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06-10-2012, 03:56 AM
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Pros using blacked out racquets
If you ask me a blacked out racquet is the ultimate look for a pro.
Post some pictures of blacked out racquet. I will start with the most obvious one: Pete Sampras:   James Blake  
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06-10-2012, 04:32 AM
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I agree. Blacked out racquest are way cooler and more mysterious than some whacked out shiny gizmo that looks like a dessert.
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06-10-2012, 04:42 AM
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Pros don't use blacked out racquets because they look cool. They use them because they do not have an endorsement deal, and they don't want to give the racquet manufacturer free advertising. A blacked out racquet is a "this space for hire" sign.
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06-10-2012, 04:44 AM
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06-10-2012, 05:02 AM
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Technically Baghdatis aswell. It's just blued out.
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06-10-2012, 06:52 AM
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I think Pernfors used an all black racket in the Champions Tour in Delray Beach. IIRC, its said prescription in white letters on it (I was a ballboy).
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06-10-2012, 06:54 AM
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Ivo Karlovic as well.
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06-10-2012, 07:42 AM
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06-10-2012, 07:44 AM
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06-10-2012, 07:46 AM
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jankovic
 
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06-10-2012, 08:31 AM
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06-10-2012, 09:12 PM
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Ivo and his ping-pong paddle
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06-12-2012, 11:43 AM
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Dunlop D-Squad Member... So I'm biased towards Dunlop. Biomimetic Max 200G x3 and a few others... |
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06-12-2012, 12:04 PM
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Kunitsyn has a blacked out racquet.
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06-12-2012, 12:25 PM
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i have blacked out racquets, they are wilsons
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06-12-2012, 12:32 PM
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06-12-2012, 01:30 PM
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Sharapova used a blacked-out Head racquet for quite a few months while she still had that lifetime contract with Prince. She had previously used Prince's SP Black. When I saw her at Stanford using the blacked-out Head racquet, she was supposedly still promoting the ExO3 Black which I believe that she never used in competition (but I could be wrong). I had noticed that there was no stencil on the strings, no logo on the buttcap and no badges of any kind indicating that she was using a Head. She carried the stealth Head racquets on to the courts in a Prince racquet bag.
 
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06-12-2012, 01:33 PM
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^ And no Head or Prince string dampener either. Check out the amusing video on this page:
http://tennis.com/articles/templates...9327&zoneid=24
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06-12-2012, 04:01 PM
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as posted in pos #8, blacked out racquets with company decals look good. it looks experimental/unabashedly pro stock.
stole this from suppawat: 
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