Swiatek...countdown to racquet change

Ronaldo

Ronaldo

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jarko111 said:
Mary Carillo said after the Kenin/Kvitova match (on NBC) that Iga was putting it out there she is ready and willing to leave her old prince racquet to demo and sign a bigger $$ contract.
JohnnyMac said she better not switch anytime soon.

It was really odd to hear them talking about this right when we started talking about it nonstop. I think Mary Carillo reads this forum.
Mary even said "old prince racquet' which makes me think.. why wouldn't she just say she's looking to get a new racquet.. why mention the current brand?
Mary is coming for Prince lol

As a Prince lover and someone who is loyal to TW and to this forum.. it saddens me Iga won't be staying and leading a newer generation back to this great brand.
I'm already a huge fan of hers. After watching her celebrate and asking the crowd for more applause. I like this future, if not soon-to-be, GS champion.

Someone joked about the TW Logo.. maybe that's not the craziest thing in the world. TW-P
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Was not joking and it is an older Prince racquet.
 
bleno567

bleno567

Professional
big ted said:
ive followed tennis a while and i can barely remember anyone switching racquet brands successfully,
unless they already used that brand previously..
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Nalbandian => Prince => Yonex

Agassi => Prince => Donnay => Head

Hewitt => Prince => Yonex

Stepanek => Volkl => Bosworth => Head

Brown => Babolat=> Head

Thiem => Head => Babolat

Arguably, Tsonga too, who changed from Wilson to Babolat

Also arguably Ferrer going Prince to Babolat to Wilson
 
Lavs

Lavs

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ive followed tennis a while and i can barely remember anyone switching racquet brands successfully,
unless they already used that brand previously..
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bleno567 said:
Nalbandian => Prince => Yonex

Agassi => Prince => Donnay => Head

Hewitt => Prince => Yonex

Stepanek => Volkl => Bosworth => Head
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I will add some more names that made huge step ahead after switching brands

Wawrinka => Head => Yonex
Thiem => Head => Babolat
Shapovalov => Wilson => Yonex
 
jarko111

jarko111

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Couldn't they throw a blade PJ on it as it is and make it look kinda like a Blade?
It's already black and green
 
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Nostradamus

Nostradamus

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How did poland find this girl ? not exactly a country known for producing great world class athletes here.... no offense
 
jarko111

jarko111

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There's another really good player from Poland on the WTA. Katarzyna Kawa. I follow her on Instagram. She's with Wilson now.. but guess what.. I think up until last year she was playing with the Textreme Warrior. She had a lot of great results with it. Or at least a couple televized matches I saw.
 
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blablavla

G.O.A.T.
big ted said:
ive followed tennis a while and i can barely remember anyone switching racquet brands successfully,
unless they already used that brand previously..
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Dimitrov used to play with Head Prestige and moved to Wilson
Thiem used to play with Head Prestige and moved to Babolat PS
Djokovic used to play with Head then moved to Wilson to win AO then moved back to Head
Rublev as mentioned above
 
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AA7

Hall of Fame
Nostradamus said:
i think babolat pure drive would also be good for her. she could come to net on those power groudies
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I like how you declared the racket categorically bad at the net. Yeah high twistweight in specs makes it less maneuverable but also its stable AF for a racket at that weight which is important when volleying and returning... It actually is quite whippy and maneuverable to move it around. i have compared to blade and pure strike. It was easier to swing it and move it... she needs to probably come to the net more often to add more to her arsenal but its not like she is not coming bc she is worried about the twistweight lol...
 
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She used to use (or just demoed) Blade while training @ Rafa's Academy. She might come back to this stick again if Wilson offers her some decent contract :)

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Villain

Villain

Professional
I heard that she was switching to a Babolat Pure Drive with the following specs:

98” head size
27.5” length
67 Stiffness
10.3 static weight
321 SW

Also heard Babolat will release it early next year. ;)
 
Shaolin

Shaolin

G.O.A.T.
esm said:
Hahah I agree.
looks like they want their cake... and eat it too.

edit - how pathetic...!!!!!! Prince was happy to answer/comment when people asks which racquet that is/what Iga uses, BUT goes radio silence when people suggests/ask why Prince isn’t signing her. Meh.
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They can't answer that because they're simply too broke to sign her. It's sad actually, they make some great stuff.

After this win she will be getting massive offers from everywhere, no way Prince can compete.
 
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esm

Legend
Shaolin said:
They can't answer that because they're simply too broke to sign her. It's sad actually, they make some great stuff.

After this win she will be getting massive offers from everywhere, no way Prince can compete.
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Well... I think most people would understand and appreciate their honesty if they just come out and say exactly that... there is nothing wrong with it, but most people will not agree with their current actions/responses on social media... IMO
 
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