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Old 05-08-2010, 08:55 AM   #1
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Does anyone know more about it? It doesn't have a Logo, but it must be Prince. Maybe a prototype to help her with her injuries?
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Old 05-08-2010, 09:04 AM   #3
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Looks like a head frame? Some sort of youtek?
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Looks like a head frame? Some sort of youtek?
It can't be. She has a life time contract with Prince...
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Old 05-08-2010, 09:08 AM   #5
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The white grommets look like a 16/19 Head speed pro racquet
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The white grommets look like a 16/19 Head speed pro racquet
Maybe, but it is a Prince Prototype. It has to be due to her contract...
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Old 05-08-2010, 09:14 AM   #7
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She doesn't have a lifetime contract. Only ten years, but they're not up yet.
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Old 05-08-2010, 11:23 AM   #8
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Yeah i thought that it look like Teflon Grommets and a YouTek Racket
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Old 05-08-2010, 11:27 AM   #9
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it looks like a head youtek radical or speedpro. i think head might try picking her up for endorsement
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Old 05-08-2010, 04:39 PM   #10
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Looks like a Head Yutek to me. 16x19 about 98 in. frame I'd say either a radical custom drilled or possibly a speed. Judging by the throat I'd say speed. Pretty thin beam too.
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Old 05-08-2010, 04:44 PM   #11
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That ultra-stiff Prince Black finally blew out her arm.
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Old 05-08-2010, 04:45 PM   #12
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Looks like a YT Radical Pro to me. Smart move on her part to get away from those very stiff O port racquets. It will help her elbow and shoulder problems a lot. The Radical Pro is only 58RA.
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That ultra-stiff Prince Black finally blew out her arm.
Anyone know if she really changed from the White to the Black or was it just a different paint job? The Black is significantly stiffer than the white.

I'm wondering if she is checking out different rackets and that Prince would just try to duplicate whatever one she likes for her?
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Is it known that Sharapova's racquets (as opposed to the retail EXO3 Black) are in fact stiff?
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Looks like a YT Radical Pro to me. Smart move on her part to get away from those very stiff O port racquets. It will help her elbow and shoulder problems a lot. The Radical Pro is only 58RA.
I was just going to write this. I agree 100% YT Rad Pro
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Old 05-08-2010, 05:26 PM   #16
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I was just going to write this. I agree 100% YT Rad Pro
now i know where dgoran gets his tennis fashion...
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now i know where dgoran gets his tennis fashion...
Hahaha!!...you have to send him the link from this thread.
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Old 05-08-2010, 07:51 PM   #18
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Finally! Now she gets a legit racquet!
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now i know where dgoran gets his tennis fashion...
No no, you got it all wrong! Now you know where Sharapova gets her tennis fashion after good "performance"!
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90% chance that she got fed up with the bullcrap new racquets and went back to the racquet she won her slams with, regardless of what her contract said.
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