The Young'n
New User
I agree. I think its a Head as well.
Davydenko's 2009 new racquet?
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I agree. I think its a Head as well.
Mikey Fresh
Banned
Looks alot like the speed mp 18x20 the grommets are exactly the same black with the white inside and in the bottom right corner there there is where mine says head in that exact same location, im thinking its the head speed mp 18x20
OliverSimon
Hall of Fame
His string at the WTF seemed to be white. I don't think he's using polystar anymore because isn't polystar yellowish..?
Leelord337
Hall of Fame
he obviously didn't stick w/that head racquet, the racquet he won the masters cup with had the unmistakable prince o3 holes
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ericsson
Hall of Fame
No not at all, polystar is cream white, not yellow at all.
So we still think he's using something like Polystar Energy?
OliverSimon
Hall of Fame
I hope Kolya gets some actual sponsors next year !
BigT
Professional
For sure he still is. He knows what he's doing...it's a great string. If other pros tried it, they would probably switch; but most don't try anything new.
Sorry Nick but Prince with the big holes to help with racquet head speed is baloney unless you try to hit the ball with the side of the frame! Prince knows the Ozones and Speedports are a gimmick and don't help. Why do you think everyone uses the "inserts". Now it's just a regular racquet with big holes in it. Maybe they should buy Head's idea and make the holes on the side and call it a SpeedFlexPoint.:shock:
nalbandian
New User
But if I'm not mistaken Davydenko never had a contract with Prince, which id why he never had the "P" stenciled on his strings.
Comparing with the Heads
Let's Comare:
At the Capitala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, Davydenko is using a racquet without the Prince stencil. Anyone knows what it is?
Let's Comare:
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roddickslammer
Guest
For gods sake everybody. I noticed it the first time I saw it. Its a youtek speed model!
Thank you, thank you. All these posts for one simple answer. Yeah!!!
TheOneHander
Professional
Sorry if this is old news
Last year, there was something interesting posted in another thread...it was a custom EXO3 Graphite 100 with an 18x20 string pattern (retail is 16x18 ) with specs similar to Kolya's (at least for length)-it's even got his name in the throat. It's a TX237P layup with handle type 2, 4 and 1/2 gripsize, and just under 27.5" in length. Sorry if this is old news, but still thought it was pretty cool! I'll see if I can quote the pics in my next post.
All credit to thirdrail
OneHander out
Last year, there was something interesting posted in another thread...it was a custom EXO3 Graphite 100 with an 18x20 string pattern (retail is 16x18 ) with specs similar to Kolya's (at least for length)-it's even got his name in the throat. It's a TX237P layup with handle type 2, 4 and 1/2 gripsize, and just under 27.5" in length. Sorry if this is old news, but still thought it was pretty cool! I'll see if I can quote the pics in my next post.
All credit to thirdrail
OneHander out
TheOneHander
Professional
This is the original post, all credit goes to thirdrail
And here are the pics. Sorry, I don't know how to embed photos They're also from thirdrail
Thanks to thirdrail for the sweet photos!
OneHander out
And here are the pics. Sorry, I don't know how to embed photos
They're also from thirdrail Thanks to thirdrail for the sweet photos!
OneHander out
OliverSimon
Hall of Fame
Interesting frame...I wonder why he didn't try it out in a small tourny?
TheOneHander
Professional
You would've thought that he would have at least tried out the frame. Maybe because he's not under contract anymore.
And a little bit more information from that thread, which can be viewed here: http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=275896
Anyways, when Prince was first developing the Rebel (yes, not the Graphite-the Rebel), they made letters A through P, all of different layups and balances. This is one of the codes for that-the "P" is probably just another layup code.
The thread above is very informative. There's also some information about Gael Monfils's Rebel too. Check it out!
blaby
Rookie
ahha so straight to the point
nalbandian
New User
Ya, I think that it's pretty obvious that it's head due to the white teflon grommet, so perhaps he is using the extreme pro(since it's similar in specs to his old racket) but just blacked out because he hasn't officially left prince yet. And it could be either the youtek, or the 2009 microgel version or the youtek because the both have the white grommet.
OliverSimon
Hall of Fame
It does not really matter much because he is back to his prince and is doing great with it.
tennismsands
Semi-Pro
yeah agree
everard104
New User
I think he'll sign with Dunlop.
TheOneHander
Professional
Not to be rude, but he actually ended his contract with Airness. There's a thread in this section somewhere. There's some spectulation that he's headed for Lotto, which makes sense because Lotto just lost Ferrer to Joma (a Spanish clothing and shoe company).
OneHander
OliverSimon
Hall of Fame
He signed back with Airness for 2010
kittogi
Rookie
Check this video, the blackout racket seems to resemble this guy's Microgel Youtek Extreme MP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub5Y9PYh_k0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub5Y9PYh_k0
lefty10spro
Semi-Pro
In his match last night against Verdasco, Davy had his trusty Ozone Pro Tour and it was stenciled which means Prince probably ponied up the bucks for 2010. Good move by Prince - Davy is amazing!
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According to Davy himself, he has a rather unusual arrangement with Prince. He has stated that he is sponsored by them for the Grand Slam tournaments only, and that for the rest of the calendar year, he plays without a contract. In a recent comment, he attributed this to their spending all their money on Sharapova.
Based on his performances, this appears to be backwards thinking on their part, as all of his good results have come at non-Slam events! Even he doesn't think that his game is conducive to winning Slams.
