Huge news about Federer's racket!!!

BreakPoint said:
This pic is from the 2007 Wimbledon:

federerDM_468x674.jpg


Notice something similar about the racquet? It's also the K90 just like in the 2011 WTF pic above.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-466000/Federer-shining-beacon-gloom.html
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thank you breakpoint. is it me or does his racquet look like 85 sqin. in that picture? could it be thats where the extra control was coming from all that time?
 
Stevo Karlovic said:
The BLX Six One Team has completed opened the string pattern to a 16x18. It really does feel nice, but I personally always thought it was cool that previous generations of this one had very dense patterns for no rhyme or reason. Sell out. Boo.
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Both patterns will be offered from what I can see - 16x18 and 18x20:

http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showpost.php?p=6076241&postcount=33

In the middle picture, the red/white team in the centre is 18x20, the red/white team on the far right, 16x18.
 
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Stevo Karlovic said:
BLX Steam- 10.4 oz 100 sq. in. 27.25 length

This racket has shockingly colorful paint. Blue, red, white, and yellow!! Crazy looking stick. Will be used on Tour by Kvitova, Gulbis, Nishikori, among others. Arguably the best one of the bunch. Felt like an Exo Red 105 in that it was very powerful and manueverable yet had tons of feel and control. This one will get the attention of Babolat followers which was the primary goal in its creation. Has new Amplifeel tech.

Pro Staff Six One 95 - 11.0 oz. Standard length

You've seen the all-white with red/gold trim paint job I'm sure. Wilson is trending after Babolat's concept of offering various versions of the Pro version of any given frame. (i.e. Pure Drive Roddick, Pure Drive, Pure Drive Lite) This is the middle child of the Federer line. The PS Six One 95 is an absolute beast and it will confuse the next step decision making process of most Six One 95 followers as they have also come out with a new version of the BLX Six One 95. I loved the lower swingweight of the PS Six One 95 and the added pop as compared to the BLX 95. I would guess flex rating to be 68 from the feel. Awesome stick, no doubt.

I'm tired of typing for now but did hit with the following as well:

-BLX Six One Team
-BLX Pro Open
-BLX Juice w/amplifeel
-Pro Staff Six One 90 (really cool!)
-Pro Staff Six One 100 (junior frame maybe..)
-BLX Tour (BLX Steam eradicates the need for this, Wilson rep agreed)
-BLX Surge (no more green which is sad. Is now black/red but still great)
-BLX Juice 108
-BLX Pro Open Limited
-BLX Pro Open Lite

Holler.
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about the BLX Surge... is it the same paint job just switch the green for red or does it have a new paint job design?
 
Got to hit with the pro staff tour 6.1 95. Vey light, nice swing weight. Not much plow. Great at net because of the maneuvarability, but at baseline it is too light. Cosmetics actually much nicer in person, although I've never been a big fan of white frames.

Also, the new coated sensation strings are really nice. very good spin, plenty of pop, and awesome feel.
 
Yo Drak!!!
When you say too light from the baseline do you mean the racquet kind of gets pushed around a bit. No plow through :( kind of sucks. In regards to the overall performance would you consider it a worthy replacement to the 6.1 95's. Or would you consider it a different racquet all together. Also how is the headlightedness of the racquet. More weight in the head or does it have a traditional headlight balance like the prostaffs and 6.1's
 
Torres said:
Your repetitive saracastic comments really don't show any wit or humour and just make you look like a tool.

You might be bored of the same questions being asked by posters, but you'd be far better off spending your energy in getting a life outside the TW message boards instead of getting sour and posting sarcastic comments when people ask questions about a new range of racquets which you clearly have no enthusiam for.
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leave him alone. he is a complete lost case as you may noticed. as for my fail thread it's still on page 1 ranked at the top with most views. i guess it's really failing LOL he clearly can't stand to admit he's wrong so he's constantly making false statements. poor guy. hope something good happens to cheer him up
 
drakulie said:
Got to hit with the pro staff tour 6.1 95. Vey light, nice swing weight. Not much plow. Great at net because of the maneuvarability, but at baseline it is too light. Cosmetics actually much nicer in person, although I've never been a big fan of white frames.

Also, the new coated sensation strings are really nice. very good spin, plenty of pop, and awesome feel.
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Drakulie, if the SW is ok, and the balance is not too headlight, would adding a leather grip to give it +/- 10 grams extra static weight do the job?

How would you estimate the flex rating?

