David Le
Hall of Fame
All the PA models have the same color scheme. The PA is his endorsed model but with the OG APD underneath.
Nadal has new racquet?
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mpournaras
Hall of Fame
Its the PLAY model. The orange looks strange kinda like gold in that pic
Liam Grennon
Professional
Pure Aero Tour Pure Aero Pure Aero VS
They are diffrent. not the gold on the right of the bottom of the throat and the left bottom of the hoop
David Le
Hall of Fame
Look kid, I said they have the same color scheme. Doesn't matter where they put the colors on there, all PA, PAT, PAVS have the volt/black on them. The gold font is for verification of the model same goes for the orange for the PAT.
Pure Aero Tour Pure Aero Pure Aero VS
They are diffrent. not the gold on the right of the bottom of the throat and the left bottom of the hoop
Tour_G
Semi-Pro
The gold line that you see in the picture is actually orange because it's the Pure Aero Play paintjob.
Pure Aero Tour Pure Aero Pure Aero VS
They are diffrent. not the gold on the right of the bottom of the throat and the left bottom of the hoop
Liam Grennon
Professional
Thanks!
octobrina10
Talk Tennis Guru
Off topic.
The Babolat "Family":
https://twitter.com/GarbiMuguruza/status/867975978491953152/photo/1
The Babolat "Family":
https://twitter.com/GarbiMuguruza/status/867975978491953152/photo/1
justinnum1
New User
so was that black frame from page one the mxg 3?
Arti
Professional
no, he's got the pure aero play paintjob
racquetreligion
Hall of Fame
where can we buy Jack Socks real racquet LOL
tennistiger
Professional
It is a Pure Aero Play paint job, not VS Tour! Also orange but cap. May be a real play racket.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
So Jeff Salzenstein is pretty convinced that RAFA did make the racket change and is no long using his OLD aeropro drive. We all know RAFA tried the Pure aero and didn't like it and went back to Aeropro. So what is he talking about ?
tennisBIEST
Professional
Salzenstein provides no proof of an actual racquet change. He is stating that Babolat either provided Rafa with a lighter more powerful racquet and/or some new strings to account for the increase in Rafa's RPM. Salzenstein is great in many ways but is not a racquet aficionado like many of us on this forum. He didn't even know the name of the "white" Babolat!
dgoran
Hall of Fame
Funny part is none of them are current retail modelsOff topic.
The Babolat "Family":
https://twitter.com/GarbiMuguruza/status/867975978491953152/photo/1
Matthew Lee
Professional
Thiem?
dgoran
Hall of Fame
Not current model
jmacdaununder2
Legend
It's been noted here a few times that Thiem continues to use the old 18/20 model, with lead and Head grip shape mods; you know the one that played - at least in Tour form - a bit like a modern Prestige - before they stiffened it up and 'dumbed it down' to appeal more to the bottom half of the player pyramid, where the money is. 
Matthew Lee
Professional
Could you give me proof? I'm not questioning...
...well, I am, but not in a hostile way. I want to know the differences. Pictures could be nice.
moon shot
Hall of Fame
The head guard for one, his is a blacked out version of the old one. I think the string spacing changed so they arn't swappable.
There is also a difference in the way the base of the throat dips:
This photo is pretty good, I manipulated the color to make the bevels more obvious
dgoran
Hall of Fame
The head guard for one, his is a blacked out version of the old one. I think the string spacing changed so they arn't swappable.
Moonshot beat me to it with bad @SS high rez photos. Let me know if this sattisfy your curiosity.
Also I think I also saw somewhere that his RA is 62 not 66-67 like retail but that is pretty much with all pro stock Babolat racquets.
Jim A
Professional
Article about Moya in ESPN was saying they decided to haveRafa go back to a heavier racquet. Whether that is purely lead or a different layup wasn't discussed
http://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/...el-nadal-head-bringing-back-pitiless-approach
Salzy probably hasn't changed his racquet in years and likely isn't too concerned about specific models. Players are either on one end of the spectrum or the other with regards to their gear.
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Matthew Lee
Professional
Thanks so much. I was wondering about this.The head guard for one, his is a blacked out version of the old one. I think the string spacing changed so they arn't swappable.
There is also a difference in the way the base of the throat dips:
This photo is pretty good, I manipulated the color to make the bevels more obvious
This definitely proved it for me. Completely assured. I think I would like to try an RA of 62 on a Pure Strike. Would feel so much more nicer...
Tour_G
Semi-Pro
I love your posts, they are a great contribution to the forum!The head guard for one, his is a blacked out version of the old one. I think the string spacing changed so they arn't swappable.
There is also a difference in the way the base of the throat dips:
This photo is pretty good, I manipulated the color to make the bevels more obvious
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I believe his Bab deal was ending, and he did test Head racquets, but didn't change, here's a video to prove it
This was around 2017, or so...
David Le
Hall of Fame
I know all of that, and this was around the end of 2016 season, during the the offseason I should say. The reason I asked, was because one of the racquets that were blacked out has the MXG weird throat design and the other one had a normal one. I wonder if it was the G360+ Extreme Tour.
Subway Tennis
Legend
agree
