Sloane paintjob switch or racquet switch?

novak.20v

Rookie
Anyone know? Notice there is no CAP grommets either.

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gamerx52986

Rookie
From that pic it looks pretty clear to me that the paintjob is more orange like the IG Radical than any Prestige red.
 

novak.20v

Rookie
From that pic it looks pretty clear to me that the paintjob is more orange like the IG Radical than any Prestige red.

Well yeah.. it is for sure a IG Radical paint job, but her old frame was some sort of a pro stock midsize painted as the IG Prestige, but noticing that the CAP grommets aren't there makes me wonder if she actually switched.
 

novak.20v

Rookie
That is for sure the Radical pj.

I know it's a Radical paint job. My question wasn't what paint job she is using, I meant if she actually switched to the IG Radical or if it's just her old frame without the CAP grommets & w/ the Radical paint job.
 
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vsbabolat

G.O.A.T.
I know it's a Radical paint job. My question wasn't what paint job she is using, I meant if she actually switched to the IG Radical or if it's just her old frame without CAP grommets and paint job.

Yes, she really switched to the Radical MP.
 
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Deleted member 293577

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Sloane Stephens will be in the top 10 by year end regardless of what she hits with.
 

novak.20v

Rookie
sloane was using a prestige mid (16/19) last year when I strung for her at Cincy.

This might be a dumb question, but I'm just starting to learn about pro stock frames, so i was wondering Which Pro Stock did Sloane use under her IG paint job?
 

drakulie

Talk Tennis Guru
This might be a dumb question, but I'm just starting to learn about pro stock frames, so i was wondering Which Pro Stock did Sloane use under her IG paint job?

I honestly have no idea. I know it was definitely a prestige mid, but which one (classic, i prestige, flex, etc), I simply don't know. Sorry.
 
i sat front row for her match against Laura Robson yesterday, it looks like a prestige mid under the paint, no CAP on show though.

this might sound silly, but it sounds like a prestige, too, that solid crack they make when you hit it hard..

Robson was rocking one of the new Blades, looked brilliant but seemed prone to UEs on the FH.. :twisted:
 

vsbabolat

G.O.A.T.
i sat front row for her match against Laura Robson yesterday, it looks like a prestige mid under the paint, no CAP on show though.

this might sound silly, but it sounds like a prestige, too, that solid crack they make when you hit it hard..

Robson was rocking one of the new Blades, looked brilliant but seemed prone to UEs on the FH.. :twisted:

It's not a Prestige Mid. She has a different mold now. Her new frame has grooves in the throat bridge. The Prestige Mid does not, it's flat (no groove in teh throat bridge). Sloane is now really rocking the YT Radical MP 16x19.
 

Swan Song

Professional
This might be a dumb question, but I'm just starting to learn about pro stock frames, so i was wondering Which Pro Stock did Sloane use under her IG paint job?

During the Microgel era, she used the TGK 237.1. But last I saw her racquet, it was the same model that Rainer Schuttler used, which was the TGK 237.4.
 
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Deleted member 293577

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It's probably one of the new "Graphene" models Head is supposed to be coming out with any day now... ?
 

corners

Legend
Greg Raven took down her specs last year in Carlsbad:

340 grams
31.6 cm
330 swingweight

Wonder if her new Radical has the same specs.
 

vsbabolat

G.O.A.T.
When did that happen? Are the IGs the first with the new shape?

With the YouTek Radical they changed the mold but the head shape and size looks the same to me. The beam shape and the beam inside the hoop changed. The grommets from earlier Radical's still fit the YT and IG Radical MP.
 
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dgoran

Hall of Fame
By shape I thought you were talking about beam which is not boxy now,
but head shape is the same size of course just as vs said.
 

dr325i

G.O.A.T.
What I meant was before the Radical switch. And this was around 2011.

I would be surprised if she went from 237.2 (not .1) which is Mid 16x19, to, as you claim 238.4, which is 18x20 MP, back to 16x19 237.4 to what appears to be 260.2 which is 16x19 Rad MP.

I highly doubt it...
 

Swan Song

Professional
I would be surprised if she went from 237.2 (not .1) which is Mid 16x19, to, as you claim 238.4, which is 18x20 MP, back to 16x19 237.4 to what appears to be 260.2 which is 16x19 Rad MP.

I highly doubt it...

I remember she used a 237.1 in 2009. Couple years later, a friend of mine had her 16x19 YT Prestige Mid. Maybe I was wrong on her code for the .4.
 

vsbabolat

G.O.A.T.
I remember she used a 237.1 in 2009. Couple years later, a friend of mine had her 16x19 YT Prestige Mid. Maybe I was wrong on her code for the .4.

Yes, She did indeed use the 237.1. I had posted a photo of it. I dont know if she used .2 or .4 but she definitely was using a Prestige mid 16x19.
 
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