DreddyTennis45
Hall of Fame
Intresting design and specs, although he's probably only made it for the fans.
Federer's new racket?
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Intresting design and specs, although he's probably only made it for the fans.
Noleberic123
G.O.A.T.
Federer to win USO now.
What is your RA now?
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Deleted member 733170
Guest
Is this for sale at TW Europe yet?
DreddyTennis45
Hall of Fame
Not sure. Should be soon though
Tennisanity
Legend
Too black. Booooring.
TennisHound
Legend
Not a big fan of the pj. I'm sure it'll have a nice little hefty price tag. I'm wondering if it will break $250?
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Deleted member 743561
Guest
Any chance he debuts this at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad? As much as I'd love to demo a bunch of the legends' racquets, I've never been able to rationalize spending even $100 on a tennis racquet.
AceSalvo
Legend
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
Very classy looking frame, indeed, just like Roger. but Is Roger really switching to this frame or is it just for the Public to slobber over and googoo gaagaa over ? and shell out $249 that they can't afford......
AceSalvo
Legend
@Wilson Tennis3 hours ago
"He will play the racket the next tournament he competes in!"
@fed
"I will be playing with racket from now on in my career."
NuBas
Legend
At least they could have added white, gold, or red accents besides an all black racquet. Honestly, it looks unfinished and like they didn't put much work into designing the aesthetics, I mean its like they pulled a clipart of Roger Federer.
Black leather grip? Velvet finish? I can see this paintjob chipping so quickly. IMO lazy job by Wilson and poor design choices by Federer. Though I do like the PS97 or whatever that has the red in it, that looks a lot better.
and I think we all knew the new paintjob would just be a reverse of the recent colors.
Black leather grip? Velvet finish? I can see this paintjob chipping so quickly. IMO lazy job by Wilson and poor design choices by Federer. Though I do like the PS97 or whatever that has the red in it, that looks a lot better.
and I think we all knew the new paintjob would just be a reverse of the recent colors.
Pre980
Rookie
Yeah, a couple of years ago, when Fed was experimenting with the different prototypes (which were black frames bc: prototypes), I think there were a ton of requests for an all black frame. I think a few have even tried sanding, stripping, and refinishing their own rackets to emulate it. I'm ready to see the "tuxedo" finish in person. Also, Wilson could have capitalized on the trend long ago and issued an all white frame for Wimbledon, which could have been cool too.
Fedinkum
Legend
Adam35
New User
In his video from Wilson posted on FB, Federer mentions something about a new special elastic paint?? Maybe it helps prevent chipping?
TinTin 1
Professional
The 97 and 97S have different paint job from the others mentioned above
Say Chi Sin Lo
G.O.A.T.
Maybe it's marketing BS?
moon shot
Hall of Fame
Actually it has all the colors since it was created using the subtractive color model.
RanchDressing
Hall of Fame
You still won't achieve what fed is likely using. I did my best using a chinese ps97 to nail his known specs of 355sw, ~32.X cm and 364 grams, and even then it was an uphill battle. They place weight in different locations (some of which you can't remove at all) for retail than for fed I'm willing to bet. Just like you could never get his 90's to his known match spec (see fab fed's posts, and art art's posts), you aren't going to get the rf97a to his spec without irreversible modification. Beyond that you'll likely have a higher polar moment of inertia than what Fed uses.
I did a video about my racquet, posted it in the racquets section if anyone is interested.
I did a video about my racquet, posted it in the racquets section if anyone is interested.
tennissavvy
Rookie
apart from composition (all graphite) I don't see any changes in spec.
sorry not a fan of all black...as if someone sold you unfinished product..
sorry not a fan of all black...as if someone sold you unfinished product..
moon shot
Hall of Fame
Composition is a strange thing. The first RF on wilsons page says braided graphite, on TWE it is listed Braided Graphite/Basalt, on TW Braided Kevlar & Graphite / Basalt Fibers.
RanchDressing
Hall of Fame
It's on the TW website for presale. $250
SMH
SMH
The racquet bounces better when you throw it on to the ground in anger. Not sure about chips prevention.
Say Chi Sin Lo
G.O.A.T.
Tennis_Hands
Banned
Nike should have brought back this outfit for the US Open, it would have been perfect for the new racquet. But no, they decided to go for funky colors instead.
Classic outfit with funky-coloured racquet and classic racquet with funky-coloured outfit.
Dunlop300s
New User
I would get a ps6.0 if I wanted a racquet painted in dark theme.
Sent from my Dunlop M-fil 300.
Sent from my Dunlop M-fil 300.
vincent_tennis
Professional
Arti
Professional
racquetreligion
Hall of Fame
They should make a RF107A for him so he doesnt shank anymore backhands
still waiting for the gold edition RF97G with 58 RA flex rating
still waiting for the gold edition RF97G with 58 RA flex rating
Arti
Professional
Problem with pro staffs is that they are designed to have a high flex. Low flex on pro staffs makes for a very unpleasant experience.
racquetreligion
Hall of Fame
high flex means 50-60 RA low flex RA 67+
plenty of pro stock Pro staff units with plenty of flex
https://www.prostocktennis.com/products/wilson-pro-staff-97-paint-pro-stock
plenty of pro stock Pro staff units with plenty of flex
https://www.prostocktennis.com/products/wilson-pro-staff-97-paint-pro-stock
Arti
Professional
From personal experience the less these racquets flex the less classic and solid they feel. On head racquets the low flex feels a lot better.
FastEddieProtzon
New User
Why wait? It will be for sale at the Wilson Booth at the US OPEN!!! Just like the first one was!! AND PRICED WAY HIGHER!! HAPPY HUNTING!
