Did anybody hear that? (djokovic's racquet)

[JW10S]

Originally Posted by rubberduckies

Well there are some better pictures where it's clear that the LM ridges on his old racquet were the real thing and not a PJ. You can kinda tell on the link I posted, but there are clearer photos out there. It's especially clear if you contrast it with photos of the racquets of guys like Safin, back when they had LM PJs.

Djoker's current racquet is a Wilson custom mold designed to play like his old Head racquet.

That's true. Djokovic is one of a few players who used to play with HEAD racquets and Wilson went to them and essentially said 'we'll make you a racquet like the one you are using and pay you more to use it'. Tursunov and Dechy were others off the top of my head who switched to Wilson around the same time and initially used racquets with Ksix-one pjs but their racquets had no PWS.

I did not hear the comment on the telly or the context in which it was said so I can't comment about Djokovic's racquet being '20 years old'.

[LordRaceR]

Originally Posted by JW10S

That's true. Djokovic is one of a few players who used to play with HEAD racquets and Wilson went to them and essentially said 'we'll make you a racquet like the one you are using and pay you more to use it'. Tursunov and Dechy were others off the top of my head who switched to Wilson around the same time and initially used racquets with Ksix-one pjs but their racquets had no PWS.

I did not hear the comment on the telly or the context in which it was said so I can't comment about Djokovic's racquet being '20 years old'.

You can believe it or not, but Novak did use LM Radical and later he requested custom version from Head (heavier and little bit different balance). Later, hi wanted to extend the contract, but his father requested a lot and at that Head said no. then Wilson made nice offer and that was it. Wilson made him two batches of racquets trying to copy his LM Radicals. First was to stiff for him and the second was spot on, so Djokovic is still using that custom Wilson mold. nBlade and KBlade was made using that mold, but with different flex, weight and balance. In few balls that I hit with his KBlade painted racquet, it is close to KBlade Tour regard stiffness and weight but it is a little bit heaver and lest stiff, but mold is standard KBlade. Now his father is talking to Head again, but Head is now much, much more interested. It is very possible that next year Novak will be using his old racquet with Head paint, and his father company will be exclusive distributor for Head in Serbia.