Federer Strings @ Wimbledon
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chikoo
Hall of Fame
I have looked at many pictures, and they look white from every angle. Either they are painted or different strings. Here is another angle.
QuentinFederer
Professional
Definitely Gut mains and ALU Power Rough crosses.
moon shot
Hall of Fame
The trouble with the photography is the high contrast lighting, in exposing the photograph for their faces which are somewhat in shadow to look more natural the strings and other bright spots loose detail. This photo from the semifinal is a bit underexposed which allows more detail to be seen in the strings.
jsm1373
Rookie
Can't get more definitive than that...
Plus the top pic in this thread clearly shows gut/alu rough. I can even see the texture on the Luxilon.
jsm1373
Rookie
I have looked at many pictures, and they look white from every angle. Either they are painted or different strings. Here is another angle.
This picture is interesting as it seems to confirm what I spotted on TV in the semis... Roger's Wimbledon sticks now have a retail (looking) hologram sticker inside the throat!! I (may be completely wrong but) can't remember the last time he used a Wilson with the hologram. Not the white P1 date/tension sticker seen in another shot in this thread. It could be making a mountain from a molehill, but no hologram stickers have often been a tell-tale sign of recent Wilson prostocks.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
you guys have any videos from Wimbledon Stringing room ?
chikoo
Hall of Fame
Thanks RJYU. In that case it has to do with camera exposure playing illusion tricks.
Wait ... u sure they are not painted white?
Nothing painted. I'm pretty sure we'd notice paint job strings.
PeterFig
Professional
chrisingrassia
Professional
When people ask questions abut pro strings, ya'll realize they use the same strings that can be bought in stores right?
I've always been curious why people need to know what pros use. I'll bet Federer could whip the sh*t out of 99% of tennis players using a junior racquet off the shelf at Sport Authority. The gear they use won't make you an incredible tennis player.
I've always been curious why people need to know what pros use. I'll bet Federer could whip the sh*t out of 99% of tennis players using a junior racquet off the shelf at Sport Authority. The gear they use won't make you an incredible tennis player.
Shaolin
Talk Tennis Guru
chrisingrassia
Professional
Dude, someone above opined that his stringbed is painted. Mock me all you want.Wow, good thing you are here to finally give this sage advice to the forum
cluckcluck
Hall of Fame
Wilson Champions Choice - as he's been using for about a decade now.
Sweet! Are you Ron Yu of Priority 1?
AM75
Hall of Fame
There is one on the Wimbledon youtube channel, I think.
Yes, that is Ron Yu.
beltsman
G.O.A.T.
So? What are you talking about? Why can't people be curious?
moon shot
Hall of Fame
Rough has less surface area to contact the mains because it has voids into the round profile. It has a different feel as well which may be his priority over SnapBack.
Yoneyama
Hall of Fame
What strings were on Rogers racquet for the Wimbledon final? They looked all white on my TV.
EDIT: Just realised this thread is a year old. Sorry!
Zoom in dude or get some glasses. The crosses are clearly silver. Same old Gut/ Alu Rough as always.
The mains stand out because they are lighter than the darker crosses.
ron schaap
Hall of Fame
If Fed wanted more snapback, he would not use stringsavers at some crosses in his stringbed. His habit of changing rackets every 7 games after ball changes, he shouldnt need stringsavers at all. Nobody seems to have an explanation for him using stringsavers. Very weird.
Yoneyama
Hall of Fame
I believe Fed himself has stated it is just habitual.
There is a noticable difference with and without them.
moon shot
Hall of Fame
I don’t think I ever said it gave more snapback, but...
In an interview given in German a fellow forum member translated this:
Then he says that with the hybrid setup they thought it might be a good idea, if he has them from the very beginning (after the fresh stringjob), because maybe he could impart a bit more spin with them because of the angular profile (of the strings).
https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/ind...cquet-history-in-german.620639/#post-12459259
His stringers in an interview:
After Yu finished, he clipped ten tiny plastic string savers into the string bed of each racquet. Federer likes the string savers because they supposedly reduce friction. Yu, who estimates that he has strung racquets more than five thousand times for Federer, is skeptical. “I don’t think it does much,” he said. “But these guys don’t like to change things,” Ferguson added.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/stringing-roger-federers-nine-rackets
In an interview given in German a fellow forum member translated this:
Then he says that with the hybrid setup they thought it might be a good idea, if he has them from the very beginning (after the fresh stringjob), because maybe he could impart a bit more spin with them because of the angular profile (of the strings).
https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/ind...cquet-history-in-german.620639/#post-12459259
His stringers in an interview:
After Yu finished, he clipped ten tiny plastic string savers into the string bed of each racquet. Federer likes the string savers because they supposedly reduce friction. Yu, who estimates that he has strung racquets more than five thousand times for Federer, is skeptical. “I don’t think it does much,” he said. “But these guys don’t like to change things,” Ferguson added.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/stringing-roger-federers-nine-rackets
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