I would probably go down a size for sure!!!wow thanks, he is using grip size 2 and he is 5 ft 9, maybe I should go down size
I would probably go down a size for sure!!!wow thanks, he is using grip size 2 and he is 5 ft 9, maybe I should go down size
Most of the top pros are using lighter racquets than in Gilbert's heyday, but not necessarily lower swingweight, just less mass in the handle.
So he uses an customized extended version of the Prince EXO3 Tour that you cannot buy anywhere?
YES,they doSo he uses an customized extended version of the Prince EXO3 Tour that you cannot buy anywhere?
I thought the grip size corresponded to your hand size, not your height?
Cheers man! Great Pics and specs!!:twisted:
Almost definitely not, given the racquet weight and especially the lack of definition on those bevels. They're quite rounded, looking at the photos.
Professional players have been progressively using smaller grip sizes, often two sizes smaller.
Interesting - "Progresively".
Can you list a few that went to a smaller grip size in the last 12 nonths.
Thanks!
I have some pro stock Prince racquets that I would imagine play similar to Ferrers racquets.
They are the latest Exo3 Tour extended 27.5 with custom layup, similar flex to PT57a (very flexy!). Also grip 2, balance 33 and strung weight 355.
And i just noticed after ferrer just defeated tomic at miami that ferrer heavily tapes his wrists under the large wristbands, further proving your point about his mgr/i.These specs are roughly the same as the unstrung specs posted by Jura. So I believe they are unstrung.
On the MgR/I, there are a number of factors that would make 20.0 an MgR/I about right for Ferrer (if you watch his forehand in slow motion, his racquet stays perpendicular to the shot direction longer than any other player, meaning that his MgR/I appears to be perfectly tuned).
1. He wears a large wrist band, which adds weight to his wrist, pushing his optimum MgR/I value down about 0.2.
2. He uses and overgrip, which bumps it down about 0.1.
3. He uses a very small grip, which moves his natural hand position to a more choked up location, lowering the optimum MgR/I.
4. His grip is a strong semiwestern, which I believe works better with a lower MgR/I value (as Nadal's western forehand seems highly reproducible also with an MgR/I value of about 20.0).
Somebody said they get bored of watching Ferrer play....
I could watch him play all day.
I enjoy the patience and vision of Federer.... the power of Raonic and Isner... the adrenaline of players like Monfils, Tsonga and Roddick... controlled violence of Djokovic.... Ferrer is all heart.
Whatever racquet he's swinging... he's playing his @$$ off tonight against DelPotro. Plays a much more cerebral base-line game than Nadal, kind of has to, as he has less power. Reminds me of Chang at times, without the put away power. Just runs down everyhting. The man is drenched in sweat before a ball is struck.
One of my favorites.
Watching Ferrer play Murray in final of Vienna.
So, in an effort not to start a whole new thread... Ferrer's new racquet paint job for the 2014 Tour 100... he's still using an O3???
I saw an old O3 Tour the other day and the O ports are so much smaller looking than an O3 Red/White, etc.. that for a tv viewer even in HD you couldn't tell what Ferrer's ports look like.
If he is still with the O3 Tour... there are so many players that just won't stray from the O3's.. Jankovic, Isner.. etc.
Because O3 is awesomeIf he is still with the O3 Tour... there are so many players that just won't stray from the O3's.. Jankovic, Isner.. etc.
If you think back, Ferrer wouldn't leave his old Air frame from Prince either. He played with it out of paint for 2 or 3 years before finally moving to the O-port. It is next to impossible to spot this level of detail on TV.
And, I wonder where the "pros play with a 400g racquet" folks are. Ferrer's racquet is 322g? That's 11.4 ounces! The swingweight is 324? Wait, that's the same as a stock Prince Tour 100, how can this be??????