Rabbit
G.O.A.T.
That's the way I put mine on, right-handed for the leather and left-handed for the overgrip. It's hard to come by left-handed skived grips.
So finally Verdasco switched to Dunlop from Tecnifibre?
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That's the way I put mine on, right-handed for the leather and left-handed for the overgrip. It's hard to come by left-handed skived grips.
matchpoint71
New User
matchpoint71
New User
Are you really sure that they bought the mould ?? never..why TF would sell his technology...and just for your information...any PJ is not allowed without their agreement...otherwise it would be an imitation...actually nobody knows what's happening...just wrong rumours.
matchpoint71
New User
Are you really sure that they bought the mould ?? never..why TF would sell his technology...and just for your information...any PJ is not allowed without their agreement...otherwise it would be an imitation...actually nobody knows what's happening...just wrong rumours.[/QUOTE]
CzechM8
Rookie
Whoever came up with the name must have been watching way too much bad children's TV. It sounds like a Pokemon creature.
I am happy, though, that Dunlop is fighting to stay in the business. I was a little worried about the brand after they lost many players and after I saw their new models on sale here.
I am happy, though, that Dunlop is fighting to stay in the business. I was a little worried about the brand after they lost many players and after I saw their new models on sale here.
rovex
Legend
No berdych?
Bhagi Katbamna
Legend
I like the paint scheme. Looks good.
Babolast
Legend
Berdych is with Head.
Don't Let It Bounce
Hall of Fame
The new line's cosmetics look really good, but that's long been a strength of Dunlop. I hope they keep the braided graphite; I've always appreciated that Dunlop spent the extra money on it.
Re. some of the off-topic posts, I understand that there's something odd about this sort of curiosity – even while I am sharing in that curiosity! However, posting "This topic should not be!" posts is not quite like going to the zoo and observing silly animal behavior. Rather, it is like going to the zoo, jumping over the fence, trying to make the animals behave like humans, and imagining that you don't look at least as silly as the critters.
A separate thread on unhealthy fascination with pro equipment would probably be worthwhile, but until the Conversation Police start recruiting and paying six figures, there is just no good alternative to letting people talk about what they find mutually interesting.
Re. some of the off-topic posts, I understand that there's something odd about this sort of curiosity – even while I am sharing in that curiosity! However, posting "This topic should not be!" posts is not quite like going to the zoo and observing silly animal behavior. Rather, it is like going to the zoo, jumping over the fence, trying to make the animals behave like humans, and imagining that you don't look at least as silly as the critters.
A separate thread on unhealthy fascination with pro equipment would probably be worthwhile, but until the Conversation Police start recruiting and paying six figures, there is just no good alternative to letting people talk about what they find mutually interesting.
Doubles
Legend
Haha, fail...
Doubles
Legend
Yes, but as soon as this contract expires he will go to HEAD...
gloumar
Rookie
Everybody here seems to have forgotten the switch he made to Yonex RDS002 looking racquet, after having broke his contract with tecnifibre.
He could not play his game with these sticks, and he had to get back to his frames, and after that only.
I saw him play at this moment and just before and I assume he didnt play with his Tecnifibdre or old major (whatever it is) at this moment : I noticed big differencies in the way he hit, specially serves. It was new racquets.
But i think now he went back to his old sticks.
And be sure Verdasco will be someone we'll be talking about again. Surely one of the best shotmaker nowadays, maybe the best...
gloumar
Rookie
He din't win with Yonex, did he ? can't remember this...
Verdasco won this year's SAP Open in San Jose playing with the Yonex I believe.
Buckethead
Banned
Do you guys even know anything about tennis and business?
FYI Verdasco switched to Yonex RDiS 200,played 3 tournaments:San Jose where He won, and hit a 151 mph serve that didn't go in,then He played an ATP 500 in Tennessee ,lost on first round, then He played Cancun.
He was just asking for too much money that He is not worth it of.Any Company that paid him what he wanted He'd go for,and Dunlop was dying for players,since everybody was leaving.
So if He won a tournament with Yonex RDiS 200 in his first 2 weeks and was able to hit 151 mph,I guess the frame wasn't the problem,but himself.The Tecnifibre He plays with is a really good frame.
gloumar
Rookie
Ok, I apologize I truely remember having a sick impression of seeing verdasco play with these Yonex... I remeber haing seen him with huge troubles on serve.But exactly when, actually i dt know...
