Who is using a Yonex painted as a Wilson? There was a girl using a Yonex painted as Dunlop.
There were a couple cases of that iirc.
Yunlop not Yilson, sorry.
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Yeah Stan will never switch From that battle ax he’s been using.
I feel like Foe did switch to the latest stick. He used to use the dual G 16x20 while skipping a cross. It now looks like he’s just using a 16x19 so unsure if it’s the new 23 percept or the 21vcp.
can you post a link? i thought brands had to be more careful about those kinds of claims these days
Where is she? She was one of my faves for a good while.
Those PJs were peak cringe... Like who were Dunlop trying to kid? Just sponsor players with a round head.
Good to hear cause Tiafoe did an entire interview with yonex ceo and another girl in which he was claiming he switched and talking about the racquet, which would be extremely cringe if it was all just acting and he didn't actually switch
I suspect theres some middle ground where hes probably talking about switching to the 21 VCore Pro (same mold) but idk if he would’ve switched to the retail Percept after switching a cpl years ago - but its ultimately a pretty minor layup tweak (which may be based on tiafoes frame?)
Yeah honestly from what I’ve seen, there doesn’t look to be much of a flip from the VCP 21 model to the new percept except getting rid of VDM.
Lol. Honestly it’s just a new name and paint job. Specs haven’t changed
Exactly though.....while the general public will fall for such, most of us with wisdom will just shake our heads.
Yeah agreed.
Completely disagree I'm sure the percept will feel and play much different than vcore pro
did he switch a couple of years ago? i was under the impression he was still using a duel g
Yeah he switched at some point to the actual VCore Pro 97 (mold at least) - Hubi, Herbert and others are still on the Duel G i believe
Not the duel g but first iteration vcore pro (blue/red)
Yeah seems to be they both switched to the first VCore Pro in 2018
Hubi is using the original VCP 97 and Herbert is using the Dual G yes.
pretty sure they changed the mold even from the last vcore pro from 2021 def different from the HD and Tiafoes racket which i believe was the Blue/Black version which had shared holes that is the best way to tell which version they are using.
You can tell by the racket head shape of Stans racket it is very distinctive he is still using the 95D; it is very square like as opposed the more rectangular one of the current lines
I mean i think it’s obvious he wouldn’t switch to the new layup.
Tiafoe switched to the VCore Pro 2021 nothing to do with the Percept (though theyre the same mold and Tiafoe may have a custom layup that resembles neither)
I know he has a custom pallet/grip size. But that’s all I know officially
They make new batches periodically
Then how come babolat doesnt do that for mannarino?!
stan is a bit more accomplished
Top 50 should be more than enough, literally means you're one of only 50 people who are better than all the rest of the billions of humans on earth
does he deserve to not have to scour the used market just to play with the same racquet he has been using? like you, i would hope any top 50 player would have earned that right. however, as far as name recognition is concerned (which i assume is what babolat is prioritizing when deciding.whether or not to cater to a specific player), mannarino flies well under the radar relative to someone like wawrinka.
he has had the latest paintjob now for about a year now at least... he isn't scouring anywhere
fair enough. i was responding to the rumor being referenced that mannarino was searching for his racquets on the used market semi-recently. is that rumor false?
it may have been a few years ago when he wouldn't move on from his old racquet and may not have had a sponsorship deal for any number of reasons. But he's been sponsored and using paintjobs since 2019
For sponsored pros they produce their old frames in the new paint job. I think Kyrgios and Naomi both is the old XI or DR Ezone. Rybakana uses the 100 sv.
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Was wondering the same thing- maybe after loosing first and first in Cincy and Toronto, changed his mind?
yeah would seem he actually switched to the Percept and has now gone back to the VCore Pro - the slight differences between the two would be enough for Tiafoe
There is no way, he wasn't playing with a PJ. I can't imagine he would switch? I thought he was more superstitious, like when Rafa went back to the his old Aero, instead of the new pink one after not winning.
