Tursunov trialling Wilsons - confirmed with Pic

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OrangeOne

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Took these two pics below (merged) at the Medibank International (Sydney / NSW Open).

Now that I know it's Turnsunov :), I figure it may interest some people and have posted it as this separate new thread.... (you can clearly see the Wilson grommets in the below pics...)

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vsbabolat

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Great Pics! I guess Tursunov is switching back and forth between his Pro Tour 630 and a Wilson nBlade. I wonder if he is in negotiations with Wilson?
 
Volly master

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When I volunteered in New Haven this year for the pilot pen, Alot of pros men and women had PJS of FXP then they acually used LM, Like Dima is above :)
 
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nblade would be undersandable considering its basically a lighter prestige (and another BRILLIANT stick) also 98sqinch like the stick i've heard he's using
 
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How anyone can look at those pics and say for certain the blacked out racquet is a Wilson is beyond me. Those pictures prove nothing. I think of you guys when you look at pics like these see only what you want to see or would like to see, not necessarily whats really there.
 
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JW10S said:
How anyone can look at those pics and say for certain the blacked out racquet is a Wilson is beyond me. Those pictures prove nothing. I think of you guys when you look at pics like these see only what you want to see or would like to see, not necessarily whats really there.
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It says Wilson on the grommet strips


Feña14 said:
I always presumed it was an i.prestige?
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And yeah i'd heard that but had also heard he used a pt 630 but hopefully someone can elaborate
 
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Jonnyf said:
And yeah i'd heard that but had also heard he used a pt 630 but hopefully someone can elaborate
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Yeah Jura said it was an i.prestige and I think he's handled his frames. I wonder if any of the others have any experience with him.

One word, Dunfermline ;)
 
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Feña14 said:
Yeah Jura said it was an i.prestige and I think he's handled his frames. I wonder if any of the others have any experience with him.

One word, Dunfermline ;)
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Yeah if jura could confirm again that'd make it set in stone for me



Yeah, did you watch it.? all i can say is that was one of the most dispicable matches of football i've seen Rangers play in my life (And i've watched or been at most of the matches this horrific season :p) It was just dispicable.

Three word from a chelsea/rangers fan to one whos just reminded me of failure SPURS AARON LENNON.!
 
Feña14

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Jonnyf said:
Yeah if jura could confirm again that'd make it set in stone for me



Yeah, did you watch it.? all i can say is that was one of the most dispicable matches of football i've seen Rangers play in my life (And i've watched or been at most of the matches this horrific season :p) It was just dispicable.

Three word from a chelsea/rangers fan to one whos just reminded me of failure SPURS AARON LENNON.!
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haha i've only seen the goals so I can't really say much about the performance but it's always funny seeing Rangers lose :)
 
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JW10S said:
How anyone can look at those pics and say for certain the blacked out racquet is a Wilson is beyond me. Those pictures prove nothing. I think of you guys when you look at pics like these see only what you want to see or would like to see, not necessarily whats really there.
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OK - I have 'no dog in this fight', I just took the pics and saw the Wilson on the grommets. I have another scrap shot which also clearly shows the Wilson W on all three grommets and the word Wilson on one.

Jonnyf said:
It says Wilson on the grommet strips
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It does. So I'm no grommet-guru, but:

a. How common would it be for one racquet to use another's grommets?

b. Assuming a was at least possible & a little common, why on earth would a head-sponsored-pro, practicing with (potentially) new-head-racquets, use Wilson grommets? Seems weird to me, but as I said, grommets aren't my thing ;)
 
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OrangeOne said:
OK - I have 'no dog in this fight', I just took the pics and saw the Wilson on the grommets. I have another scrap shot which also clearly shows the Wilson W on all three grommets and the word Wilson on one.



It does. So I'm no grommet-guru, but:

a. How common would it be for one racquet to use another's grommets?

b. Assuming a was at least possible & a little common, why on earth would a head-sponsored-pro, practicing with (potentially) new-head-racquets, use Wilson grommets? Seems weird to me, but as I said, grommets aren't my thing ;)
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Yeah i've never heard of it apart from Blake with his all black pj with his old dunlop grommets still on it.

I said that in respons to JW10s's post wondering how we could know it was a wilson






Feña14 said:
haha i've only seen the goals so I can't really say much about the performance but it's always funny seeing Rangers lose :)
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Yeah yeah yeah yeah, okk. A shocking performance from the blues but we're still through in europe and are pretty much safe getting through the next two rounds (Tel Aviv then a match between either Osasuna or Bordeaux).



*Sorry everyone if we're off topic but he's been in hiding recently so im talking when i can*
 
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OrangeOne said:
...How common would it be for one racquet to use another's grommets?....
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Mate, if you've ever done your own...basically, NO, it is not common at all. Very remote. Grommets are very model-specific.

I could be wrong -- I'm not a Grommet Guru either ... nor am I a racquet Rabbi, Prestige Priest / Pro Staff Pastor, Maxply Minister, Ballmachine Bishop or Match Point Monk.
 
