Davydenko switched to Ozone PRO TOUR?

hollywood9826

hollywood9826

Hall of Fame
master_stringer_mitchy said:
sorry, was that a funny joke or a relivent responce to a simple and logical question!?
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i would say yes he had it restrung after every match. No way he could take the chance of it lasting two or 3 matches in a row with same string if he liked it that much.

Either that or he used 15 gauge weed wacker string to aid with durability.
i have not heard some one say weed wacker in about 10 years. thanks dude you made my day.
 
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tlimster

Rookie
I heard the Mary Carillo say that he was using the same racket and the same string job for the whole tournament, and that he only had one. Hard to believe he made it through Roddick and Nadal without breaking a string that way, but that's what she said.
 
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KRFLegal

Rookie
tlimster said:
I heard the Mary Carillo say that he was using the same racket and the same string job for the whole tournament, and that he only had one. Hard to believe he made it through Roddick and Nadal without breaking a string that way, but that's what she said.
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I think Carillo was just not being precise with her words --- more likely the use of the term "string job" wasn't referring only to the one original stringing, but also to include subsequent jobs. That is, the same string setup each time the racquet was strung.

Here's another pic of the magic racquet.

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Lambsscroll

Lambsscroll

Hall of Fame
master_stringer_mitchy said:
think he had it re-strung after every match?
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He had the same strings for all 6 matches. Here is what he said.

Davydenko quickly became comfortable with a new racket model he tried for the first time at Key Biscayne. He used the same racket in all six matches.

“I have only one,” he said. “Surprising I didn’t break a string. Warm up and play match, warm up and play match, every match, and I finish with the racket.

“I’m going to keep forever this racket.”
 
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Tennis Truth

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The article and quote do not say he didn't get the racquet restrung after every match. He only said he was suprised he didn't break a string.

My guess is that he got it restrung, but I don't know for sure.

I think his point was that the racquet was the part that was magic, not the strings.

Think about it. If you had only one racquet and wanted to play with it for every match, are you increasing your odds of doing that by not restringing? No. If he gets it restrung, it should still play the same. Odds are great that he had it restrung. Pros hit hard, and I doubt he could play even with poly for that many hours, including matches and practices, without either breaking the string, or having the string lose so much tension that the racquet plays differently.

Blake has said publically that his poly lasts him like one or two hours, tops.
 
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CyberInferno

Rookie
Tennis Truth said:
The article and quote do not say he didn't get the racquet restrung after every match. He only said he was suprised he didn't break a string.

My guess is that he got it restrung, but I don't know for sure.

I think his point was that the racquet was the part that was magic, not the strings.

Think about it. If you had only one racquet and wanted to play with it for every match, are you increasing your odds of doing that by not restringing? No. If he gets it restrung, it should still play the same. Odds are great that he had it restrung. Pros hit hard, and I doubt he could play even with poly for that many hours, including matches and practices, without either breaking the string, or having the string lose so much tension that the racquet plays differently.

Blake has said publically that his poly lasts him like one or two hours, tops.
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That was my thinking too. I think Davydenko's surprise was just that he didn't break a string during any one hitting segment. There's just no chance that he would have risked popping a string without a backup racket because he didn't want to have it restrung. He said it was his lucky racket, but he didn't mention anything about the strings being lucky, which I think he would have had it been one set of strings all tournament.
 
master_stringer_mitchy

master_stringer_mitchy

Banned
he must have had it restrung after each match, hitting such a heavy ball would take its toll and wear would show up. i mean if he went into the second round, liking the new racket, he would have had it restrung each round. in the end he was recieveing balls of roddick and nadal!
 
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JohnP

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ballista said:
Well this just appeared over at the Bodo blog:

Fittingly enough, the magic poured from a single, irreplaceable racket that Davydenko has been using here this week. Explaining why his game suddenly caught fire here after a disappointing tournament at Indian Wells, he said:

"Because I change racquets here after Indian Wells. I have the same racquet, Prince, just. . .I have before 16 string; now 18 string. Now I have more control. That's what is surprising - I have only one racquet. I play all five matches (with) just with one racquet. I didn't change any racquets. I have not any one (other) racquets. It should be coming, you know, next week to my home, but with one racquet I play three sets (tonight). I didn't change, you know, like, and I was surprising myself, you know."
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How is this possible? According to Jollyroger's guide anybody over 4.0 level needs at least 10 racquets at all times!
 