Babolast
Legend
Hmm the teaser pics for the 2011 sticks looks nice.
Buckethead
Banned
When doesn't that loser have problems with double faults?
Did you watch his match against Baghi man last week??If one thing the Yonex racket serve better than the ones He was using because it has a wide body,therefore more area so He can hit his serve,but serve is more technical and mental.
Davydenko was playing really well until Dunlop signed him and now look at what happened to him?
Look at Berdych that left Dunlop?
The rackets do look nice.
johnnymacfan
Rookie
Are you kidding? It's clear you know nothing about tennis or racquets. Berdych never had a problem with strokes or shots from either his Dunlop or the HEAD. He's been a mental midget his whole career, and his new coach and better mental toughness are the simple difference in his game. He's always had huge talent.
As for Davydenko, the guy has not hit a single ball in tournament play with a Dunlop yet, so every result he's had to date has been with the SAME Prince that he beat Rafa and Federer with last November.
They way you reason, it must mean that BLX really sucks because Del Potro hasn't won a single match in months since he switched. Nevermind that he's been out with wrist surgery. hahahahahahahaha. Get a clue.
I think Verdasco will be just fine. I think he was a bit out of shape after the clay court season, so he's taken some time off to train in Vegas with Gil Reyes. I expect he'll be in top form by NYC.
Buckethead
Banned
Dunlop doesn't have good rackets and you can forget about it.
I mentioned about Dunlop because it's a curse,if they sponsor a player He declines,if they leave Dunlop they start winning.
BLX,or K factor with Luxilon Alu Power at 62 Lbs is what caused Del Po's injury.That is too stiff,but also it may have been lack of strength for the muscles around his wrist.
Kimosabi
New User
You obviously have no idea what you're talking about and I hope for your sake you're under the age of 18. I can guarantee that you have no insight into the strength of Delpo's wrists or how the stiffness of his racquets affects his play. Dunlop makes great racquets and this curse you talk of is bogus. Ignore list.
slice bh compliment
G.O.A.T.
Crazy talk.
Some truth to that probably.
You guys are wayyy too into this crap.
Oh, and whoever called Verdasco a 'loser', hahahah (Buckethead in post no. 74), that was pretty weak. Keyboard warrior.
Buckethead
Banned
Believe in what you want bro.So tell people what are the possible reasons why Del Potro was injured,if you know how strong his wrist is.
As for Dunlop you decide for yourself,but its all crap,and if you like it,i respect your taste for it,lol.
peace out bro.
West Coast Ace
G.O.A.T.
That was sad. He needs to go with the 'Fedace (or Suresh) took over my account' excuse. Verdasco has been solid for almost two full years now. I doubt too many guys ranked below him are psyched to play him these days...
PS - Head rules...
West Coast Ace
G.O.A.T.
He lays his wrist WAY back on his FH. There are going to be a lot of boys and girls missing time due to wrist injuries... the extreme FH grips have gone too far.
Buckethead
Banned
It is also another reason.
I like the best,but I also like savings the money..
I jump in it.
johnnymacfan
Rookie
Buckethead, that quote of the hilarious DirecTV ad is the smartest thing you've ever said. Seriously, you should continue to quote commercials rather than write your own thoughts. "Opulence...I has it" makes way more sense than any "Dunlop Curse" or "KFactor or BLX caused a wrist problem" ever will.
Dunlop makes sweet sticks...You sound like an APD Lite player who hates it down because you can't handle a true player's frame.
Buckethead
Banned
Oh boy assumptions are not your best.
Look at some of my posts and you'll know what I play with.
As I said before:I like the best(Yonex RDS mid )
I jump in it.
LOL
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johnnymacfan
Rookie
My bet is that it's an APD Lite with a Yonex PJ. Probly about 280 grams strung with a 24/26mm beam with some obscure Poly at different tensions for the crosses and mains because it helps you get "sick" spin and really "feel" the ball right? And let me guess...leather grip with Wilson Pro overgrip on top because that's what your boys on tour do?
I will give you credit for the "I jump in it" line though. That is one funny commercial. Hahahahahahahaha
Buckethead
Banned
I'd never use anything besides Yonex and Volkl,that's it,I can get any racket I want with their quality,anything else for me isn't good enough.Of course I am not including Bosworth.
I said I like the best and I has it,Yonex,hahahahahaha.
johnnymacfan
Rookie
I hear you, but for the record, Yonex and Dunlop are the 2 companies with the strictest quality control and lowest tolerance for variance of all the brands out there.
