Who thinks Fed would play better with a 95" racquet?

[lendlmac]

I guess it is safe to say, that Federer looked lost out there, did you see the shanks and mishits tonight? The power from Berdych was too much for Federer to handle....

Federer had a great year, and now he can play for pride, but he looked tired and old and lost...

Remember when Djokovic had that 4-5 day break at the Fench open last year when losing to Federer? Well Federer had 3-4 days off as well and he looked rusty, tired and old, faded....

[lendlmac]

When will roger learn? Just upgrade and you will stay on top! Otherwise it will be painful watching you lose and be blow off the court with power.

[AlpineCadet]

Originally Posted by BreakPoint

Totally serious. This has been discussed on this board ad nauseum from day one of this board's existence. Do a search and you'll see.

PC600 sounds a lot better than PC578 for marketing purposes. Same for PT630 which sounds better than PT613. So Head used 600 sq. cm. which converts to 93 sq. in. instead of its true size which is 578 sq. cm. (89.5 sq. in.), and they also used 630 sq. in. which converts to 98 sq. in. instead of it true size which is 613 sq. cm. (95 sq. in.). They did the same for the 660 sq. cm. (102 sq. in.)

For marketing, it's much better to use nice round numerical names like 600, 630, and 660 than their true size numbers. Thus, the 93, 98, and 102 are just conversions from their metric marketing names and not their true headsizes.

Actually, the "98 midplus" Prestige is at or around 96.1 sq inches.

[ignorant]

Originally Posted by AlpineCadet

Actually, the "98 midplus" Prestige is at or around 96.1 sq inches.

What about speed mp ,is it equal to head size 98 square inches?

[BreakPoint]

Originally Posted by AlpineCadet

Actually, the "98 midplus" Prestige is at or around 96.1 sq inches.

I don't think so. It looks like a 95 or smaller when I hold it in my hands. Compare it to the PS 6.0 95. The Head frame looks smaller.

Murray's racquet also looks to be smaller than a 95 to me when you watch him play.

[BreakPoint]

Originally Posted by lendlmac

When will roger learn? Just upgrade and you will stay on top! Otherwise it will be painful watching you lose and be blow off the court with power.

So the guy who has been #1 for a record 300 weeks needs to change his racquet so be can become #1 and be on top?

If power won tennis matches, Berdych, Del Potro, Soderling, Blake, Tursunov, Rosol, etc. would all each have 10 Slam titles.

[UCSF2012]

He's #2 in the world. Two ain't bad. Maybe all those chumps below him should upgrade to 105 sq in if they want to overtake Roger.

[AlpineCadet]

Originally Posted by BreakPoint

I don't think so. It looks like a 95 or smaller when I hold it in my hands. Compare it to the PS 6.0 95. The Head frame looks smaller.

Murray's racquet also looks to be smaller than a 95 to me when you watch him play.

That's just your random opinion. Try being a member of GSSalliance.

[Down_the_line]

Yes, the man is the Wimbledon champ and #1 in the world, but I still think Roger would benefit from switching to a slightly bigger headsize. It isn't made any more evident when you see the tremendous amount of errors coming off his racquet on a regular basis. If he doesn't like the Six.One 95 of Pro Staff Six.One 95 frames, he could always work with Wilson on creating a whole new signature frame just for him that incorporates the 95 sq. inch head size. In all likelihood it would be a huge cash cow for Wilson as well as benefit Roger's game.

Just my 2 cents.

[BreakPoint]

Originally Posted by UCSF2012

He's #2 in the world. Two ain't bad. Maybe all those chumps below him should upgrade to 105 sq in if they want to overtake Roger.

Huh? Federer just locked in the #1 ranking for the 300th week.

[BreakPoint]

Originally Posted by Down_the_line

Yes, the man is the Wimbledon champ and #1 in the world, but I still think Roger would benefit from switching to a slightly bigger headsize. It isn't made any more evident when you see the tremendous amount of errors coming off his racquet on a regular basis. If he doesn't like the Six.One 95 of Pro Staff Six.One 95 frames, he could always work with Wilson on creating a whole new signature frame just for him that incorporates the 95 sq. inch head size. In all likelihood it would be a huge cash cow for Wilson as well as benefit Roger's game.

