Rafter playing with a CROSSLESS racket and funny hat

[mpournaras]

lol no words to describe this:


and a bunch more images from the legends down under event:
http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Se...lProduct=Sport

cheers!

[mpournaras]

lol nm there are crosses. i think i might be stupid.

cool hat anyways

[kevoT]

Yeah, there are crosses but they're black so it's hard to see

[GameSetMatch]

Cash plays crossless though

[Pioneer]

Lol how would a racquet without crosses play?

[pyrokid]

Originally Posted by Pioneer

Lol how would a racquet without crosses play?

I've tried it before with just crosses.

When the mains broke I just cut 'em out and hit for a few minutes with the crosses.

It was like having no feeling in your arm. You would swing, but the ball would go off in some random direction with a random amount of power and you might be able to feel some sort of an impact if you were lucky.

Now all I need's a hat like that and I'll be set.

[mctennis]

Looks like Rafter has switched to Dunlop racquets.

[Pioneer]

But the mains are more important than the crosses

Originally Posted by pyrokid

I've tried it before with just crosses.

When the mains broke I just cut 'em out and hit for a few minutes with the crosses.

It was like having no feeling in your arm. You would swing, but the ball would go off in some random direction with a random amount of power and you might be able to feel some sort of an impact if you were lucky.

Now all I need's a hat like that and I'll be set.

[Ambivalent]

Originally Posted by pyrokid

I've tried it before with just crosses.

When the mains broke I just cut 'em out and hit for a few minutes with the crosses.

It was like having no feeling in your arm. You would swing, but the ball would go off in some random direction with a random amount of power and you might be able to feel some sort of an impact if you were lucky.

Now all I need's a hat like that and I'll be set.

I played today with a cross less racket. The ball actually goes through the strings if you swing hard enough.

[DNShade]

Originally Posted by mctennis

Looks like Rafter has switched to Dunlop racquets.

Actually it's his old Prince with a Dunlop 500 PJ.

[SteveI]

Originally Posted by mpournaras

lol nm there are crosses. i think i might be stupid.

cool hat anyways

Aussies are in general, real careful about getting too much sun. Pat always had a ton of sunscreen on when he played.. Looks like from the pics.. it was a hat one of the linespeople had ...


The frame is not a Dunlop... sure looks like the old Warrior/Ti Response..Graphite II.. etc frame

Steve