Hi all,
just wanted to share a story with you Wilson PS 85 freaks in here
I am 37 years old and grew up playing a lot of tennis until I graduated from high school here in Sweden were i live. When playing in my high school team, was a solid 4.5 player, sometimes up at 5.0, and during all those years I played, there was only one brand of racquets I would use: Wilson. My first real racquet was a Wilson Matrix, and the second one was a Wilson Staff 85 (the grey one, the same mold as the PS85 but 100% graphite). My dad played Wilson PS85 and I ended up buying a couple of those when I was 15 or so. I spent a year in the USA at my senior year of high school, and for some reason I perceived the PS85 as a too difficult racquet to handle, so I got a couple of Wilson PS Classic 6.0 110sqin. I hade never played them before buying them, but figured that I needed the bigger frame (i.e. easier to play). I liked them and played them a lot, but then totally quit playing tennis when I was 20 years old or so.
About 5 years ago, I started playing again, and of course picked up my PS Classic 6.1 110sqin. I restrung them, and played them for a couple of ours. But, then I figured "It's 15 years since I bought a racquet, so why not look at other brands? I mean, SOMETHING must have happened in the racquet business since I bought the PS85s, right?". I tried a bunch of racquets, and ended up getting 3 Babolat Pure Storm racquets that I played until a couple of months ago. They are rather soft (not stiff), pretty easy to hit and I like the fell in them. At 298 grams or something like that, I always thought they were too light, though. The thing I have liked the most with them is that the large fram and open string pattern allows me to put A LOT of spin on my ground stroke which is nice. Then, the other day, I started to clean out a bunch of old junk in our house. I threw a lot of stuff away and sold some. When doing this, I found my 2 old PS85, and old Wilson Ultra 2 and my 3 PS Classics. I was about to put them up at a Swedish internet auction site when I thought: "Hm...maybe I'll just take one of those PS85s to the tennis court, if nothing else, just to try them out and let my boss (my tennis partner) try out a REAL racquet for once". Said and done: First I thought that I'd just hit a couple of balls and then put the racquet back in my bag. But, then I thought: I'll continue to play it for 15 minutes, and then drop it back in my bag. I ended up playing with it for almost 2 hours, and it just continued to grow on me! I cannot believe that I have played those Babolats for several years instead of the Wilsons, the feeling is just impossible to describe! The PS85s are almost 50 grams heavier, but still so maneuverable! And the feeling is so solid, and with so much control, it's just amazing And, I can generate so much spin as well, that I never thought possible
Anyway, I just wanted to share this story with you guys, with a conclusion: nothing has obviously happened in the tennis racquet market for 15 years (oh well, maybe SOMETHING ) and I will NEVER use any other racquet than the PS 85s. Actually, I am looking for more PS 85s in the second hand market as we speak!
just wanted to share a story with you Wilson PS 85 freaks in here
I am 37 years old and grew up playing a lot of tennis until I graduated from high school here in Sweden were i live. When playing in my high school team, was a solid 4.5 player, sometimes up at 5.0, and during all those years I played, there was only one brand of racquets I would use: Wilson. My first real racquet was a Wilson Matrix, and the second one was a Wilson Staff 85 (the grey one, the same mold as the PS85 but 100% graphite). My dad played Wilson PS85 and I ended up buying a couple of those when I was 15 or so. I spent a year in the USA at my senior year of high school, and for some reason I perceived the PS85 as a too difficult racquet to handle, so I got a couple of Wilson PS Classic 6.0 110sqin. I hade never played them before buying them, but figured that I needed the bigger frame (i.e. easier to play). I liked them and played them a lot, but then totally quit playing tennis when I was 20 years old or so. About 5 years ago, I started playing again, and of course picked up my PS Classic 6.1 110sqin. I restrung them, and played them for a couple of ours. But, then I figured "It's 15 years since I bought a racquet, so why not look at other brands? I mean, SOMETHING must have happened in the racquet business since I bought the PS85s, right?". I tried a bunch of racquets, and ended up getting 3 Babolat Pure Storm racquets that I played until a couple of months ago. They are rather soft (not stiff), pretty easy to hit and I like the fell in them. At 298 grams or something like that, I always thought they were too light, though. The thing I have liked the most with them is that the large fram and open string pattern allows me to put A LOT of spin on my ground stroke which is nice. Then, the other day, I started to clean out a bunch of old junk in our house. I threw a lot of stuff away and sold some. When doing this, I found my 2 old PS85, and old Wilson Ultra 2 and my 3 PS Classics. I was about to put them up at a Swedish internet auction site when I thought: "Hm...maybe I'll just take one of those PS85s to the tennis court, if nothing else, just to try them out and let my boss (my tennis partner) try out a REAL racquet for once". Said and done: First I thought that I'd just hit a couple of balls and then put the racquet back in my bag. But, then I thought: I'll continue to play it for 15 minutes, and then drop it back in my bag. I ended up playing with it for almost 2 hours, and it just continued to grow on me! I cannot believe that I have played those Babolats for several years instead of the Wilsons, the feeling is just impossible to describe! The PS85s are almost 50 grams heavier, but still so maneuverable! And the feeling is so solid, and with so much control, it's just amazing
And, I can generate so much spin as well, that I never thought possible Anyway, I just wanted to share this story with you guys, with a conclusion: nothing has obviously happened in the tennis racquet market for 15 years (oh well, maybe SOMETHING
) and I will NEVER use any other racquet than the PS 85s. Actually, I am looking for more PS 85s in the second hand market as we speak!