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Jonnyf said:
It's a game (that calls itself a sport) where men dress up in white and play with cups and bat balls about. YAY.!:)
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Sounds rubbish! To be honest, I would be totally embarassed if England were the best at it.

The best in the world would be classed as boring, geeky etc..

Edit: I just read that Australia won 5-0 so that makes them 5 times more boring than us and 5 times more geeky! :)
 
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Way back in the day Dmitry used a real Ti Radical. Then he tried out some Prestige 600s, and then to the iPrestige 6320s. Probably what it still is. As for Rangers, bah, sod em! GO CELTIC!
 
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thomas martinez said:
As for Rangers, bah, sod em! GO CELTIC!
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WHAT c'mon man i thought we became mates when ya told me about your time in glasgow and now THIS, how can you like a team that have a problem admiting what country their in they believe that they are Irish when they're blaitantly not. Now my final Words FOLLOW FOLLOW WE WILL FOLLOW RANGERS
 
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WhiteSox05CA said:
That's a sweet fake flexpoint. Haha, what was Head thinking with that technology!?!
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Agreed, though calling it 'technology' is a stretch ;) lol.

Amuses me most in their maxi-beam racquets - a 27mm or 31mm racquet that somehow flexes at those points? Yeah right....
 
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OrangeOne said:
OK - I have 'no dog in this fight', I just took the pics and saw the Wilson on the grommets. I have another scrap shot which also clearly shows the Wilson W on all three grommets and the word Wilson on one.



It does. So I'm no grommet-guru, but:

a. How common would it be for one racquet to use another's grommets?

b. Assuming a was at least possible & a little common, why on earth would a head-sponsored-pro, practicing with (potentially) new-head-racquets, use Wilson grommets? Seems weird to me, but as I said, grommets aren't my thing ;)
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I don't see Wilson printed on the Grommets in either of the pics.
 
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JW10S said:
I don't see Wilson printed on the Grommets in either of the pics.
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Really? Look at the top frame, the Wilson-W is dead-centre of the grommet, and the word "Wilson" is on the bottom edge of the same grommet, a few inches to the right.

This is slightly clearer in my scrap-shot, I'll publish it in a sec....
 
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I'll have to take your on it--I'm on a laptop at the moment and still can't make out anything even in the area you've hi-lited. I'll look later on another computer.
 
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hahah never noticed the W sign on the stick 2 below aswell, i knew it would be the same but hadn't noticed.!
 
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I don't understand how people can't see the blacked out racquet with Wilson Grommets, those won't fit ANY other racquet
 
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tennisadict said:
there is no picture that show he is playing with wilson......
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true, but there are pics on this board of him playing with a blacked out racquet at the hopman cup, and one would assume that the blacked out wilsons the pics on this thread are the same. I dont know why he would have two different blacked out racquets unless he's just trying a bunch out. or maybe he really does post here and is laughing at us now as we try to figure it out ;)
 
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Jonnyf said:
hahah never noticed the W sign on the stick 2 below aswell, i knew it would be the same but hadn't noticed.!
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Yup - W sign is on the grommets of all three blacked-out racquets. I would have stayed and watched the practice and snapped off more & clearer shots if only I'd known the debate...

tennisadict said:
there is no picture that show he is playing with wilson......
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Nope, but he is playing with racquets with Wilson grommets. Draw your own conclusions...
 
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caesar66 said:
true, but there are pics on this board of him playing with a blacked out racquet at the hopman cup, and one would assume that the blacked out wilsons the pics on this thread are the same. I dont know why he would have two different blacked out racquets unless he's just trying a bunch out. or maybe he really does post here and is laughing at us now as we try to figure it out ;)
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hahha could be true.!, and there'd be no reason for him carrying them, then having them when he practiced (while others have said they've SEEN him practice with a wilson at the hopman) and as was previously said it's logical it'd be the blacked out sticks from hopman.


Also has anyone got any idea's about his strings appears to be an Alu hybrid (maybe gut.?)
 
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As I've written in the past, Tursunov has been using frames out of the i.prestige Mid Plus mold; or, at least, not out of the Pro Tour mold. The main difference between the frames, which can be seen in the first frame of the second picture, is the shape and length of the flares under each end of the throat bridge. Also, more subtle but still evident is the shape of the frame tube, which is more buldged-out or rounded with the i.prestige mold. In the second picture, both Head frames seem to be out of the i.prestige Mid Plus mold. Lay-up, on the other hand, can still be different than that of the stock i.prestige. But Pro Tour it is not.
 
vsbabolat

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PrestigeClassic, You are right I just had a good long look at the Pics. I just saw the painted Flexpoint and just assumed it was a Pro Tour. I was more fascinated with what those Wilson racquets are. Wilson has been going after some of HEAD's players for the last year. There is a thread in the Racquet section that OrangeOne started with a pic of Dechy using a new Wilson.
 
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Those supposedly Wilson frames could be out of any number of molds that Wilson makes accessible only to their pros or potential pros. I thought the Pro Staff Classic was the common Wilson that was closest to the i.prestige MP, so it would be interesting to hear what Tursunov had to say about their frames.
 
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