miami (his biggest title to date - maybe with the exception of London which he also won with his O3 ozone racket) and climbing to #3 in the world!?..ND played his best tennis with that prince frame. Such a weird quote but then again, he has had so many of them.

[baseline_monster]

Originally Posted by Buckethead

So anything decided on Davydenko's case??
That racket looked so much the Prince Ozone with Dunlop paint job, which actually looks better but one thing is for sure, Dunsloppy's curse is strong, porr Davydenko hasn't passed a 2nd round for a long time, we should call him Nicolay Gulbis, in homage to 2009 Gulbis that would never win 2 matches in a row.lol

You cant tell from that pic, not at all. I axtually think it is 99% not a Prince. There not stupid after the Safin thing. Rafters is a different thing as he is hardly playing now. Soon a pic will come up and we will see.

[baseline_monster]

Looks like I and a small number of others were right. You can see the proper grommets.