Do you have pictures?
 
zapvor said:
leave him alone. he is a complete lost case as you may noticed. as for my fail thread it's still on page 1 ranked at the top with most views. i guess it's really failing LOL he clearly can't stand to admit he's wrong so he's constantly making false statements. poor guy. hope something good happens to cheer him up
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LoL

10 angry Zapvors
 
RoddickistheMan said:
Yo Drak!!!
When you say too light from the baseline do you mean the racquet kind of gets pushed around a bit. No plow through :( kind of sucks. In regards to the overall performance would you consider it a worthy replacement to the 6.1 95's. Or would you consider it a different racquet all together. Also how is the headlightedness of the racquet. More weight in the head or does it have a traditional headlight balance like the prostaffs and 6.1's
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borgpro said:
Drakulie, if the SW is ok, and the balance is not too headlight, would adding a leather grip to give it +/- 10 grams extra static weight do the job?

How would you estimate the flex rating?

Do you have pictures?
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Hey guys.

The racquet lacks the plow thru associated with these frames from the baseline and there is some twisting. On the other hand, it is really easy to whip around the contact zone and add some very good spin on the ball. It's a great frame to customize, although how much would be up to the individual.

Adding a leather grip would definitely add some overall weight, and make it more head light (which I would probably prefer).

It is a different racquet from the 6.1 all together. Just completely different frames. With the Tour 95, you know it comes from the pro staff family, just with the missing plow and very thick feel. I would guess the flex to be 64/63??

As for the balance, it is not as head light as some other pro staff that are in the 9 point range.

Lastly, it has a 306 swing weight and was about 326 strung.

as for photos, I believe we are not allowed to post, but I could send them to your email if you'd like.


edit: one more thing, mine was filled with foam in he handle.
 
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drakulie said:
Hey guys.

The racquet lacks the plow thru associated with these frames from the baseline and there is some twisting. On the other hand, it is really easy to whip around the contact zone and add some very good spin on the ball. It's a great frame to customize, although how much would be up to the individual.

Lastly, it has a 306 swing weight and was about 326 strung.
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Wow... I'm surprised it's that light. I was keen to give these some serious consideration to change to. With that in mind I did a swingtest on my PS85s a few weeks ago and they range from 349 to 359 (yes, they're weighted a bit). I don't think I could change to a frame so light - will need to buy a king-size roll of lead tape.
 
drakulie said:
as for photos, I believe we are not allowed to post, but I could send them to your email if you'd like.
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Yes that would be nice pn911816@gmail.com

The SW you mention is strung isn't it? That is quit low. For my taste they could have made the racket a bit heavier...

I am curious by the way if the 90 si inch will be exactly the same as the current BLX 90 tour, or if it is a bit different as well.

thanks for your input!
 
drakulie said:
Lastly, it has a 306 swing weight and was about 326 strung.
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306 SW is just crazy. That said, the modding potential is there. Is this is a particularly wobbly frame or flexy around the throat, or does it feel more like a solid, 'one piece' type of stick?
 
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306 sw is strung. No dampener or overgrip. 326 grams is total weight strung.

Torres, the frame is solid throughout. Very nice feeling frame, just too light.
 
Drakulie, thanks for the info. Isn't your 95 rather a bit below spec then? Wilson Quality control I presume.
 
drakulie said:
306 sw is strung. No dampener or overgrip. 326 grams is total weight strung.

Torres, the frame is solid throughout. Very nice feeling frame, just too light.
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If the frame is otherwise solid, the low SW shouldn't be too much of a problem. I've got a BLX 6.1 95 Team and that takes lead very well.

Unless the ProStaff 95 is a widly different construction, I'd hazard a guess that a couple strips of lead somewhere in the hoop should even out that racquet and provide that bit of plow.

Out of interest does the ProStaff 95 in anyway feel similar to the YT Prestige MP? That also has a relatively low SW and not a great deal of plow in stock form.
 
drakulie said:
306 sw is strung. No dampener or overgrip. 326 grams is total weight strung.

Torres, the frame is solid throughout. Very nice feeling frame, just too light.
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Hey drak,

Did you also get a chance to hit or measure the new ProStaff Six-One 90 BLX? Wondering if it's just the BLX90 with a different paintjob?

Thanks.
 
I was hoping for a SW in the 320's so that I could just slap a leather grip on it. It's sounding like it will need the leather grip and some lead at the 3/9 now being only 11.5oz strung with a 306 SW

and thanks for the review Drak. If you could send pics to sargonnadirsha@yahoo.com it would be much appreciated
 
Power Player said:
It's just really hard to get plow with a low SW and a low static weight. I thought for sure they would put the SW in the 320s.
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Static will be 340s and SW in the 320s once you add a 5g OG and some lead in the hoop.