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Gimmick

Semi-Pro
JohnP said:
How is this possible? According to Jollyroger's guide anybody over 4.0 level needs at least 10 racquets at all times!
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Its possible because he had all his previous frames as back-ups. He never claimed to have only one racquet in his bag. He claimed that he had only one of that model.
 
bad_call

bad_call

Legend
Gimmick said:
Its possible because he had all his previous frames as back-ups. He never claimed to have only one racquet in his bag. He claimed that he had only one of that model.
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yes. he played with the same racquet for those matches. the others stayed in the bag....magic stick!!!

btw - was there for the finals and checked out the Ozone Tour in the tennis tent. the specs on the racquet showed a 300 SW which doesn't match what TW has them spec'd (324 SW). i picked up the unstrung racquet and it didn't feel like 300 so i tend to believe the TW specs.
 
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LPShanet

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bad_call said:
yes. he played with the same racquet for those matches. the others stayed in the bag....magic stick!!!

btw - was there for the finals and checked out the Ozone Tour in the tennis tent. the specs on the racquet showed a 300 SW which doesn't match what TW has them spec'd (324 SW). i picked up the unstrung racquet and it didn't feel like 300 so i tend to believe the TW specs.
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You may find that the numbers are different because TW and many retailers use strung specs, and quite a few manufacturers tend to print unstrung specs on their racquets. 24 points is about right for the addition of a set of string. So you can believe both sources.
 
jackcrawford

jackcrawford

Professional
JohnP said:
How is this possible? According to Jollyroger's guide anybody over 4.0 level needs at least 10 racquets at all times!
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It's a lot of fun to pretend to be Roger and impress the gullible - it's such a bother to have the real world intrude on it like it did this week:mrgreen:
 
crism54

crism54

Semi-Pro
i tink is the pro tour team with lead because the stiffness is different, pro tour is more stiff than the previous racket.
 
mdjenders

mdjenders

Professional
crism54 said:
i tink is the pro tour team with lead because the stiffness is different, pro tour is more stiff than the previous racket.
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I think you might be right. This picture is unclear, but it shows a few words in orange letters where the name of the frame is on these racquets. Looks more like "Pro Tour Team MP" is a more likely possibility than "Pro Tour MP", judging at the length of the wording on his frame:

http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/photo?s...9-getty-tennis-atp-wta-por-estoril&prov=getty

Team version is not available in the US and has the same specs as the Ozone Tour (other than the denser string pattern), so it would make sense that Kolya would switch to this one and keep his same lead tape usage as before. If Kolya is in fact using a leaded Pro Tour Team, it is another example (eg. sharapova) where prince is lying to US customers about what frame their player is using.
 
Ljubicic for number1

Ljubicic for number1

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Its great to see its not only us that have racquet honeymoons but it happens with the pro's aswell.

Looks like a great stick though, pretty keen to try one.
 
Old_Crow

Old_Crow

Rookie
AlpineCadet said:
I'm "pretty" sure he did it himself.
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His brother Edouard does it for him. When I bought the left over Coria racquets from ****, I asked about the Davydenko spec frames (very different from Coria spec) and he said that Edouard sets up his racquets and frequently changes them from match to match based on whatever.
 
mdjenders

mdjenders

Professional
Team version is currently for sale in EU and SE Asia. A google search brings up a few links. Sources in the racquets section have posted info that the Pro Tour team is the same weight and stiffness of the regular Ozone Tour, but with the dense string pattern of the Ozone PRO Tour.
 
Fedace

Fedace

Banned
That other guy in the final of the Houston clay court championships also has Ozone tour. It must be a pretty good racket.
 
Strings And Things

Strings And Things

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jmsx521 said:
saqdeez, I suppose the tape is for precaution. Its purpose is a little bit like a cast on the wrist. If his wrist was already injured he wouldn’t be playing! With an extra long racket, there is more stress on the wrist because the drag of the swing carries even more weight.

I’ve been using Everlast wrapping wrist-bands (for boxing) for over ten years to tighten the wrists & form a cast over them for precaution. It’s probably one of the most important parts of my tennis gear: I recommend it to anyone!
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Are you talking about gauze tape/wrap? Or the one size fits all wrist bands with "Everlast" printed on? Please provide my with a link to the exact item, Thanks.
 
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