Rafter's current stick
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Rock Strongo
Legend
First thought the link said "rickroll.de"...
The Isomotion31
Semi-Pro
am I reading it right when I believe his racket is 10pts head light? Or is my math and reading of the label way off?
BreakPoint
Bionic Poster
I assume all the specs on the sticker are for unstrung?
Wow, real interesting. About a month ago, when he beat the young lad in Australia , Rafter seemed to be using new Response with new paintjob and even Prince logo . This possibly looks like older model. Maybe one of our experts could help!Would like to know what this string job is as well . Red crosses? and check out old school grip. Think we spend too much time on young pros and not enough on these veterans in terms of equipment they are playing. These guys are closer to average age of board members hers and are mostly not paid to use equipment, thus their choices are more pertinent. Check out Wilander with a Pro Kennex 5 last night in London. And was that really Santoro with a Prince ex03 tour ???
dominikk1985
Legend
are former Players also as picky in their Rackets using pjs and such stuff all the time? I would asume for playing exos they are not as sensitive about Rackets, aren't they?
Seth
Legend
I would imagine not, given the fact that Rafter used his Response under a Dunlop pj.
rlau
Hall of Fame
Are you sure Wilander didn't play with a ProKennex Black Ace 98? I believe that's what he used the week before in Apeldoorn (NL)....
Say Chi Sin Lo
G.O.A.T.
Maybe Rafter thought the new Response is too stiff, and he's waiting on Prince to drop off his pj's?
Lukhas
Legend
Actually, science says the new one is slightly stiffer.
http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/Reviews/PRT/PRTReview.html
http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/reviews/PR97/PR97review.html
http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/Reviews/PRT/PRTReview.html
http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/reviews/PR97/PR97review.html
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
The first link is not the original Presicision Response but the Tiatanium Resposne. The second irritation and one that Rafter did not use.
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
surprisingly stiffness is the same. :shock:
boinz
Rookie
Only 2pt head light on the original ?
Being a stiff frame, how does the Response fair in terms of feel? The TW play testers actually give it a pretty high score. Never played with a stiff frame with good feel (or like a stiff frame to begin with) but I am actually very interested with this.
Rafter4ever
New User
Rafter4ever
New User
Really like the new simplistic old school look, specs are quite enticing, might just have to demo this as I still have the old titanium to compare with
Rabbit
G.O.A.T.
In the picture I saw from Royal Albert, it is the Ki 5 PSE for sure.
yemenmocha
Professional
Converted to STRUNG specs what specs are we looking at, roughly?
McLovin
Legend
Just saw the Tennis Channel 'Best of 5: Late Bloomers'. I saw him wearing a Nike shirt, but it looked to be early in his career. Or at least before they started even televising his matches.
Still looked odd.
He was Adidas in 93. In 94 he was with Nike. He beat Courier pretty easily at Indian Wells ( I think Courier was #3 at the time). Agassi beat him at Miami (semifinals I think). By the time the French rolled round Reebok had him and that was that. He beat Muster at the French that year (94) before losing to Sergie. Then Sergie took him out again in the first round of Wimbledon in a deep 5 setter. Something like 13-11 in the fifth set.
His big coming out was Indianapolis in 93 where he beat Pete Sampras (who was #1) in the semis and lost a tight final to Becker. Rafter was an unknown at that point and nobody knew who he was. There was a lot of talk after that and people were expecting Patrick to be a major contender at Wimbledon. 95 was a good year and then he started have major injuries until 97.
It is kind of funny seeing him not in Reebok though. Is reebok still in business? I thought Nike bought them out years back. I have not seen an actual reebok tennis shoe in quite a while. Too bad they made good stuff. The rafter and chang lines were better than most of the other stuff out there.
McLovin
Legend
Sweet! Gotta set the DVR for when they play (DirecTV has 6 channels of play, and you know this match will be on a show court). First round vs. two guys ranked in the mid 40s in doubles. Should be entertaining. Hopefully they can win a round or two.
When I was watching that 'Best of 5' episode, they showed a few of his S&V points, and I forgot how enjoyable he was to watch. Him & Edberg, two of the most exciting players to watch, especially when pitted against an Agassi/Chang type player.
Say Chi Sin Lo
G.O.A.T.
jersey34tennis
Professional
lead on the side makes it look like wilson pws ......
Say Chi Sin Lo
G.O.A.T.
jersey34tennis
Professional
not make the frame look like it's a wilson. that it has the thicker part of the weight in long strips with more concentrated towards the middle of tape . but either way weight in slightly similar place. (insert witty rebuttal picture here)
Actually Adidas bought out Reebok & sister company Rockport.
That is the reason Pat went to Adidas in Oz.
Reebok was hot in the late 80s, early 90s then they got taken over.
Paul Fireman did a great deal with Adidas.
Pat is obviously still using Responses , has got VS gut in there but he is not too fussy.
Thanks for memories & Sinner for photos , especially ones with Rusty.
Hope they go ok against France but will be tough ask.
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