I'd more more curious about what grip they're planning to use on these because if its the Pro-Hybrid, then the grip will be thin and heavy, which makes OG'ing it to add a small amount of weight in the handle pretty easy.

I suspect Drak might have a 'light' one due to Wilson's woeful manufacturing variances. Of the two 6.1s I have for example, one is noticeably more head heavy than the other, and distribution of mass throughout the hoop noticeably different, along with the BP, even though static is 350g and 353g respectively with OG.
 
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drakulie said:
Hey guys.

The racquet lacks the plow thru associated with these frames from the baseline and there is some twisting. On the other hand, it is really easy to whip around the contact zone and add some very good spin on the ball. It's a great frame to customize, although how much would be up to the individual.

Adding a leather grip would definitely add some overall weight, and make it more head light (which I would probably prefer).

It is a different racquet from the 6.1 all together. Just completely different frames. With the Tour 95, you know it comes from the pro staff family, just with the missing plow and very thick feel. I would guess the flex to be 64/63??

As for the balance, it is not as head light as some other pro staff that are in the 9 point range.

Lastly, it has a 306 swing weight and was about 326 strung.

as for photos, I believe we are not allowed to post, but I could send them to your email if you'd like.


edit: one more thing, mine was filled with foam in he handle.
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Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.................I would love to see those photos Drak! :) Best, BHBH
 
drakulie said:
Hey guys.

The racquet lacks the plow thru associated with these frames from the baseline and there is some twisting. On the other hand, it is really easy to whip around the contact zone and add some very good spin on the ball. It's a great frame to customize, although how much would be up to the individual.

Adding a leather grip would definitely add some overall weight, and make it more head light (which I would probably prefer).

It is a different racquet from the 6.1 all together. Just completely different frames. With the Tour 95, you know it comes from the pro staff family, just with the missing plow and very thick feel. I would guess the flex to be 64/63??

As for the balance, it is not as head light as some other pro staff that are in the 9 point range.

Lastly, it has a 306 swing weight and was about 326 strung.

as for photos, I believe we are not allowed to post, but I could send them to your email if you'd like.


edit: one more thing, mine was filled with foam in he handle.
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Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm............326 grams. Geoff, do we have enough lead on hand, or should I order more!? :) Best, BHBH
 
The good news about the paint job (having played with the frame) is that it's a nice combination of matte white with gloss red/black - which actually works quite nicely.

The bad news about the paint job - it's not too well balanced with some weird gold triangle shapes near the grip and HUGE text all over it. The other thing that bothers me is that this is supposed to a smaller players frame but with all the white it looks a bit clunky and large. It's scalpel-like playing racquet but looks like you are playing with a club.
 
fms said:
Drakulie, thanks for the info. Isn't your 95 rather a bit below spec then? Wilson Quality control I presume.
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Not sure about the specs, as I haven't been following these frames too much so don't know what they are suppse to be.

zapvor said:
so drak are you more a wilson or head guy?
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Both. These days, I'm playing a lot with the Youtek Prestige Pro, BlX 90, or PS 85. However, I somehow always make it back to Wilson. :)

Fed Kennedy said:
What about the amplifeel handle? Whats that all about? Is it just a soft buttcap?
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The grip has basalt strips attached to the pallets. This supposedly gives the handle a better, more comfortable feel upon impact.

Torres said:
If the frame is otherwise solid, the low SW shouldn't be too much of a problem. I've got a BLX 6.1 95 Team and that takes lead very well.

Unless the ProStaff 95 is a widly different construction, I'd hazard a guess that a couple strips of lead somewhere in the hoop should even out that racquet and provide that bit of plow.

Out of interest does the ProStaff 95 in anyway feel similar to the YT Prestige MP? That also has a relatively low SW and not a great deal of plow in stock form.
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Some lead will definitely help. However, if too much is required, I would think it would change the overall feel of the frame.

As for the TY Prestige MP,,,,, they are completely different frames. IMO, the overall feel (on impact) of the PS95 is more thick feeling and cushioned. Also much more maneuverable.


As for some of the other questions, I have not been able to play the 90 yet. I did hit with the 6.1 95 (18X20), which felt super heavy but really solid frame.

As for the foam in the handle, it could give a bit, but the space in there is too tight for moving it around/pushing it aside and adding lead.

