Nextman916
Professional
So i went to **** today there were some pretty interesting things in there and here are my experiences:
-first off i noticed that there were none of those blue babolat stringers found on their website, instead they must have been replaced by a silver colored stringer with a red mount? Im not sure what brand but will look when i return later.
-I decided on the genuine leather grip instead of the synthetic leather because, according to Roman, its so thin that even with an overgrip added it would only equal your original feel of the grip. Get that??? Anyways to my suprised their leather really wasnt much heavier than the Gamma Hi-tech i was using before.
-In the back Roman showed me all the pros racquets, Sharapova, Haas, Ljubicic, Roddick, you know the deal. But what really stuck out to me was when during he was naming all the racquets and who used them i saw a Ti-80 with a leather grip, which i thought was pretty attractive. Immediately i asked him if it was Srichapans? He said no it belonged to Ancic, then i asked so where Srichapans? He pointed to a Yonex that i had never seen before, it was orange, an almost tannish orange with dark brown accents, shaped very similiar to the Ti-80. I asked him i thought he used to Ti-80 but he said no he just switched. Then i realized it was clearly a new racquet Yonex must be putting out next year, a successor to the Ti-80. It had the exact model printed on there but i didnt get close enough to see, didnt really want to invade...BTW his butt cap is built up HUGE, Roman also mentioned he doesnt use a replacement grip at all but only an overgrip. Not sure about the releases of this racquet but Roman guessed perhaps next years Aus Open, but even he wasnt sure.
-They do do painjobs, but cost several hundred dollars depending on the circumstances, i asked about plain black and even that costs hundreds.
-a stringjob can range from $20-$63 if i remember correct.
I placed an order with him to get me another Fischer M-speed Pro, he told me he matched TW pricing and since i was already going to get another one when i returned to Florida, why not? Anyways, hell call me when he gets hold of the racquet and ill go back to pick it up, probably get a string job as well. So if anyone has any questions they would like me to ask, list them here, but please dont be too forward with them. Ill try my best to answer.
-first off i noticed that there were none of those blue babolat stringers found on their website, instead they must have been replaced by a silver colored stringer with a red mount? Im not sure what brand but will look when i return later.
-I decided on the genuine leather grip instead of the synthetic leather because, according to Roman, its so thin that even with an overgrip added it would only equal your original feel of the grip. Get that??? Anyways to my suprised their leather really wasnt much heavier than the Gamma Hi-tech i was using before.
-In the back Roman showed me all the pros racquets, Sharapova, Haas, Ljubicic, Roddick, you know the deal. But what really stuck out to me was when during he was naming all the racquets and who used them i saw a Ti-80 with a leather grip, which i thought was pretty attractive. Immediately i asked him if it was Srichapans? He said no it belonged to Ancic, then i asked so where Srichapans? He pointed to a Yonex that i had never seen before, it was orange, an almost tannish orange with dark brown accents, shaped very similiar to the Ti-80. I asked him i thought he used to Ti-80 but he said no he just switched. Then i realized it was clearly a new racquet Yonex must be putting out next year, a successor to the Ti-80. It had the exact model printed on there but i didnt get close enough to see, didnt really want to invade...BTW his butt cap is built up HUGE, Roman also mentioned he doesnt use a replacement grip at all but only an overgrip. Not sure about the releases of this racquet but Roman guessed perhaps next years Aus Open, but even he wasnt sure.
-They do do painjobs, but cost several hundred dollars depending on the circumstances, i asked about plain black and even that costs hundreds.
-a stringjob can range from $20-$63 if i remember correct.
I placed an order with him to get me another Fischer M-speed Pro, he told me he matched TW pricing and since i was already going to get another one when i returned to Florida, why not? Anyways, hell call me when he gets hold of the racquet and ill go back to pick it up, probably get a string job as well. So if anyone has any questions they would like me to ask, list them here, but please dont be too forward with them. Ill try my best to answer.
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Ill try if the topic comes up in our conversation. I will tell you though in Haas's box, he had PJ's of the M-fil 300, and these old dunlops strung already(Probably still left to be painted), im not sure exactly what model Dunlop but its just reassuring the fact that he doesnt use the M-fil but an older model for those who still dont know. However there was no Aerogels to be found in his box, could be hes still hitting with them now and deciding if hes actually gonna use them or a PJ(probably PJ).
