bluegrasser
Hall of Fame
O3 technology is not dissapearing. This is one case of one player with one racquet. As stated above, there are still numerous pros (both men and women) who use and do very well with the 03 line. Jelena Jankovic, Davide Sanguinetti, Sharapova, Davydenko, Paul Goldstein, and Guillermo Coria to name a few. And Sam Query is switching to the O3 Hybrid Tour early in 2007.
As far as desperation goes, I guess if wanting to sign and develop a racquet from scratch for the #4 or 5 ranked men's tennis player is desperation, then I suppose they are very desperate. I would guarantee that any number of companies (given the opportunity) would be just as "desperate."
Hey Steve - did you meet my buddy Kevin from Twin City tennis ?