Swiatek...countdown to racquet change
- Thread starter Shaolin
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Subway Tennis
Legend
Prince has hit marketing gold with such a wonderful young player with a dynamic game using their racquets.
Maybe the money freed up from Pouille can be used for Prince to look after Iga.
If not Prince, then Yonex or Technifibre.
I cant believe Nike lost sponsorship of such a terrific player and role model. Asics has been very lucky to get Iga when they did.
Maybe the money freed up from Pouille can be used for Prince to look after Iga.
If not Prince, then Yonex or Technifibre.
I cant believe Nike lost sponsorship of such a terrific player and role model. Asics has been very lucky to get Iga when they did.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
This is a great point. We have a young player about to reach mega stardom. someone will have to make her a racket with great dampening with good power and control, soft feel racket like Prince. Then give her a mega contract to use it....lol. Most likely Head, her being european as well. babolat and wilson tend to be stiff feelling with less feel. It will be very interesting to see which one she chooses.
Personally, i like to see her contract with Yonex. I think Yonex will give her the best chance to display her best game, but not sure if they can afford her with so many big contracts they already have on the plate
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
It would be a huge deal for Prince. but unfornately, they just can't afford her
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
she won't struggle with new racket. They will custom make anything to her specs that she likes with mold that she would be happy with. these days it is so easy to make custom rackets to player's spefications with all the super computer and racket manufacturing techs out there.The question is also if she opts to stay with currnet racquet with no money from Prince or very little money if they can offer sth or get a big deal but maybe struggle later with new stick...
Anyway a person who wanted her in Asics will get a nice bonus I think
Ohh it has happened many times in tennis that racquet change was the beginning of the downfall
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
David Le
Hall of Fame
I could see her endorsing (or even playing) the Blade 98S v7 (or any other model prior) since it’s the same pattern, but the feel won’t be the same.It will be hard to replace her racquet as it is low in weight, high SW and 18x16 string pattern. I can’t see anything to switch to excluding custom drill pattern or painting Prince racquets as others. Maybe Wilson will have copy as P22
Shaolin
G.O.A.T.
The question is also if she opts to stay with currnet racquet with no money from Prince or very little money if they can offer sth or get a big deal but maybe struggle later with new stick...
Anyway a person who wanted her in Asics will get a nice bonus I think
You know the big companies will take the racquets she reaches the RG final with and paint them to look like their own current racquets (without the slightest hesitation or twinge of conscience) right?
Then they will get around any lawsuit by saying that player "endorses" that model, not plays with it.
Paintjobs are very common in the game.
I mentioned this before in the thread.. but it doesn’t change the fact that sometimes even this can have an impact on player... Kerber and Sampras both complaining that new paintjob is too heavy is first
Ronaldo
Bionic Poster
TW stencil ftw!
yes 16x18... should have typed this way
stingstang
Professional
Will she switch car from Lexus too? I hope not, her game might be less reliable. /fedace
Keizer
Hall of Fame
yes 16x18... should have typed this way
No worries. And yeah, I have no clue what she could use. Gravity MP maybe? Slightly higher stock weight but very similar SW and reasonable flex. But it's 16x20.... don't think that'd fly.
Maybe a leaded VCP100 (280) could do the trick with a 16x19 pattern...
Think she's getting a custom layup for sure. No stock rackets for her anymore.
2nd Serve Ace
Hall of Fame
A head extreme or an ezone 100 could work very well for her.
Shaolin
G.O.A.T.
I mentioned this before in the thread.. but it doesn’t change the fact that sometimes even this can have an impact on player... Kerber and Sampras both complaining that new paintjob is too heavy is first
Sampras never played with a PJ to my knowledge. Don't know about Kerber.
It's said (I believe by Paul Annacone) that Pete could tell whether his racquets were stenciled or not just by holding them without looking.
jarko111
Hall of Fame
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
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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TopspintheTerrible
Hall of Fame
If Prince wants to endorse her they’re going to have to fork over a few hundred grand @ the least. But they’ll never be able to match what Babolat, Head or Wilson can offer.
On the other hand, racquet switches don’t always work out so well. Might not be worth it.
Keizer
Hall of Fame
Fingers crossed she ends up a Rublev!
TopspintheTerrible
Hall of Fame
Lol... better than a Khachanov or Basilashvili that’s for sure.
TopspintheTerrible
Hall of Fame
But if they want to grow, at some point they‘ll need to bite the bullet & shell out some endorsement money to younger talent. Otherwise Prince will just become another Völkl/Pacific.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
They are already worse than Vokle or pacific. they have no money, and credit Swiss won't lend them money so that they can pay some young talent.
Keizer
Hall of Fame
Rublev. 6.1 95 to Gravity
Shaolin
G.O.A.T.
Volkl does plenty well.
They're just smart enough to know that their core demographic are 40+ year old 5.0 players that don't care what racquets pros are endorsing.
chrischris
G.O.A.T.
Which Prince Textreme is she using atm?
Keizer
Hall of Fame
Textreme Tour 100 (290), stock.
Why is that? I bet Prince is selling much more than the two companies you mentioned. Recent offerings, like the phantom line, have strong followers.
Especially Wozniacki moving to Yonex never happened
TopspintheTerrible
Hall of Fame
Völkl makes quality racquets for sure. And maybe Prince wants to follow a similar path. But if they want to grow & reach a larger audience, endorsements are necessary.
BillKid
Hall of Fame
You mean no weight added? Are you sure?
Keizer
Hall of Fame
See thread above. It's 290 gm unstrung, comes out to be 306 strung and 324 SW thanks to the balance. Not particularly low given you have ATP pros swinging sticks in the high 330s/low 340s like tsitsipas, kyrgios, and goffin.
2nd Serve Ace
Hall of Fame
Just don't pull a Lucas Pouille!
socallefty
G.O.A.T.
The fact that Swiatek doesn’t have a contract in spite of being a Junior Slam winner tells me that her management is smart and had a lot of confidence in her. They must have felt that she could do well in major tournaments once she got into Slam draws and get a more lucrative contract. I guess their faith in her was well-placed as she is in the final of the first Slam she is playing with a decent chance to win it.
Lavs
Hall of Fame
ironically, she could go the same way by picking up new PD or Pure Strike 100.
My bet, Babolat will grab her
sredna42
Hall of Fame
Head make the most similar IMO, with their traditional box beam type frames. There's not much out there with the same feel as Prince frames though IMO. I bet her game goes to crap once she switches frames
