Rafael Nadal personal racket. Secrets.
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Kalugin
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So, there you are - Rafael Nadal personal racket from his title run at RG 2014.
Silicone (like eraser from glue), lead tape under bumper guard, Babolat syntec pro black grip + Babolat VS original white overgrip. Thats the one and the only truth about the racket, that Rafa used back in 2014.
I saw here (on Talk Tennis) incorrect info (from local hall of famer ericsson) about his 2014 racket: "Rafa nowadays uses a special make up to reach his specs and most important balance, before the frames were stock and then leaded/customised to reach his standards, in other words, his rackets are not stock no more and the current frames are only made for him".
As you can see from my photos, you can only trust them (photos), but not naked words.
Silicone (like eraser from glue), lead tape under bumper guard, Babolat syntec pro black grip + Babolat VS original white overgrip. Thats the one and the only truth about the racket, that Rafa used back in 2014.
I saw here (on Talk Tennis) incorrect info (from local hall of famer ericsson) about his 2014 racket: "Rafa nowadays uses a special make up to reach his specs and most important balance, before the frames were stock and then leaded/customised to reach his standards, in other words, his rackets are not stock no more and the current frames are only made for him".
As you can see from my photos, you can only trust them (photos), but not naked words.
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Kalugin
Rookie
You can feel Nadal's vibes and energy from this stick! More insides about personal weapons of ATP stars to come Next one, i think, will be Rublev and his blackout Head TGT344.3
Cool Kalugin keep ´em coming. About that first pic, those bevels look kinda rounded right?
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
Which other ATP pro racquets do you have ? Any of Wawrinka?
Kalugin
Rookie
Thats why AVRIL is just a bit more valuable than MARS Another interesting detail: On a picture below you can clearly see just two lines of words on that sticker. On a MARS version of the sticker from Madrid Tournament we can notice 3 lines of letter. The additional central line iindicates racket specs, on AVRIL version its just: Babolat, month, year, name and racket #Nice one! i know that he used the "mars" (march) instead of "avril" set of this same type in the tournaments before that. This photo is from madrid open in 2014. Imagine you find a photo like that but with Avril on it and its from the french open
Kalugin
Rookie
Dont have his stick.
If we are talking about top stars, rackets from Rublev, Davydenko, Kuznetsova are available)
Kalugin
Rookie
Great find!Mars 2014
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
Any non-top stars' racquets?
Kalugin
Rookie
Lots of. Not big russian names + some interesting international players. But for the moment im not interested in publishing all my list
Kalugin
Rookie
Yeah, for sure, it much more rounded in comparison with rectangular head pallets, for example
Kalugin
Rookie
Days before French Open-2014 (16.05.2014 vs Murray) this guy was using AVRIL sticker racket️ Rome, Getty Images.Nice one! i know that he used the "mars" (march) instead of "avril" set of this same type in the tournaments before that. This photo is from madrid open in 2014. Imagine you find a photo like that but with Avril on it and its from the french open
ichaseballs
Hall of Fame
Tronco20
Rookie
Please share Kuznetsova's specs! Thank youu
Kalugin
Rookie
This racket is right from the arms of Rafa's stinger at RG-2014. I dont have swingweight machine right now, but ill make few more measurements
Kalugin
Rookie
Yeah, i will do that. I have two of her sticks. Interestingly paintmark "Svetlana" is made in two different places on those two rackets
gino
Legend
so cool, thanks a lot for posting. a lot of have stayed on the forums all these years for threads like this one
Kalugin
Rookie
Thank you so much, appreciate your words! So happy to open a real window to the backyard of such a great tennis champ, as Rafa is!
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
Thanks for posting the detailed info so far. It's always great to get actual, first-hand information. There has been lots of guesses and speculation online.
I'm interested in knowing the specs of players that use one hand backhands (like myself). Also, wondering if there are any general differences/trends of racquets used by onehanders vs 2handers.
I did an experiment for the last ~ years of trying to go down in grip size to L2 (from L3), and I recently went back to L3 and have noticed that it is much better for my backhand. I also, seem to like heavier racquets than most people for some reason. (340 - 365g strung weight).
Kalugin
Rookie
Thank you very much! In my threads you will find the one and the only truth and facts, not speculations.
Well, its not working like one-handers use more heavy rackets or rackets with bigger grip size. But in fact lots of legendary one-handers used very heavy weapons (Muster, Sampras, Wawrinka nowadays as well). And lots of two-handers used lightweighters (Nadal, Davydenko, Fritz nowadays).
Oversized rackets were more referenced to small-midsized two-handers (Agassi, Chang).
Kalugin
Rookie
Guys, are you ready? First i showed you Rafa's champ racket from RG-2014. And now we are going to part #2 of my Rackets Tales Welcome, Aslan Karatsev! I saw so many fakes and gossips around his stick. And now its time to tell you the Real story of Aslan's, racket You will find all the information about his personal racket in my new thread "Aslan Karatsev personal racket. Secrets."
bogdan101
Semi-Pro
Thanks for this info! What's the static weight?
Kalugin
Rookie
KungfuTennis
Semi-Pro
Wow even with dampener probably <345. Good stuff!!!
dr325i
G.O.A.T.
dampener is 3g.
However, his current spec is heavier and different
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