Kokkinakis blacked out racket again?

[A_Instead]

I bet Bo cares...

 

[TomTennis495]

Is that a 100? He’s a big guy and that racquet head looks large next to him.

exactly what i was thinking. I play with the yonex ezone 98 tour. Kokks stick looks larger than 98

 

[bobeeto]

exactly what i was thinking. I play with the yonex ezone 98 tour. Kokks stick looks larger than 98

It’s a 98.

 

[Purestriker]

exactly what i was thinking. I play with the yonex ezone 98 tour. Kokks stick looks larger than 98

I’m sure it’s full of lead.

 

[aus89]

exactly what i was thinking. I play with the yonex ezone 98 tour. Kokks stick looks larger than 98

plus length 98 so the length may be making it look bigger/longer

 

[innoVAShaun]

 

[kevonian]

plus length 98 so the length may be making it look bigger/longer

Looks like it is a Yonex Ezone 100 according to this picture from the AO stringer

https://imgur.com/a/h2w1iHT

 

[aus89]

Looks like it is a Yonex Ezone 100 according to this picture from the AO stringer

https://imgur.com/a/h2w1iHT

would make sense going from aero

 

[bobeeto]

https://imgur.com/a/CDusvJH

 

[bobeeto]

Looks like it is a Yonex Ezone 100 according to this picture from the AO stringer

https://imgur.com/a/h2w1iHT

These aren’t always accurate with the frame

 

[Crozzer95]

I think it's just been inputted as 100, but it's defintley a 98

 

[Solemn]

FWIW I recently came across a listing where the seller said he was selling Kokkinakis' used frames that had the stringing sticker from Roland Garros. I also did confirm it was the extended 98+ frame with the regular 98 paint job, strung weight around 340g with ALU Power @ 58 pounds.

 

[jarko111]

What is he hitting with at Delray? Tennistv commentator said he switched from Yonex to something new. My tv is so small I can hardly tell anything.

He can’t spin in a sitter cc forehand from the service line without pulling it many inches wide.

 

[dlw]

Looks like his old babolat. He used his yonex for the start of the 2nd set then back to the blacked out frame

 

[jarko111]

He was missing shots I’ve seen him make under way much more pressure.

 

[aus89]

didn't look like an Aero to me but who knows

 

[bobeeto]

He’s hitting the new 2023 aero. No woofer/cortex.

https://imgur.com/a/NqokCDi

 

[jarko111]

Wow. Good pics. Clearly and aero even with the difficulty of judging by the blackout.

 

[thelimfactor]

Who would black it out for him?

 

[A_Instead]

Probably looking for that extra 2 sq inches to give that slightly extra benefits..

 

[Crozzer95]

Who would black it out for him?

CTR in FL

 

[lacoster]

Definitely a PA, but he was switching back and forth with an Ezone (blackout 2024 version) and had the new 2024 Yonex pro bag (in black) in practice at Delray Beach.

 

[kkm]

CTR in FL

Someone from Kokkinakis’s team used spray paint and black stencil ink to black out the frame.

They did subsequently meet with CTR about having some work done, but there wasn’t enough time for CTR to do anything for Delray Beach.

 

[aus89]

I wonder if its a Pure Aero 98

 

[bobeeto]

I wonder if its a Pure Aero 98

It’s 16x19, so no. 100” like his junior days

 

[Passingshot78]

Looks like his old babolat. He used his yonex for the start of the 2nd set then back to the blacked out frame

They said it so hard to switch rackets and there comes a guy who uses to different frames in one ATP match

 

[kkm]

They said it so hard to switch rackets and there comes a guy who uses to different frames in one ATP match

And who knows when his EZone 98 was last strung - he didn’t have it strung in Delray Beach. He only had his Babolat strung in Delray Beach.

 

[kkm]

 

[innoVAShaun]

Los Cabos, Baja California, Mexico, on February 19, 2024.

 

[codonnell]

Someone from Kokkinakis’s team used spray paint and black stencil ink to black out the frame.

They did subsequently meet with CTR about having some work done, but there wasn’t enough time for CTR to do anything for Delray Beach.

I wonder if that changed how hefty it is if they are just spraying paint all over the frame. I would have thought CTR had done. Probably blacked out Because he’s contracted with Yonex correct?

 

[kkm]

I wonder if that changed how hefty it is if they are just spraying paint all over the frame. I would have thought CTR had done. Probably blacked out Because he’s contracted with Yonex correct?

Not sure how much weight it would have added, but it would have added weight since they didn’t prep the frame before by sanding. I’m assuming yeah that he’s blacked out because of a deal with Yonex. What’s funny is they don’t bother taking the buttcap logo off.

 

[codonnell]

Not sure how much weight it would have added, but it would have added weight since they didn’t prep the frame before by sanding. I’m assuming yeah that he’s blacked out because of a deal with Yonex. What’s funny is they don’t bother taking the buttcap logo off.

My thoughts exactly. And I’ve noticed they never change the butt cap for contract disputes lol. It doesn’t even look like he’s using a yonex stencil

 

[bobeeto]

My thoughts exactly. And I’ve noticed they never change the butt cap for contract disputes lol. It doesn’t even look like he’s using a yonex stencil

The stringers don’t want those sins on their hands

 

[innoVAShaun]

 

[lidoazndiabloboi]

Los Cabos, Baja California, Mexico, on February 19, 2024.

What talent! I wish I could hit BH's with my eyes closed!

 

[Pheasant]

Kokkinakis! What a legend. He’s known as the Federer killer when he slaughtered peak Fed in Miami in 2018.

 

[jmacdaununder2]

...

 

[innoVAShaun]

What talent! I wish I could hit BH's with my eyes closed!

 

[innoVAShaun]

 

[lacoster]

You can see the banana yellow peeking through where the black paint is worn out. It's definitely his old 2019 PA PJ before he switched to an Ezone in 2021.

 

[lidoazndiabloboi]

You can see the banana yellow peeking through where the black paint is worn out. It's definitely his old 2019 PA PJ before he switched to an Ezone in 2021.

Before he switched to the EZone, he was using the 2012? AeroPro with the cortex at the top of the handle. His current racket looks like the 2022 PA, judging from the string pattern, lack of round woofer grommets in the throat as well as the wider end grommets.

 

[bobeeto]

Before he switched to the EZone, he was using the 2012? AeroPro with the cortex at the top of the handle. His current racket looks like the 2022 PA, judging from the string pattern, lack of round woofer grommets in the throat as well as the wider end grommets.

Yep

 

[Solemn]

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Check out 2nd and 4th slides for closer look of the new Bab frame. Do we think it's just the lighting or has he switched to Alu Power / Gut VS crosses?

 

[bobeeto]

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Check out 2nd and 4th slides for closer look of the new Bab frame. Do we think it's just the lighting or has he switched to Alu Power / Gut VS crosses?

Lighting. Alu has that really shiny look