Aslan Karatsev personal racket. Secrets.
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Kalugin
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So, there you are - Aslan Karatsev personal racket from 2022. I saw here, on Tennis Talk, so many fakes and gossips around Aslan's racket! And now you will find all the answers and truth about the stick of one the most decorated and powerful ATP ball crushers!
So that is legendary and my favourite mold PT57A2. Im using it nowadays via Head Pro Tour 630, so as Karatsev with a Prestige 2021 paintjob! His Pro Stock mold is 3 mm shorter than Stock versions of my Pro Tour 630 Trek Font (68,6-68,7 cm vs 68,9-69 cm). Next. Under the butt cap you see - what you see. Obviously you will find not a hollow place under the butt cup.
Its 348 g even (strung, with overgrip) on the scales. Not 340, as many sourses used to inform you. A lot of lead tape. Its going all the way around under the bumper.
Also you can find special (open) strings channel endings, its the thing that tells us - PT57A2 is right here!
So that is legendary and my favourite mold PT57A2. Im using it nowadays via Head Pro Tour 630, so as Karatsev with a Prestige 2021 paintjob! His Pro Stock mold is 3 mm shorter than Stock versions of my Pro Tour 630 Trek Font (68,6-68,7 cm vs 68,9-69 cm). Next. Under the butt cap you see - what you see. Obviously you will find not a hollow place under the butt cup.
Its 348 g even (strung, with overgrip) on the scales. Not 340, as many sourses used to inform you. A lot of lead tape. Its going all the way around under the bumper.
Also you can find special (open) strings channel endings, its the thing that tells us - PT57A2 is right here!
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Kalugin
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68,6-68,7 cm
Raizu
Semi-Pro
The racquets at the factory come in around 280g off the machine so it’s much easier for them to make lighter than retail frames even with customization
dr325i
G.O.A.T.
PT57A2 is not a mold. It is the layup.So, there you are - Aslan Karatsev personal racket from 2022. I saw here, on Tennis Talk, so many fakes and gossips around Aslan's racket! And now you will find all the answers and truth about the stick of one the most decorated and powerful ATP ball crushers!
So that is legendary and my favourite mold PT57A2. Im using it nowadays via Head Pro Tour 630, so as Karatsev with a Prestige 2021 paintjob! His Pro Stock mold is 3 mm shorter than Stock versions of my Pro Tour 630 Trek Font (68,6-68,7 cm vs 68,9-69 cm). Next. Under the butt cap you see - what you see. Obviously you will find not a hollow place under the butt cup.
Its 348 g even (strung, with overgrip) on the scales. Not 340, as many sourses used to inform you. A lot of lead tape. Its going all the way around under the bumper.
Also you can find special (open) strings channel endings, its the thing that tells us - PT57A2 is right here!
The mold of that racket is the TK57A
Next, his rackets are STANDARD length, 685mm (27"), not shorter. It could be that strings "deformed" the hoop (very soft) and "shortened" is a few mm
his unstrung weight was 312g (2020). looks like he may have added additional weight post 2020.
Raizu
Semi-Pro
A technique used by Matt Ebden on his Instincts. He’s very specific about his frames.
Kalugin
Rookie
Thank you for kind words! You are right: my own racket (standart bumper) is 347 strung with dampener (synthetic base grip + overgrip), no lead tape, no silicone. So, yes, his racket is a very light one before customization.
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shinminsoo86
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Myth busted.
am1899
Legend
Thanks! Myth busted!
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
I’m shocked it’s not shorter like someone had claimed. I’m stunned. Just stunned that’s it’s not a shorty that there was a whole thread about. My oh my
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
You can get implants.
norcal
Legend
I guess that's the equivalent of a paint job?
Aslan's calves are bigger than my thighs.
am1899
Legend
Aslan's calves are bigger than my thighs.
Needs all the help he can get to swing that full length racquet…
Shaolin
Talk Tennis Guru
No thread can exist about this poor guy without talk about his calves.
travlerajm
Talk Tennis Guru
When you have good calf game, anything is possible.
Shaolin
Talk Tennis Guru
I have Karatcalves myself. My tennis students and friends mention them constantly and it gets oppressive...I actually have a complex about it.
The credit he gets for them has actually helped me feel better about myself.
travlerajm
Talk Tennis Guru
You are limitless!
Shaolin
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I need pics man. Show me those gains
Shaolin
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Check the new av.
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Damn man those are cows. Were you blessed with those or did you do any special cardio/ workouts to get them like that?
oldmanyellingatcloud
Semi-Pro
Kalugin
Rookie
Dont have swingweight machine at home, but i will try do it
jmacdaununder2
Legend
Maate!! I cycle up to 5,000 ks a year & I’d kill for those leg guns; genetics is funny - I’ve actually got pretty decent biceps without a lot of effort (just born with the prerequisite muscle cells in that region I guess) but I can’t swole my gastrocs to save my life!
