Wilson Clash: New mould or old frame re-done?

gino

gino

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Wilson announced a new series today, Clash.

They've gone through many naming conventions for the 98-105 headsize player's frame in recent years.

A few come to mind: pro open series, juice series, burn series, steam series, ultra series, etc.... most of which have been extremely gimmicky in design, cosmetic, and marketing strategy..

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I personally thought they might stick with the ultra this time. It has a clever name, good cosmetic, and a fantastic mould. Would be a bummer if they moved away from it.

Anyone have intel on the Wilson Clash? Could it be a disguised 6.1?!!?!?!?

Wilson Clash on Instagram
 
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Zoolander

Zoolander

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Just me or does it look like the throat shape is now more triangular like the Head graphene shape?
 
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They probably gonna shut off either burn or ultra line....or maybe both


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gazz1

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My 2 Angell TC 100 rackets, ordered a month apart, had only a 0.2g difference.

My Angell TC97 was 0.17g from spec.
 
TagUrIt

TagUrIt

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Just looking at the racquet itself I don't see anything so different about it. TW is having a $30 off special on the Wilson Ultra line, so maybe it's the Ultra with a new PJ? :rolleyes:

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gazz1

Semi-Pro
Looks like 6 mains though the throat?...fairly open pattern, but nothing too crazy.
Wide beam I think? (hard to tell from the angle)...hope it's not too stiff?
Foam filling would be nice.
 
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Big4

New User
Idk how to put pictures in here, but tennis warehouse twitter has a picture of a bunch of racquets they are testing including the new clash line, stacked on top of one another. I know it’s hard to tell from looking at a pic, but based on all of them right on top of each other, the clash beam looks pretty thick to me.
 
TennisHound

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This is funny (from Wilson’s article above) - “What we can tell you today is a bit of the story behind how this racket came to be:
• Through thousands of elite and amateur tennis player interviews, focus
groups and feedback sessions over the past several years, Wilson heard three
central needs from today’s tennis racket — power, control, and feel”

I don’t know why they think that a properly balanced H22 H25 and H19 won’t work for the general public? “Thousands of elite and amateur player interviews?” Has anyone had an interview or know anyone who had an interview?
 
mpournaras

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TennisHound said:
This is funny (from Wilson’s article above) - “What we can tell you today is a bit of the story behind how this racket came to be:
• Through thousands of elite and amateur tennis player interviews, focus
groups and feedback sessions over the past several years, Wilson heard three
central needs from today’s tennis racket — power, control, and feel”

I don’t know why they think that a properly balanced H22 H25 and H19 won’t work for the general public? “Thousands of elite and amateur player interviews?” Has anyone had an interview or know anyone who had an interview?
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They left out "Spin". Which the (idiot) focus groups wanted and thus the S rackets were born.

Turns out people want feel?... "This racket vibrates"... well that is fee- "PUT SOME CV IN THERE GOD DAMNIT"... okay boss
 
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avocadoz

Professional
"The result of that work is a racket with an incredible mix of high-performance
playability and accuracy, which gives players ultimate confidence to hit the
shots they want to make and know it is going in. "

Sounds like it's geared more towards control than power and spin.
 
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Big Bagel

Professional
avocadoz said:
"The result of that work is a racket with an incredible mix of high-performance
playability and accuracy, which gives players ultimate confidence to hit the
shots they want to make and know it is going in. "

Sounds like it's geared more towards control than power and spin.
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Spin and power don't always go hand in hand. Often they do, but not always. Spin can also go with control at times.
 
1HBHfanatic

1HBHfanatic

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mpournaras said:
They left out "Spin". Which the (idiot) focus groups wanted and thus the S rackets were born.

Turns out people want feel?... "This racket vibrates"... well that is fee- "PUT SOME CV IN THERE GOD DAMNIT"... okay boss
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Haaa, when ppl ask me to string their rakets so they can 'feel', the ball,, I thrown in 16g babolat.hurricane at high tension!, or any 16g.solinco poly,,,, then a couple days later they return and say,, "maybe not that much feel, my arm hurts!",, :)
 
PBODY99

PBODY99

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There should be a federal statute prototype frames must be painted in a single solid color, not some random eyesore pattern,
 
Tommy Haas

Tommy Haas

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Does anyone have any details on the Prince Tour 100 with Twaron markings on the throat from that TW pic? Maybe I should hold off on a PP100/100P purchase and wait for that.
 
Blitzball

Blitzball

Professional
I was able to test two Clash models for a few rallies and can tell you my main takeaways.
1. The feel is amazing. Wilson will likely hype up their extremely low flex ratings for these racquets, and when hitting with it the comfort level was just really special. Like a classic prince racquet--but even softer--with a touch of the modern, crisp feeling of many current models.
2. The paint scheme is not the odd white one with black kaleidoscopic graphics. That's just the prototype PJ. I will say the actual one is very, very clean and reminiscent of the Burn PJ.
My co-worker, a current D3 college tennis player, both came away from the test very impressed by the feel and power. I thought the control was sub-par, but then again the strings were well used and too soft for me. Can't wait to try them again!
 
AgressivelyFrames

AgressivelyFrames

Rookie
Blitzball said:
I was able to test two Clash models for a few rallies and can tell you my main takeaways.
1. The feel is amazing. Wilson will likely hype up their extremely low flex ratings for these racquets, and when hitting with it the comfort level was just really special. Like a classic prince racquet--but even softer--with a touch of the modern, crisp feeling of many current models.
2. The paint scheme is not the odd white one with black kaleidoscopic graphics. That's just the prototype PJ. I will say the actual one is very, very clean and reminiscent of the Burn PJ.
My co-worker, a current D3 college tennis player, both came away from the test very impressed by the feel and power. I thought the control was sub-par, but then again the strings were well used and too soft for me. Can't wait to try them again!
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I can see why higher level players would find the control lacking, I mean just look at the design. A 100 square inch racket with a thick beam, an open 16x19 pattern, and 6 mains in the throat isn't going to have nearly the same control as a true players frame. That being said, I'm sure it's going to be a very enjoyable frame to use. I might even try one myself;)
 
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