BY THE WAY, PICTURES HAVE BEEN SENT!! ENJOY
 
drakulie said:
Not sure about the specs, as I haven't been following these frames too much so don't know what they are suppse to be.



Both. These days, I'm playing a lot with the Youtek Prestige Pro, BlX 90, or PS 85. However, I somehow always make it back to Wilson. :)



The grip has basalt strips attached to the pallets. This supposedly gives the handle a better, more comfortable feel upon impact.



Some lead will definitely help. However, if too much is required, I would think it would change the overall feel of the frame.

As for the TY Prestige MP,,,,, they are completely different frames. IMO, the overall feel (on impact) of the PS95 is more thick feeling and cushioned. Also much more maneuverable.


As for some of the other questions, I have not been able to play the 90 yet. I did hit with the 6.1 95 (18X20), which felt super heavy but really solid frame.

As for the foam in the handle, it could give a bit, but the space in there is too tight for moving it around/pushing it aside and adding lead.

BY THE WAY, PICTURES HAVE BEEN SENT!! ENJOY
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Hey Drak! Do you think that 3-5 grams of lead in the handle will make a difference in weight? What about 3-5 at 12? A leather grip? thanks!
 
yes, ading a leather grip will add some weight to the handle and make it a tad more headlight. However, this will not help with overall plow. Adding some weight to the head will give it more plow and stabilize the frame a bit, but then the balance will once again shift. So if one wants to have a 9pt HL frame, they would need to add weight to the handle, and head accordingly.
 
I've been playing with the new Pro Staff line about 1 week now.. mostly with the 90 and 95.. I think it's a much an improve racket over BLX.. The 90 has the square shape butt cap with silicon injected.. It looks much much better in person than in the pictures.. I actually like it better than the current BLX and the old KFactor.. THe 95 is also a great racket but a tad too light for me.. It's a great racket to customize for advance players.. I alsmost certainly Wilson reads TT forum.. Most of the improvements for the new 2012 lines are suggested on the board. The square box beam 95 and 100 will be a great hit for wilson.. Am I going to swithc over the new BLX 90?? NO.. So far I have not find anything that closely match with KPS88 and my St. Vincent customize.. so it will be a great racket to hit with but KPS88 and St. Vincent will stay on my bag..
 
courtking said:
I've been playing with the new Pro Staff line about 1 week now.. mostly with the 90 and 95.. I think it's a much an improve racket over BLX.. The 90 has the square shape butt cap with silicon injected.. It looks much much better in person than in the pictures.. I actually like it better than the current BLX and the old KFactor.. THe 95 is also a great racket but a tad too light for me.. It's a great racket to customize for advance players.. I alsmost certainly Wilson reads TT forum.. Most of the improvements for the new 2012 lines are suggested on the board. The square box beam 95 and 100 will be a great hit for wilson.. Am I going to swithc over the new BLX 90?? NO.. So far I have not find anything that closely match with KPS88 and my St. Vincent customize.. so it will be a great racket to hit with but KPS88 and St. Vincent will stay on my bag..
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Could you please elaborate some more why you think the new PS Six-One 90 is better than the BLX90 and K90?

Thanks.
 
BreakPoint said:
Could you please elaborate some more why you think the new PS Six-One 90 is better than the BLX90 and K90?

Thanks.
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I like the new pj pro staff blx 90 than the current blx and the kfactor.. I hated it when I saw the pictures but really in person it looks much better..
I think Wilson put less Basalt or crap in the new line to give bit more feel then injected in silicon the the butt cap for damping effects.. I did not state it plays better than the K90.. (only the paint job) but it feels a little softer than K90..
I strung it with VSGut main 36lb and ALU Power cross 33lb with almost a full bed of string savers..
 
Geoff said:
We are in pretty good shape but sounds like we will need more. Glad to hear about the foam in the handle!
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They are all foam in the handle and the butt cap has trap door.. except for the Pro Staff BLX 90 it has silicon injected in.. The pro staff 95 and 100 is just too light for me.. got to add a few grams of lead to add more sw.. I think wilson intentionally design like that so it will cover the whole range of players from intermediate to advance.. I would add lead around 3,12, 9 and balance with leather grip on 95.. would be awesome..
 
drakulie said:
yes, ading a leather grip will add some weight to the handle and make it a tad more headlight. However, this will not help with overall plow. Adding some weight to the head will give it more plow and stabilize the frame a bit, but then the balance will once again shift. So if one wants to have a 9pt HL frame, they would need to add weight to the handle, and head accordingly.
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Ok, thanks Drak!
 
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