Tsitsipas Blacked out racket!

Saw him play last night in Winston. Yikes. The most crowded ive ever seen that stadium on a tuesday night. A ton of greeks there and it was never really that competitive. He looks completely lost. I saw his dad in the gym multiple times in the hotel. The whole team just seems down. Just low energy. Hoping he gets his mind right and his game back.

Im not sold on his racquet choice either. So many balls were flying on him and he looked like he didnt trust it.
 
I did not quite get the logic (at least the way he described it on a podcast) why he moved on from PA98 after winning masters tournament. I’m sure he’s got some reasons but just stop…
Go back to blade and put gut mains if need more pop and don’t f around with stick anymore. Few can handle mid season switch and he is not one of them…
 
There is one solution to this.
He ditches contract with Wilson and stops being their guinea pig.
He signs a contract with a new racket sponsor like Head, Babolat, Yonex or Technifibre.
He turns the page and starts fresh.
Done
 
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I have the hypothesis that Federer is the one responsible for the one hander still being used at the highest level and I think Tsitsipas will be responsible for its downfall. Hope is not the case and the one hander keep popping up though.
 
Raf.spin said:
There is one solution to this.
He ditches contract with Wilson and stops being their guinea pig.
He signs a contract with a new racket sponsor like Head, Babolat, Yonex or Technifibre.
He turns the page and starts fresh.
Done
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Needs to ditch his dad as a coach and stop thinking he is better than everyone else.
 
Alleged photos of Blade V10 in V9 PJ, made for Tsitsipas to test it.
String pattern 18x19
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Chairman3 said:
Probably just the pro stock 18x19 Blade that already exists. Most notably used by Korda.
If they release it retail for V10 is the interesting question.
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I have a couple of Seb's frames and they seem to be thinner , but it's hard to tell from that angle
In any way, the beam looks more like those older Blades that pro players love. So let's see what we get
 
The kobra tour was actually a nice racquet that was supposed to compete with the babolats but at a time where the market was stuck on the pro staff. Didn’t take off because it was much more flexible and also extended, so wilson killed it after a couple iterations.
 
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yourtennisfit said:
I have a couple of Seb's frames and they seem to be thinner , but it's hard to tell from that angle
In any way, the beam looks more like those older Blades that pro players love. So let's see what we get
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This is a point of contention I've tried to clarify before...
I asked why Pro's like the KBlade mold, the answer is the beam is thinner.
At the same time, allegedly the beam has not changed at all in the Blade mold.
So then I ask what has changed, in the mold, and no one has an answer.
Someone posted measurements and the beam across different generations is always like 21-22mm
 
Chairman3 said:
This is a point of contention I've tried to clarify before...
I asked why Pro's like the KBlade mold, the answer is the beam is thinner.
At the same time, allegedly the beam has not changed at all in the Blade mold.
So then I ask what has changed, in the mold, and no one has an answer.
Someone posted measurements and the beam across different generations is always like 21-22mm
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The only two differences I can spot between blx (black and gold) and v7+ are:
- the V7+ all have a little flare just where the molded grip ends
- the beam is slightly boxier on the blx

No difference on the beam width to the naked eye other than the flared part (but the blade blx tour 93 seems a touch thinner than 21.5mm).

Today’s pros probably like the kblade because (1) they grew up playing with it and (2) it has a much stiffer layup, making it much more powerful.
 
Thomas the Tank Engine said:
The only two differences I can spot between blx (black and gold) and v7+ are:
- the V7+ all have a little flare just where the molded grip ends
- the beam is slightly boxier on the blx

No difference on the beam width to the naked eye other than the flared part (but the blade blx tour 93 seems a touch thinner than 21.5mm).

Today’s pros probably like the kblade because (1) they grew up playing with it and (2) it has a much stiffer layup, making it much more powerful.
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yeah, it's the layup, not the mold that makes ppl go K
 
Thin beams can be powerful.. my Blade V6 strung correctly is on par with current Ezone 100..and others. It also swings more easily..
 
A_Instead said:
Thin beams can be powerful.. my Blade V6 strung correctly is on par with current Ezone 100..and others. It also swings more easily..
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I have V6 too, the one with countervail
I used it for 6 years. Then i bought V8, V9, and walked away from the blade.
Is the V6 more powerful than the rest?
 
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Chairman3 said:
This is a point of contention I've tried to clarify before...
I asked why Pro's like the KBlade mold, the answer is the beam is thinner.
At the same time, allegedly the beam has not changed at all in the Blade mold.
So then I ask what has changed, in the mold, and no one has an answer.
Someone posted measurements and the beam across different generations is always like 21-22mm
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My understanding is from v1-v5, it is one mold. V6,v7, v8 is separate mold, as you can see an elongated grommet channel spacing at 4&6 oclock. V9 goes back to a short channel, but different than v1-5, so that is a different mold as well.
 
This is really starting ot remind me af all the hype around the RF97 when Roger spent so long testing different iterations (there was something like 200 variations on the RF97 prototypes from what has been suggested on various online sources).

This strikes me as being similar, as there appears to be more than one version of this new Wilson out there in the wild in terms of the mold, let alone what different layup etc are floating around
 
I heard a rumor that Tsitsi was about to get into trouble for using the PA98 and that's the reason he ditched it. Not because someone "advised" him that Blade is better on clay.
 
tx10is said:
looked like Prizmic was using the new python when he played Rublev also
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Nah, Prizmic’s is an actual PA98 blacked out w/ a Wilson buttcap.

Korda, Smith, Tsitsipas, Khachanov all on the “Python”. Khachanov’s is the only 18x20 out of these; the others are using 16x20.
 
SpinToWin said:
sounds baseless frankly
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Sounds possible depending on the wording in his contract with Wilson and if he was given guaranteed money up front. He's the face of the Blade so I'm sure Wilson was very unhappy about him using a PA. There's a reason most players make equipment/sponsorship changes at the beginning of the year.
 
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