Lleyton Hewitts Yonex Racquet

chrischris · May 15, 2011

I have a Yonex rdx 500 18 /20

Deleted member 21996 · May 16, 2011

guys guys... did anyone pay attention at the strinjob in my frame???? that one there is the original that came with the frame. i bought two of them from Eric Westerberg (pim-pim's brother in law and pr manager)

chrischris · May 16, 2011

http://www.flickr.com/photos/57418805@N06/?saved=1

I took it out for a 10 minute hit today after my session was done .. its very solid and responsive . Loads of control and nice plow. Spin is massive too.

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Buckethead · May 16, 2011

Gorecki said:
guys guys... did anyone pay attention at the strinjob in my frame???? that one there is the original that came with the frame. i bought two of them from Eric Westerberg (pim-pim's brother in law and pr manager)

What about it?
Can you take pic of it for analysis.
I thought it was a 2 piece string job, but what have you noticed about it?
Thanks again.

Buckethead · May 16, 2011

chrischris said:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/57418805@N06/?saved=1

I took it out for a 10 minute hit today after my session was done .. its very solid and responsive . Loads of control and nice plow. Spin is massive too. .

I wish I could afford buying one of those only to see how it plays and to measure its specs.

chrischris · May 16, 2011

It was a monster from the baseline and very good in my returns i felt. Volleys were deep and had good placement and mass.Serves felt flowing and had pace and spin and felt like the racket whipped thru well at imapct to generate results that were felt by my hitting partner compared to my regular TGK 238.1.
Great racket.

klementine · May 16, 2011

Hello, I'm Anastasios, a wine distributor from Greece and I'll be playing with Marat Safins' racquet this weekend - a MicroGel Prestige Mid.

Does anyone have any info on this frame?

chrischris · May 16, 2011

klementine79 said:
Hello, I'm Anastasios, a wine distributor from Greece and I'll be playing with Marat Safins' racquet this weekend - a MicroGel Prestige Mid.

Does anyone have any info on this frame?

Hey A, one could claims some rackets are like wine. Like the PC600 in PT10 paint.
Potent, jovial yet discreet and controlled.

Is it a PT you are hitting with?

Buckethead · May 16, 2011

chrischris said:
It was a monster from the baseline and very good in my returns i felt. Volleys were deep and had good placement and mass.Serves felt flowing and had pace and spin and felt like the racket whipped thru well at imapct to generate results that were felt by my hitting partner compared to my regular TGK 238.1.
Great racket.

What's the RDC rating for the racket if you measured it and what is his grip size??
Thanks

Buckethead · May 16, 2011

Gorecki said:
guys guys... did anyone pay attention at the strinjob in my frame???? that one there is the original that came with the frame. i bought two of them from Eric Westerberg (pim-pim's brother in law and pr manager)

Didn't notice anything different on his string job, did you??

Deleted member 21996 · May 17, 2011

Buckethead said:
Didn't notice anything different on his string job, did you??

well. the PIM-PIM rdx 500 posted is suposed to be a 18x20... right?

mine is not!!!

yet both have the JJ's personal specs on weight and balance. and the pim-pim sig!!!

weird?

chrischris · May 17, 2011

Buckethead said:
What's the RDC rating for the racket if you measured it and what is his grip size??
Thanks

I dont have the proper equipment to carry out the stiffness tests sorry. The grip feels a bit on the rounder side compared to my Head rackets and it is a grip 4 1/2.

ART ART · May 17, 2011

chrischris said:
I dont have the proper equipment to carry out the stiffness tests sorry. The grip feels a bit on the rounder side compared to my Head rackets and it is a grip 4 1/2.

Hi, can you tell us the weight and the balance point?

Thank's

chrischris · May 17, 2011

ART ART said:
Hi, can you tell us the weight and the balance point?

Thank's

Sure , it weighs 367 grams. How do i determine the balance point? I.e i understand that i find the point at which it is even balance but how do i do the calculation to get a points headlight/headheavy outcome?

ART ART · May 17, 2011

chrischris said:
Sure , it weighs 367 grams. How do i determine the balance point? I.e i understand that i find the point at which it is even balance but how do i do the calculation to get a points headlight/headheavy outcome?

Measure the distance from the balance point to the end of the buttcap, in Centimeters (cm).

Thanks

klementine · May 18, 2011

chrischris said:
Hey A, one could claims some rackets are like wine. Like the PC600 in PT10 paint.
Potent, jovial yet discreet and controlled.
Is it a PT you are hitting with?

No sorry to dissapoint....

It was a sarcastic remark in reference to the OP, who I believe, wanted to say that he was going for a hit with a retail RdiS 100mid and mistakenly wrote 'Hewitt's racquet'... maybe ignorant to the world of PJ's....

chrischris · May 18, 2011

ART ART said:
Measure the distance from the balance point to the end of the buttcap, in Centimeters (cm).

Thanks

Ok,alrightie.. i find it to be 30.5 cm from the butt cap to the point that is the even balance area of the frame unstrung. Want to add it weighs 354 grams unstrung.

My previous weight measuremant was of the racket strung with 16 gauge string which i took out . Just wanted to clarify that.

ART ART · May 19, 2011

chrischris said:
Ok,alrightie.. i find it to be 30.5 cm from the butt cap to the point that is the even balance area of the frame unstrung. Want to add it weighs 354 grams unstrung.

My previous weight measuremant was of the racket strung with 16 gauge string which i took out . Just wanted to clarify that.

That's very usefull,

Thanks

chrischris · May 20, 2011

ART ART said:
That's very usefull,

Thanks

Ok, no problems.

Lefty78 · May 20, 2011

chrischris said:
Ok,alrightie.. i find it to be 30.5 cm from the butt cap to the point that is the even balance area of the frame unstrung. Want to add it weighs 354 grams unstrung.

My previous weight measuremant was of the racket strung with 16 gauge string which i took out . Just wanted to clarify that.

Just want to add that Hewitt's racquet is 26.75" in length, not the standard 27".

FoxHound · May 20, 2011

Lefty78 said:
Just want to add that Hewitt's racquet is 26.75" in length, not the standard 27".

I wonder why he would have a shorter racquet.

Lefty78 · May 20, 2011

^^^ On-court testing with Bosworth... that's what worked best for him

precision2b · May 20, 2011

Rysty said:
No. He had a paintjob of RDX 500 mid, but that time he actually played with Super RD Tour 90's.

(No pro ever played with RDX 500 mid, but IMHO it's a great racquet.)

Mdubb23 said:
Correct. For most of his career, Lleyton's played with a Super RD Tour 90, very close to stock specs, under the paint of every 'flagship' retail mid that Yonex had produced since then (MP Tour-1 90, RDX-500 Mid, RDS 001 Mid, RDiS 100 Mid for a brief period), and at some point (~end of last year), Lleyton really did switch to the RDiS 100 Mid (93) mold, still customized to his original SRDT 90 specs. I'll see if I can find some pics to highlight the differences for you guys, but they're really not too subtle.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/usopen04/news/story?id=1872892
Don’t know for sure but I bet most if not all the pro’s do this…

LPShanet · May 20, 2011

Lefty78 said:
Just want to add that Hewitt's racquet is 26.75" in length, not the standard 27".

Was that due to hoop compression or design? Where did the info come from?

Lefty78 · May 20, 2011

^^^No, that is UNstrung.

Warren and Jay used to be my bosses

LPShanet · May 20, 2011

Lefty78 said:
^^^No, that is UNstrung.

Warren and Jay used to be my bosses

Interesting. Thanks for the info.

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