I realize that the profile of a Babolat user is a powermonger who is probably too young to appreciate leather. Or an oldster who needs power and a soft chushy grip. Or a girl who likes the blue on the PD. OR a Roddick fan.
I realize that people respect people who use HEAD and Wilson, and perceive them as purists who love leather, one handed BHs and the allcourt game.
I just wanted to weigh in for a moment and present a few points that support the opposite view. Most of them, I think, are obvious:
There are more grannysticks produced by HEAD and Wilson than players' frames.
Most frames do not come with leather. The ones that don't often get replaced with whatever grip the player prefers. This is not a difficult or expensive proposition. Nor is taking off the syntecs and replacing them with leather grips, especially today, with the easy adhesive backing. My buddy's eleven year-old installs his own leather grips.
Babolat makes three Storms that I'd call players' frames. The Pure Storm, which is a little light, but nice. The AeroStorm, which is awesome. And the Pure Storm Tour, which is as solid, but more flexible than the old Pure Control. Truly a RILF, in my opinion, and that's coming from a guy who had ATP points with a Dunlop Max 200g.
I play with some Babolats and I use leather grips on all of them.
I have a onehanded BH. I play an allcourt touch game.
BTW, Jonny's right. I held Andy's PD+ a few years ago. It was a black Syntec, it is not leather. Unless he switched, and you guys know something the rest of us do not.