Kalugin
Rookie
Just made swingweight measurements on Karatsev's racket - its 350 official.
Just now i've visited personal Aslan's stinger (while he is playing tournaments in Russia). And this stinger told me UNBELIEVABLE THINGS about Karatsev's racket. Today i will tell you the secret about his frame.
Shaolin
Talk Tennis Guru
haha thanks...just mainly genetics but I'm on court 3-4 hours 6x days a week so that keeps them swole too probably
Shaolin
Talk Tennis Guru
Yeah genetics is crazy...I cannot get my quads big no matter how much I try but calves are easy. Arms, chest, shoulders are all naturally big also. Just built to be a rugby player or linebacker I guess, I just love tennis instead
travlerajm
Talk Tennis Guru
Sign of a man who split steps.haha thanks...just mainly genetics but I'm on court 3-4 hours 6x days a week so that keeps them swole too probably
Kalugin
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So today i visited the most famous stinger in Russia, his name is Victor Gromov. His was named The Best stinger in Russia by Russian Tennis Federation. Was official sttinger at Kremlin Cup since the very beggining. Gromov was the man that was working with Aslan's rackets during Kremlin Cup-2021. When Karatsev gave his rackets for the first time, Gromov (as he said today) didnt believe his eyes. Aslan asked him to string his racket so the racket would change length and the width of its head! Karatsev was used to play with a racket around 1 cm wider in its head and around 1 cm shorter in its length. Gromov said that it was the first such case in his practise. Thats the story about Karatsev's-2021 racket. I hope this story will be useful and interesting for tennis fans.
Shaolin
Talk Tennis Guru
Thanks for your info.!
am1899
Legend
All due respect, 1cm difference is simply not believable. Others would know better than me. But it is very doubtful to me at least that a racquet would survive such a difference in length and width - especially hitting balls as hard as a pro does against it. He would have been breaking those frames left and right.
travlerajm
Talk Tennis Guru
Correct. A frame would not squash by that much. Even when I string frames at 90/40 lbs (50 lbs differential between mains and crosses, which I did regularly for several years), a frame only shortens by 5mm off the stringer, then lengthens by 2-3 mm within first 30 minutes of hitting.
However, the 1cm shortened length is consistent with the average of measurements taken from a series many images.
Karatsev Playing with a Shorty ??? (Conspiracy theory evidence)
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Kalugin
Rookie
Yeah, for sure ill ask him! I wrote "around 1 cm". Gromov just show me with two fingers - how much the racket was expanded. I said to him: Wow, thats about 1 cm! He said: Yeah, something like this! So, maybe it was 0,7 cm. The fact is that Gromov never saw like this before! Why vsbabolat and dr325i are so tough to talk? I believe they are making not a very healthy atmosphere here...Correct. A frame would not squash by that much. Even when I string frames at 90/40 lbs (50 lbs differential between mains and crosses, which I did regularly for several years), a frame only shortens by 5mm off the stringer, then lengthens by 2-3 mm within first 30 minutes of hitting.
However, the 1cm shortened length is consistent with the average of measurements taken from a series many images.
Karatsev Playing with a Shorty ??? (Conspiracy theory evidence)
am1899
Legend
Correct. A frame would not squash by that much. Even when I string frames at 90/40 lbs (50 lbs differential between mains and crosses, which I did regularly for several years), a frame only shortens by 5mm off the stringer, then lengthens by 2-3 mm within first 30 minutes of hitting.
However, the 1cm shortened length is consistent with the average of measurements taken from a series many images.
Karatsev Playing with a Shorty ??? (Conspiracy theory evidence)
So on one hand…you seem to agree that such a difference in length and width would probably not be sustainable for the frame. But simultaneously, you still claim his frame is indeed around that much shorter…and support those claims with images you “measured” with Microsoft Paint or the like? Huh? If you don’t believe a massive tension differential is causing such a difference in length (at least)…what do you suppose is causing it?
Sounds very scientific.
vsbabolat and dr325i aren’t “tough to talk.” They are in the know, and have spoken on this issue ad nauseam. Again, all due respect, I find their information and observations far more believable.
travlerajm
Talk Tennis Guru
The available images show hoop aspect ratio appearing approximately the same as before, but the handle length shortened approximately 7mm.
The aspect ratio can be easily measured from images also, but I haven’t done so.
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
His racket is standard length before they are strung.
Kalugin
Rookie
Far more believable than info from personal sttinger?))))
travlerajm
Talk Tennis Guru
Typing this over and over again does not make it true.
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
You went from 26 inches to 7mm. You’re all over the place.
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
Neither does your BS.
Kalugin
Rookie
Thats right. Before they are strung its standart 27. He said, and i wrote that, that after the racket is strung, it became not a standart one
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
Thank you that’s the point I’ve been making for the last 3 years. travlerajm keeps insisting his racquets are shorter. He has made wild claims that the racquet is 26 inches. Which is wrong.
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