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He will settle with the 95 like Dimitrov. Why? Cause 95 isnt that far off from 93 so what the heck.
No.
He's going to switch back when the clay tournaments are over. I'm sure this was only a testing phase he might do for the next few years on clay exclusively.
Actually if he didn't have a bad back and played more tournaments to keep his timing in tuned he would be fine.
Edberg, Sampras, Courier with their PS 85 did fine against the other guys that were using 95,98,100 and whatever head size Aggasi was using.
Oh boy. After that thread on he's switching, he's switching. Now you guys are starting to see the light. I wrote a few posts in the black out thread that you guys rush to judgement and giddy up on the train.
I said give him time and see how he feels about them after these two tournaments. I have a gut feeling he might switching to some other frame, or switch back. He played really badly against Florian Mayer, and Mayer isn't even top 10 material. In fact, in the previous meetings, Mayer never got more than 5 games against fed. This time around he took a set away from fed and matched 5 games in the final set with a few breaks.
Federer did not look like any special player with that 98. He looked like an average joe tennis professional that shouldn't be in the top 5. He doesn't seem to be getting much control or that much court penetration. All his balls look like rally balls instead of those winners you're used to seeing him hit. Given 10 tournaments, I think he would not peak much, I think he's pretty much plateaued with this 98 black frame. If I were fed, I would keep testing other frames, and before the USO I would switch back. For some reason, I feel if he played Mayer with his 90, he would have crushed him in straight sets. The rallies seem pretty long. Fed didn't have those go to spray winners you're used to seeing. Now people can say that he needs more time, but I don't know if you're going to see average joe fed now and see some type of God Mode sentinel in 1 month time in time for the US Open.
Don't want to say it, but we'll see what happens.
Except that Dimitrov doesn't use a 95. He uses a 93.He will settle with the 95 like Dimitrov. Why? Cause 95 isnt that far off from 93 so what the heck.
After watching Federer at Hamburg with his bigger racquet, I'd bet Sampras is thanking his lucky stars that he never switched to a bigger racquet during his career.Keeping it or not this possible transition is very exciting and Sampras said he had wished he had changed during the end of his career as he believes it would have made a difference for him. I wonder if that has any bearing on Federer wanting to change.
Oh boy. After that thread on he's switching, he's switching. Now you guys are starting to see the light. I wrote a few posts in the black out thread that you guys rush to judgement and giddy up on the train too quickly.
I said give him time and see how he feels about them after these two tournaments. I have a gut feeling he might switching to some other frame, or switch back. He played really badly against Florian Mayer, and Mayer isn't even top 10 material. In fact, in the previous meetings, Mayer never got more than 5 games against fed in any of the previous match ups, they were all routine victories. This time around he took a set away from fed and matched 5 games in the final set with a few breaks.
Federer did not look like any special player with that 98. He looked like an average joe tennis professional that shouldn't be in the top 5. He doesn't seem to be getting much control or that much court penetration. All his balls look like rally balls instead of those winners you're used to seeing him hit. Even if given say 10 tournaments, I think he would not peak much from what you saw today, I think he's pretty much plateaued with this 98 black frame. If I were fed, I would keep testing other frames, and before the USO I would switch back. For some reason, I feel if he played Mayer with his 90, he would have crushed him in straight sets. The rallies seem pretty long today and I'm used to fed ending the point in less than 5 strokes. Fed didn't have those go to spray winners you're used to seeing from him. Now people can say that he needs more time, but I don't know if you're going to see dramatic changes from now till US Open. People were expecting some sentinel on God Mode and I think everyone overblows everything just like how the internet wants us to.
Federer before the racquet switch was worried about facing Nadal, Murray, Djokovic, and Berdych. With this black frame he should be afraid to face Florian Mayer. And I don't know about you, but that doesn't sound right. I don't know if he would even get to those guys before ousting out, if he sticks with this frame. Besides the erratic ball trajectory and the really ugly unforced errors, his ball didn't have penetration. It looked consistent at times when he wasn't hitting them 5 feet long, but other than that he was hitting rally balls. Not the rifle shots you're used to seeing from his 90 stick.
Don't want to say it, but we'll see what happens.
RIP man in black.
You have to give some credit to Mayer though, he was serving pretty effectively and was pounding groundstrokes. Federer was all over the place, never utilizing the drop shot when his opponent was a good 5-10 ft behind the baseline grinding....
Federer's net game has also taken a turn for the worse, not hitting any fantastic volleys or putting away smashes on the first one...
Sure, there will be an adjustment period, but if you're not even playing any better (maybe even worse?) then why even bother trying to adjust to it? How do you know the time invested will ever pay off?BP I find it hard to believe that any pro could make such a huge change and just hit the ground running without problems. I would think there would be a serious transition period. If you told me any top player was going from a 90 to 98 I would have to think they are going to struggle as first. Not just with the size difference but they will need to play with balance and SW in order to find what works best for them. Unless Wilson did that already with him and somehow it is perfect on the first go.. which I doubt.. idk.
It's like when you demo racquets, if the demo racquet doesn't initially play any better than the racquet you're currently using, are you going to bother buying the racquet and invest more time playing with it? Probably not.
He will settle with the 95 like Dimitrov. Why? Cause 95 isnt that far off from 93 so what the heck.
He will settle with the 95 like Dimitrov. Why? Cause 95 isnt that far off from 93 so what the heck.
Hamburg is a 500 event....after his most recent loss (no less, a 250)...he should be back using his old racquet!
kalyan4fedever said:Fed is not gonna change back to old racquet MARK this...
With his old frame he might as well been playing with a wooden racket.
And exactly what is wrong with that? If you could win 17 Slams using a "wooden racquet", wouldn't you also use one?With his old frame he might as well been playing with a wooden racket.
Hamburg is a 500 event.
Fed's either slowed or has a degenerative injury affected his movement and he hoped somehow a bigger racquet would somehow compensate, but it doesn't.
He is just not the old Fed any more and the fire does not burn that hot.
The new frame will make life easier for him so that he can hang around the tour like Hewitt without expending too much energy like with his old frame.
He will settle with the 95 like Dimitrov. Why? Cause 95 isnt that far off from 93 so what the heck.
http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2013/07/stick-y-situation/48491/#.UfE2A41wrng
"he says he’s still not sure if he’ll take the plunge and go bigger at the U.S. Open."
I am not a clairvoyant, but a long time ago, I said he will not risk USO with a new racquet. It is a logical thought.
Amazing how much stuff got stirred up by fed changing racquets!
Still LOSING with the new frame at Gstaad today.