Steve Johnson scrubbing his string job vs. John Isner

[marquette100]

Just watched Steve Johnson scrub his strings with what looked like a sponge in his match in the 5th set of the john Isner match. Any idea what he was doing and what that was?

 

[travlerajm]

Just watched Steve Johnson scrub his strings with what looked like a sponge in his match in the 5th set of the john Isner match. Any idea what he was doing and what that was?

Tennis isn’t baseball. Spitballs legal.

 

[Tennease]

Maybe to dry the string from sweat??

 

[Zoid]

could be something to roughen the surface of the string, get more spin

 

[JackSockIsTheBest]

could be something to roughen the surface of the string, get more spin

yeah i agree he probably doing something he shouldn't be

 

[Shaolin]

He was using a Magic Erase. Removes any remaining bad shots from the previous game.

 

[Rabbit]

He was using a Magic Erase. Removes any remaining bad shots from the previous game.

Was it the economy size?

 

[Shaolin]

Was it the economy size?

No, Zverev bought out all of those.

 

[Rabbit]

@Shaolin - yeah, that makes sense. Dude is probably on an automatic refill plan.