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And 3 of 4 semi-finalists with gut hybrid

Just saw a camera shot during the Med Hurkacz match showing the ball boy holding a newly strung Med racquet in the shadows, and it clearly showed gut mains and poly cross. Crazy, didn’t think Med had actually switched to hybrid

Just saw a camera shot during the Med Hurkacz match showing the ball boy holding a newly strung Med racquet in the shadows, and it clearly showed gut mains and poly cross. Crazy, didn’t think Med had actually switched to hybrid

From 2023 pics, definitely looks like a blade pro stock (not H22) with lead at 3 and 9 (and likely under bumper also) and Luxilon 4g

Looks like in the Moselle Open, Ruusuvuori has been trying out a darker silvery/gray string. Hawk Touch perhaps? Or maybe even Alu power??

Is Hawk3 1.25? Or are there 1.30 versions as well? I recently tried Falcon1 (leftovers from PST) and found it to be softer feeling than Hawk retail.

@dr325i Do you know strings and tension? 1.25 or 1.30? Him being a pretty flat hitter I could see him using 1.30 for a bit more control, but Sinner uses 1.25 so who knows…

Beam width/thickness very notable as in thicker than the 2020 Ezone Tour? Or that it's different than the normal Ezone 2022? Only thing holding me back from 2022 Ezone Tour coming from 2020 is that the cross section of the throat (i.e. looking at the racquet face on) seems wider (thicker...

ProstockTennis listing coming in handy

Novak H22 to his current radical-based mold

Blade pro stocks are still glossy. The racquet in the pic is definitely a blade, not sure if he's experimenting with different racquet or was borrowing someone else's racquet to hit around in Halle with.

He's got a lot of effortless power on his strokes even with using a flexy Pt57a! I wonder what his specs are..

Just got a pair of brand new H22's 18x20, and was really curious (hoping) whether the Blade Pro 18x20 grommets would fit. Happy to say that they fit perfectly! (I only tried the bumper part for now, but I'm pretty sure the rest will fit too, since it indicates same drill pattern). I even...

Just got a pair of brand new H22's 18x20, and was really curious (hoping) whether the Blade Pro 18x20 grommets would fit. Happy to say that they fit perfectly! (I only tried the bumper part for now, but I'm pretty sure the rest will fit too, since it indicates same drill pattern). I even...

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Was there ever a consensus on whether the Blade Pro grommets for 18/20 fit on the H22 18/20? I did read that 16/19 didn't work, because drill pattern is different. But perhaps 18/20 is the same?

Racquets are up!!

Yep, in my experience they run(feel) half a size small. So for my gravity pros I ordered 4 1/2 and put on skin feel grip (or syntax team) and this feel pretty close to a Wilson 4 3/8, mayybe a smidge thicker

Does anyone know if there are any differences between Babolat Syntec Team (the grip on the new pure strikes) and Babolat Skin Feel? Are they the same grip but rebranded? Or are there slight weight/thickness differences? Various retailers are listing the Syntec Team thickness as 1.5mm, approx...

Does anyone know if there are any differences between Babolat Syntec Team (the grip on the new pure strikes) and Babolat Skin Feel? Are they the same grip but rebranded? Or are there slight weight/thickness differences? Various retailers are listing the Syntec Team thickness as 1.5mm, approx...

I think she must have been doing her usual spinning of her racquet, and the rolling shutter effect captures various parts of the racquet vertically at different positions. Can google rolling shutter effect

No, unfortunately not. Beam shape (a D instead of more rectangular), grommet endings (curved edge instead of more V), and string pattern make it a Blade. Whether it's a pro stock blade or not, I'm not sure.

Hmm, I feel like pro stocks wouldn't have retail grip size stickers in the throat, could be wrong though

I think specs for the Tour were posted in another Gravity thread. 22mm beam, 310g unstrung weight. Prob the same 310mm balance as current speed pro. Is the string pattern really 18/19 and not 18/20? I was under the impression that it would be 18/20

I think H22 has slightly more close together crosses, at least the bottom 4 or 5.

Wilson racquets generally don't come with rubber bands at the top of the grip

Interesting that Wilson went with more headlight approach on the new blade... that sort of goes against the dna of the blade and may deter people like myself and others who like the blade for it's stock heft in the hoop and swingweight. Did the swingweight of the new blade feel lower?

Any initial impressions you can provide? Like weight/balance changes? paint texture? any difference in beam thickness and/or shape?

Looks definitely like an H22

+1 Always thought the consensus from everyone was that he is using an IG Speed MP mold, foam filled, and weight added under bumper and likely handle to get balance to 33cm.