Xavier Malisse's Prince experimental racket (Pics)

Equijet · 07-08-2009, 10:26 PM

Specifications : Grip 3, unstrung weight 315g, unstrung balance point 31.5, Length 71cm / 28 inches. Enjoy!

xerolimit · 07-08-2009, 10:54 PM

so what kind of racket is it??

crism54 · 07-08-2009, 11:25 PM

a simple tour diablo extended. I play now whith it

Automatix · 07-09-2009, 12:12 AM

Don't you find it odd that so many players use extended frames yet most players frames sold to us are standard length?

ericsson · 07-09-2009, 12:13 AM

Thanks Equijet, keep them coming

@Auto: don't forget that many pro's still using standard rackets too, and you can buy extends...

Automatix · 07-09-2009, 12:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ericsson

@Auto: don't forget that many pro's still using standard rackets too, and you can buy extends...

I know I know... I just had to gripe about it... I really dig extended players frames yet they're so hard to get... the only arrangeable one for me is the POG LB currently...

featherlight · 07-09-2009, 04:15 AM

what is that red thing at the top of the racket

Chase · 07-09-2009, 04:40 AM

graphite x

eagle · 07-09-2009, 05:05 AM

That looks like his old weapon, the Tour Diablo.

Maybe he blackened them so that his girlfriend who plays college tennis and plays with the Diablos also doesn't mistakenly pick up his racquets.

r,
eagle

dincuss · 07-09-2009, 05:54 AM

Thats cool.

MORE PICS EQUIJET

Mdubb23 · 07-09-2009, 07:02 AM

Synthetic grip, really?

bryanj2u · 07-09-2009, 07:55 AM

it really just look like a Prince Tour Diablo with a different PJ. u could see the Triple threat things on the head. and it has the same square beam matte finish as the red tour diablo

eagle · 07-09-2009, 08:05 AM

^^ Yep.

Unless this is one of the old Experimentals that Jennifer Capriati was using prior to the racquet getting the Diablo name and paintjob. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030625/sp9.jpg

See review of the racquet here: http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/Revi...PTDReview.html

r,
eagle

RacquetCraft · 07-26-2009, 04:44 AM

Specifications : Grip 3, unstrung weight 315g, unstrung balance point 31.5, Length 71cm / 28 inches. Enjoy!

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Equijet,

Your photo of the Prince experimental testing mold of the what was to become Malisse's custom Diablo is very nice.

To add to this tapestry, I am posting photos of the Malisse finished product. The photos are of Malisse's Diablo as well as Dudi Sela's Diablo (pre-Head days).

I will once again ask my friend good friend Ericsson to assist me in posting the photos.

One more thing, the spec of Malisse's Diablo's are:

weight over all- 311 gr.
balance- 318
length- 28

Enjoy

RacquetCraft

ericsson · 07-26-2009, 08:51 AM

Here you go

(courtesy of Racquetcraft)

dincuss · 07-26-2009, 08:54 AM

im sorry, but whats the headsize?

The_Punisher · 07-28-2009, 09:09 AM

that looks like a wilson grip on the OP's pix.

PBODY99 · 08-01-2009, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Automatix

Don't you find it odd that so many players use extended frames yet most players frames sold to us are standard length?

For some reason, the companies want to get the swing weight and static weight as low as possible for too many frames. The 29 inch 9.0 ounce super over size frames had too high a swing weight for the "target" player, the extra length is what drew me to them. Other players can't get use to the extra length of a 27.5 mid size( 93_ 95) square inch racket.
If you are old enough to remember the first Prince, you might have been one who felt it looked "short".
We overlooked few, want a 28'' frame, no lead needed to get the swing weight up.

teto29 · 08-04-2009, 09:49 AM

love x man hope he keeps playing great tennis

TensProfes · 08-04-2009, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Automatix

Don't you find it odd that so many players use extended frames yet most players frames sold to us are standard length?

It's a fairly simple case of math on the part of the racquet companies. When extended racquets were considered "new technology" everyone sold them, but the category has since cooled at retail. Now, it's simpler and cheaper for them to just sell one length, except with models where there's a specific demand for extended versions. The fewer SKUs they have to make, the more they keep their costs down, and the less likely they are to get stuck with old frames in inventory.

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