hi all
i tested this frame last week.
strung with BB alu 24/23 kg.
a real disappointment to me. too stiff, less control despite balance and dense pattern in centre.
I expected more
Your opponent is terrible but you hit a nice ball. Seems like a quite powerful stick / string setup from the number of times you're tagging the baseline? Does this stick feel unwieldy at all given the tip and tail weighting?
In addition, if you've had a chance to play with the Graphene Speed MP, would appreciate your thoughts.
Well it does have a nice plow at this weight.
It is strung at medium tension with silinco tour byte 17, I wouldn't call it powerful - the string bed feels somewhat tight. I will be swapping in multi/poly hybrid in next for a bit smoother feel.
I do have a bit of an inconsistent racket angle problem that I'm working on, sometimes the racket is more open than it should be, which launches the ball a bit higher and deeper than I would have wanted.
In this video I wasn't trying to control depth, but after watching it I started paying more attention and started aiming a bit past the service line instead.
I think this racket strikes a very good balance between control, spin and power. Loving the weight/balance too, got some heft to plow the ball but building up speed is easy.
the other guy is a tennis pro at Cancun?
hey anton
i know you have put silicone in handle or at least the person you bought it off did and lead at the hoop
what about lead at 3 and 9 does it need any ?
Could you show a pic at all
What the weight and balance with all the lead
have been hitting it for 6 hours with a multi mains poly cross hybrid. this is a fun racquet to hit groundstrokes with, good control, good spin and power.
as anton said, might have to work on the inconsistent ball trajectory. i have only add 4g of lead in the butt cap, none on the loop, and i find the stability still ok even when returning a hard ball.
my serve has however lost a few mph compared to my previous stick ig rad pro. should i lead up at 12 o'clock to improve this area? or any suggestions?
This reminded me, I filmed some serves too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tayVQ_S1J64&feature=share&list=UURvQkhpbqgRyRpvORvRYogg
Update: Still top of the list.
Switching back and forth between my various rackets I keep being impressed how easy it is to play consistently with this racket. I can just swing relaxed and smooth and still get good spin, depth and pace...but when the time is right I can really kick it up a gear and go for that flat winner :twisted:. It's 12.3 oz but this is by far the easiest swinging 12.3 ouncer I've ever played.
Results confirm, played some competitive matches and did well above my usual against these players.
I've probably put on about 25 hours on this racket and I'm yet to pop the strings :shock:, I'd cut them out...except they still play great.
Still Solinco?
I love those strings!
Glad you like it a lot!
Anton what did you string tour bite 16 l in at originally ? Is that the gauge ubused ?
16g would be too thick for this racket, I bought it strung with 17g tour bite at what felt like 60lbs.
Dr325i do you remember tension you strung it at?
Tour Bite 17g at 56/52 ! :shock:
Unless the TW machine is totally out of whack
I just got the racquet and wanted to know what tension you guys would suggest for gut mains and poly cross. I usually string it up my PSTGT at 58/52 but given the 18x20 string pattern, I should probably string it at a lower tension say 54/48?
I played with Youtek IG Prestige Pro (16x19) with Volkl Cyclone 17 at 55lbs (full bed), feel is lively and lots of pop.
Recently , changed to Graphene Speed Pro strung with full bed of Volkl Cyclone 17 at 54lbs and 52lbs (strung twice), and found it hard hit with, feel is dead (like hitting a hard board), difficult to produce topsin even in groundstroke, no pops, sweetspot is small.
I suspect is the tension problem, as noticed many of you highly rated this stick. What tension you guys strung with full bed of soft poly?
Thanks!
Had a chance to try out this racquet today. Stiffness reminds me of the Prince Ozone Tour, but less sluggish overall. The polarization makes it feel like it might be heavy when you're just wiggling it, but once you actually hit with it, feels fast and light. Not as plush as a Prestige of course, but not hollow or tinny as most non-player racquets.
Interesting racquet overall--a sort of mish-mash of characteristics, down to its half box beam profile.
Recently , changed to Graphene Speed Pro strung with full bed of Volkl Cyclone 17 at 54lbs and 52lbs
I wouldn't be inclined to go higher on the mains. That tends to decrease spin potential from the strings. If anything, I'd have the same tensions or go fractionally lower on the mains; helps the mains more freely (than 54/52) and allows for more spin potential for this flatter hitting, closed patterned stick.
What makes you say that?
Higher tension on mains allows it to snap back better, while lower tension on cross should let the main move more freely.
Mateo, from what you say GPro will be perfect for you. Gpro is really not anything like Prestige MP.
BTW why didn't you get TOUR 100 18x20?
Hey Anton, I hope so because I am pretty pumped up for Gpro.
As for prince 18x20, I barely found one because in my town prince is not such represented brand for small shops, I managed to find one and I was not crazy about feel, and power, control was there and power level was little or like prestige. If you are 100% on the shot the prince preformed great like prestige, but if I played in sunny summer day against good player I had problem, like balls landing short or couldn’t get power on demand so I could turn game from defense to offence. Than I have started to mix up with tension, lead at 12 and strings, and one day on serve racquet flew out of my hand and that was an end with 18x20. It snapped like toothpick.
I expect from Gpro to be low powered with control but with larger sweet spot and with some help on defense shots or to be at least powerful enough to work for me when I am running from left to right.
Radical has good power from my point of view, and guys on tw say that it is low powered so…
My exo is about 350g with lead, so heft from Gpro would be even better if stability is like you and everybody says it is. I have to string exo like 57 lbs to restrain the ball launch.
As I said spin is great, but when I have to pull the trigger like flat forehand down the line, the ball just launch without any control.
Sorry for novel that I wrote, but I am Pumped up, and I think that this week Gpro will be in my prince bag.
I was watching your video on youtube, and I could say that we are on same tennis level, so your advice is very much appreciated.
And yes I am 30y old, so prestige and my pro tours 630 from junior days are on the shelf…resting as I am after two sets un summer
What about strings..On exo I have full poly, do you think that hybrid of poly and multi would do the trick in low tension the best?I played with weighted up Tour 18x20 for a while. GPro definitely has some more pop and just feels like a more solid stick all around. It also doesn't play as soft so for people looking for more comfort Tour would be better - for me that's not a concern.
I ended up switching from Tour 18x20 because it was bad on defensive play and volleys. Also, those rackets were so soft they started deforming too. GPro has none of those downsides, while giving me versatile play and control I liked about Tour.
What about strings..On exo I have full poly, do you think that hybrid of poly and multi would do the trick in low tension the best?
What about strings..On exo I have full poly, do you think that hybrid of poly and multi would do the trick in low tension the best?