Zverev: always used a 18x20?

TripleB

Hall of Fame
I know pros don't always (read typically) use what the public is told they use...T-W says Alexander Zverev is using the Head Graphene Touch Speed Pro, which is an 18x20 string pattern. As a pro, has he always used a racquet with an 18x20 string pattern?

The reason I ask is because Head came out with the Graphene XT Speed MP Ltd. Edition "endorsed by Alexander Zverev", which has a 16x19 string pattern. There is even a video of a Head representative 'surprising' Alexander with this racquet:

If Head is going to come out with a Limited Edition racquet for Zverev and make this big production like it was made especially for him to use, why make it a 16x19 if he doesn't even use a 16x19?

TripleB
 

vsbabolat

G.O.A.T.
I know pros don't always (read typically) use what the public is told they use...T-W says Alexander Zverev is using the Head Graphene Touch Speed Pro, which is an 18x20 string pattern. As a pro, has he always used a racquet with an 18x20 string pattern?

The reason I ask is because Head came out with the Graphene XT Speed MP Ltd. Edition "endorsed by Alexander Zverev", which has a 16x19 string pattern. There is even a video of a Head representative 'surprising' Alexander with this racquet:

If Head is going to come out with a Limited Edition racquet for Zverev and make this big production like it was made especially for him to use, why make it a 16x19 if he doesn't even use a 16x19?

TripleB
Because they are liars. He uses the IG Speed MP 18x20
 

fundrazer

G.O.A.T.
If I remember correctly Head pulled the same thing when they first introduced the Speed line. Speed Pro endorsed by Novak but was 16x19 when he was playing 18x20.
 

elkabras

Rookie
His forehand seems like mine saving the distance...xD I think 18x20 felt more confidence in his shots...spin is given by the western grip... when he hits with timing he hits a very strong forehand... if would be for the backhand and serve he could use a baseball stick because he has a very good technique


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elkabras

Rookie
The crossed laterality position of the dominant eye with respect to the dominant hand (crossed) favors a great forehand, while the location of the dominant eye on the same side of the dominant hand (homogeneous) favors a great backhand

No one player has forehand & backhand of the same greatness...even the Great RF of 2004-2005


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movdqa

Talk Tennis Guru
dr325i has one of his frames so he should know more about it than anyone (that is about the physical frame).
 

Bartelby

Bionic Poster
Marketing and Reality rarely meet. And Zverev's win is good marketing news for Head. One goes down and one comes up.
 

Alex78

Hall of Fame
Wouldn't this be a nice chance for Head to switch Djokovic to the Radical and have Zverev endorse the Speed as their front-line player?
But then again... (And never mind that neither of them would play with the current version of the Radical resp. the Speed, anyway.)
 

dr325i

G.O.A.T.
Wouldn't this be a nice chance for Head to switch Djokovic to the Radical and have Zverev endorse the Speed as their front-line player?
But then again... (And never mind that neither of them would play with the current version of the Radical resp. the Speed, anyway.)
Novak started the Speed line (as we know it) for them in 2009, I doubt they will be doing that.
Zverev is endorsing the Speed MP line, Novak is enduring the Pro line.
 

haegger

Semi-Pro
Wouldn't this be a nice chance for Head to switch Djokovic to the Radical and have Zverev endorse the Speed as their front-line player?
But then again... (And never mind that neither of them would play with the current version of the Radical resp. the Speed, anyway.)

And Murray to PT57A. Ooops, i mean, Prestige.;)
 

Alex78

Hall of Fame
Novak started the Speed line (as we know it) for them in 2009, I doubt they will be doing that.
Zverev is endorsing the Speed MP line, Novak is enduring the Pro line.
I'm aware of that, no way Head is going to move Nole to the Radical, even if that would be the honest thing to do, or at least a little less dishonest.
Although it's probably just the "silos" the players endorse, not down to the exact model, is it? I mean, the line stops at "Speed" and doesn't subdivide into "Speed MP" and "Speed Pro" etc.
But Head created this pro player racquet endorsement conundrum themselves, and their lies just keep catching up with them...
 
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