TOMAS BERDYCH PERSONAL MATCH USED RACQUET

movdqa

Talk Tennis Guru
Wow! That's a lot lighter than I expected. From the way he hits the ball, I expected something closer to 400 grams. He must have it balanced so that it has a much higher swingweight then.

It must be the hairpin and the abbreviated headguard as it has a very high swingweight with only minimal lead at 12. 370 grams and SW of 390-400 is very efficient in terms of static weight.
 

BreakPoint

Bionic Poster
It must be the hairpin and the abbreviated headguard as it has a very high swingweight with only minimal lead at 12. 370 grams and SW of 390-400 is very efficient in terms of static weight.
I guess it's possible that he has a custom weight distribution in the raw frame.
 

movdqa

Talk Tennis Guru
I guess it's possible that he has a custom weight distribution in the raw frame.

I don't think that the tgt260.2 models have custom layups though Dr325 would likely know best if they did.

My experience with Prestige Pro Stocks is that you need to put 10-15 grams of lead tape to get the SW up into the high-300s. Berdycn has 12 grams at 3/9 and 2 grams at 12 so the implication is that the tgt260.2 has more mass near the top of the hoop compared to the Prestige. The retail Radical frame has a decent amount of power in its light, retail form (though it lacks some stability) which may also indicate more mass higher in the hoop. This may be why you often see lead tape added at 3/9 on Pro Stock Radicals from guys like Berdych, Djokovic, Cilic and Simon.
 

RanchDressing

Hall of Fame
hey dude, do you mind smashing the racquet and seeing if any grapene dust spews out? should be pretty easy, all you gotta do is play tennis and then let your emotions take their course


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RanchDressing

Hall of Fame
I have two of his frames and they have tape at 12 under the bumper.
Well, to be fair this frame doesn't (not that I'm doubting you)

Curious, how wide are the strips? If they're pretty wide then they may not be there for simply matching frames to another, and could be a different spec. But, obviously I don't know the specs of your frames.
 

movdqa

Talk Tennis Guru
Well, to be fair this frame doesn't (not that I'm doubting you)

Curious, how wide are the strips? If they're pretty wide then they may not be there for simply matching frames to another, and could be a different spec. But, obviously I don't know the specs of your frames.

Standard 1/4 inch. I've posted pictures in the other forum before.
 

Lucas2015

Professional
another comment about pros using REAL technologies: there are photos of John Isner using real o3 Prince with the holes !
 
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