Last place in quality control? Ask Del Potro.
gloumar
Rookie
Extreme ??
Del Potro takes anything but an extreme grip. He hits flat with an eastern grip !
Check fuzzyyellowballs.com HD slow motion vids, to get a little update
It's a bit the same with verdasco : yuo can think he's got extreme grip but not at all : he takes a huge hit overto the ball but with a pretty conservative grip. He twits his forearm to perfom this. It's a very peculiar forehand. I love it.
gloumar
Rookie
Amazing the amount of spin he can give to the ball with this forehand. But it is much more heavy spin than "spinny" spin like spanish players (ferrer, ferrero) usually put to the ball with windshield wiper FHs.
Buckethead
Banned
Volkl has better quality control,better quality product and better playing rackets than Dunlop ,as well as Yonex.You can even say that Pacific has the better QC of them all.I'd say Prince and Babolat are the worst.I have seen 2 guys when serving break the rackets when it came out of their hands and was thrown with the ball.
I think He meant by the way he brings his wrist back so the racket can be perfectly aligned to hit the ball,just like Fed does with his wrist and pretty much all eastern grip hitters.Extreme ??
Del Potro takes anything but an extreme grip. He hits flat with an eastern grip !
Check fuzzyyellowballs.com HD slow motion vids, to get a little update
It's a bit the same with verdasco : yuo can think he's got extreme grip but not at all : he takes a huge hit overto the ball but with a pretty conservative grip. He twits his forearm to perfom this. It's a very peculiar forehand. I love it.
Limpinhitter
G.O.A.T.
Sounds like exactly what I need!
baseline_monster
Professional
guys, its seeming like in both this and the davydenko thread too many people are going so far of topic its a joke. theres 5 pages here and less than half is to do with the OP.
Devilito
Legend
with the comments you make i doubt you even play tennis
DavidGarcia
Hall of Fame
Please guys....do not feed the troll.
Buckethead
Banned
Verdasco Fiasco is playing right now with his old Tec racket.
He will not "jump in it".
Dumblop Biodumbetic 300 Tour is not ready for a double fiasco.
He will not "jump in it".
Dumblop Biodumbetic 300 Tour is not ready for a double fiasco.
Doubles
Legend
Have you ever thought that your game can be adversely effected by limiting yourself to just rackets from two brands? Just some food for thought...
Buckethead
Banned
If the best rackets are made by these 2 brands, and the specs I like Yonex makes them, and I can always customize if I need, why do I need to look somewhere else where I get less quality, less performance for the same price.
I am completely satisfied with my rackets (5 Volkl DNX 10, 2 used and 3 brand new for the future) and 5 Yonex RDS mid ( 3 used, 2 stocked) and a Yonex RD 7. I don't need anything else, but if put my hands on something else for sure it will be either Yonex or Volkl.
By the way, another Fiasco from Verdasco just happened.
slice bh compliment
G.O.A.T.
Has anyone seen the new line of Dunlops?
Thanks to a hitting partner who is a teaching pro and a shop manager, I got to check out some demos from a rep this past week.
They've got a wider throat.
The 300 tour is the coolest dark chrome color (between the red stripes). I am in for a pair. I'm impressed. Jurgen Melzer (top 15 in singles and dubs) is supposedly using it. I see McEnroe switching to it at some point. Great feel.
The shark skin thing is a ruse - just some golf ball-ish texture between the stripes.
The grips are really good, but I'll replace them with a Babolat leather grip the day I get them. Into the drawer for the wife/kids. I bet the overgrips will rival Yonex and Wilson.
The new 200 is pretty light. I think they call it the 200 plus or the 200 light or something. I don't remember. The head is strangely long. I'm guessing Davydenko will endorse it.
The 600 looks cool in pictures. Robredo supposedly uses it. Please. I'm assuming it's Dunlop's obligatory Pure Drive knockoff.
The 300 is awesome if you like a lighter frame. They went with black/red instead of the chrome of the 300tour. They're trying to tell you Verdasco will use it.
I did not see any others.
Though I do not think the average consumer will be able to spell biomimetic (or comprehend it as an actual word), the Biomimetic thing is a cool marketing strategy. Sort of a quasi green initiative.
Strings like Silk.
Skin like a shark.
Structure like a beehive.
Grip like a Gecko (a little creature getting a lot of television exposure right now in the insurance business).