Just my 2 cents.

Wilson already made a 93 sq. in. version of the Tour 90 for Federer. He tried it but didn't like it so he stayed with his 90. So Wilson gave the 93 to Dimitrov to play with. It looks exactly like the Tour 90 but with a 93 sq. in. head. If Federer played worse with a 93 than his 90, what makes anyone think he would play better with a 95?

[chrischris]

Originally Posted by lendlmac

When will roger learn? Just upgrade and you will stay on top! Otherwise it will be painful watching you lose and be blow off the court with power.

So i take it you have the experience to tell him about tennis and rackets ?
I think you think that you think too highly of your tennis and rackets knowledge. Food for thought?

[Praetorian]

Originally Posted by chrischris

So i take it you have the experience to tell him about tennis and rackets ?
I think you think that you think too highly of your tennis and rackets knowledge. Food for thought?

LOL... the funny thing about guys like him is that they tend to spew "knowledge", because they have no authority or accountability. Say just for $h!7s and giggles Roger decides to go ahead and switch, the following are the possible scenarios:

Wins - I told you so. I'm a genius, I am a tennis god... etc. etc. etc
Loses - "Well Roger needs time to adapt", or "He's getting old", or "The other players are getting into their peak".... blah blah blah, I think we'd all get the drift.

If racket head size is all it takes to be successful, then everyone on this board would be clamoring for big bubba's, and lobbying congress to force a change of tennis rules to allow for even bigger head sizes to be allowed in tournaments.

Fact of the matter is, there is not fact that "Federer would play better with a 95" racquet". Unless Federer is currently using 95" sq in head, in underground, untelevised, and and advertised, REAL matches, and blowing the likes of Novak, Andy, and Rafael away - even if in 20 years Roger says, "I should have switched to a bigger racket", even that is just an opinion and not a fact.

[Jmon99]

I don't see him as having any problems with the smaller frame. He does seem to miss an awful lot of smashes and swing volleys but i'm not sure if that's really racket related. I think if he did decide to go larger he'd really struggle to adjust, but I reckon he's manage.

[UCSF2012]

Originally Posted by BreakPoint

Huh? Federer just locked in the #1 ranking for the 300th week.

There you go again making up information. Roger's #2 in the world, and Djokovic has a run away for #1. Over 2000 atp points more than Roger. Slam shut any attempt to retake #1 in the near future.

[MikeHitsHard93]

Originally Posted by UCSF2012

There you go again making up information. Roger's #2 in the world, and Djokovic has a run away for #1. Over 2000 atp points more than Roger. Slam shut any attempt to retake #1 in the near future.

Roger has 12165 pts. Novak has 11970.

FED IS NUMBER 1!!!

[BreakPoint]

Originally Posted by UCSF2012

There you go again making up information. Roger's #2 in the world, and Djokovic has a run away for #1. Over 2000 atp points more than Roger. Slam shut any attempt to retake #1 in the near future.

And there you go being clueless as usual.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Rankings/Singles.aspx

Federer is currently ranked #1 in the world (as of the week of October 15, 2012), his 300th week as the #1 ranked player.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Ten...-Tribute.aspx#

[Bartelby]

Youre probably confusing the race (calendar year) with rankings (past 12 months).

Originally Posted by UCSF2012

There you go again making up information. Roger's #2 in the world, and Djokovic has a run away for #1. Over 2000 atp points more than Roger. Slam shut any attempt to retake #1 in the near future.

[BabolatTennis9]

he probably wouldnt play any better with a 95 cause he builds up so much racket head speed that if he shanks its ganna be out anyway

[lendlmac]

Now we can all agree Federer won't win the BIG games without a larger racquet.

I guess it is safe to say, that Federer looked lost out there, did you see the shanks and mishits tonight? The power from Joker, the KING was too much for Federer to handle....

Federer had a great year, and now he can play for pride, but he looked tired and old and lost...