Speaking of Geico, Verdasco is looking very manly in his hipster/caveman beard.
Nice, neat marketing package. The rep gave the club pro some posters of the players riding sharks, gripping a wall, stuff like that. There's some iPhone app, too, that can scan a code on the poster and it takes you to the Dunlop site in case the average consumer's attention span is not long enough to actually type in www.dunlopdotwhatev....
Anyway, that's my perspective.
Prices are reasonable. I'm happy with my sticks, but I'm defintiely looking forward to my pair of 300 tours. Let me know if you guys want me to write my impressions. They say November something.
Thanks to a hitting partner who is a teaching pro and a shop manager, I got to check out some demos from a rep this past week.
They've got a wider throat.
The 300 tour is the coolest dark chrome color (between the red stripes). I am in for a pair. I'm impressed. Jurgen Melzer (top 15 in singles and dubs) is supposedly using it. I see McEnroe switching to it at some point. Great feel.
The shark skin thing is a ruse - just some golf ball-ish texture between the stripes.
The grips are really good, but I'll replace them with a Babolat leather grip the day I get them. Into the drawer for the wife/kids. I bet the overgrips will rival Yonex and Wilson.
The new 200 is pretty light. I think they call it the 200 plus or the 200 light or something. I don't remember. The head is strangely long. I'm guessing Davydenko will endorse it.
The 600 looks cool in pictures. Robredo supposedly uses it. Please. I'm assuming it's Dunlop's obligatory Pure Drive knockoff.
The 300 is awesome if you like a lighter frame. They went with black/red instead of the chrome of the 300tour. They're trying to tell you Verdasco will use it.
I did not see any others.
Though I do not think the average consumer will be able to spell biomimetic (or comprehend it as an actual word), the Biomimetic thing is a cool marketing strategy. Sort of a quasi green initiative.
Strings like Silk.
Skin like a shark.
Structure like a beehive.
Grip like a Gecko (a little creature getting a lot of television exposure right now in the insurance business).
Speaking of Geico, Verdasco is looking very manly in his hipster/caveman beard.
Nice, neat marketing package. The rep gave the club pro some posters of the players riding sharks, gripping a wall, stuff like that. There's some iPhone app, too, that can scan a code on the poster and it takes you to the Dunlop site in case the average consumer's attention span is not long enough to actually type in www.dunlopdotwhatev....
Anyway, that's my perspective.
Prices are reasonable. I'm happy with my sticks, but I'm defintiely looking forward to my pair of 300 tours. Let me know if you guys want me to write my impressions. They say November something.
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johnnymacfan
Rookie
The 600 is not a PD knockoff...It's a 102 headsize and nearly 1/2 oz lighter than a PD strung. Also more evenly balanced. It's not the right racquet for me, but that said, it was a fantastic frame. I was really partial to the Bio 300...Best 300 they've made yet IMO and that includes the HM 300G.
The Bio 200 Plus was solid and the rep did say that Davydenko has already begun playing it, but I'm really looking forward to the Bio 200 coming out (hopefully sometime next year)...I've heard they've done something similar to what they did with the Bio 300...They've gone back to the HM 200 mold, which was one of my all time favorite Dunlops. Fingers crossed it's true.
I agree with you...the grips are stunningly good. Not what I ever expected from Dunlop. The overgrip kind of combines the plushness of SuperGrap with the thin feel of Pro Overgrip.
As for the skin, I don't think it's a ruse at all...IMO it's probably the most credible technology in recent memory, certainly more real than YouTek, BLX, and GT combined. You ever seen a golf ball without texture? Me neither. Know why? Because it doesn't fly well due to it not being aerodynamically efficient.
slice bh compliment
G.O.A.T.
Well, I agree it's more palpable and better than YouTek, BLX and GT combined. But that really is not saying much. lol!
I'm all for the texture
of a golf ball wearing
a sharkskin jacket
on my racquet.
But they only just put it in the stripes -- where the 300tour is red. That's all. I really don't think it makes much of a diff. If you sanded it off or peeled it off it would still be a great feeling, maneuverable, stable frame.
Thanks for the correction on the 600. Yeah, I did not actually study the specs. I said that because, like the Pure Drive and industry standard PD knockoffs, it's a mid-profile frame. I sort of lump all of those together, but as you pointed out, there are differences in weight and balance...and probably feel.
Well, best of luck to Dunlop. Glad they're back strong. Hoping for a 200 or 200 tour next year.
