05-15-2023, 09:37 AM
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#1741
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
It doesn't help that many players are using full beds of poly and arm-killing Babolat racquets. I just cut some strings out of my racquet and maybe I never noticed before but it kind of hit me how hard poly strings are as they permanently retain the bending shape around the grommet as there's barely any elasticity. Alcaraz and Novak for example both have had recent bouts with tennis elbow.
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I just wanted to re-visit this post by EE as I recently acquired a Babolat Pure Aero VS 2020 edition (i.e. the model that Carlitos and Holger Rune supposedly use) and I have tried it a couple of times and it is a very nice racquet, but I also experienced some elbow and shoulder pain afterwards. I was told it was strung with Tecnifibre Black Code which is allegedly a very soft poly (I don't know the tension), but I've leaving it in the bag and have gone back to using my tried and true Yonex Vcore 95's.
Also, for Mother's Day, I surprised my wife with a Prince Phantom Pro 100, this racquet is very unique with a very thin beam (16.5 mm in the throat) and she loves it. Man, she was hitting some very nice groundies yesterday with it.
Anyway, this concludes my racquet talk for today lol.
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05-15-2023, 11:36 AM
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#1742
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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I understand the 2023 Pure Aero is a little more arm friendly than past PA's but I've kind of moved on from Babolats as my Pure Drive was great for groundstrokes but for whatever reason I developed some shoulder issues on serve with that racquet. I'm using multifilament strings these days in a rotation of Technifibre X-one Biphase, NRG2, or Head Velocity MLT. I just don't like the hard feel of most Poly strings as the only one that I really liked was Hyper G Soft.
Last edited by Erick Estrada; 05-15-2023 at 11:38 AM.
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05-15-2023, 01:49 PM
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#1743
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Happy 36th birthday to Andy Murray - Good tweet thread put together by Bastien Fachan below.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1658091213906386948
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05-16-2023, 07:37 AM
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#1744
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05-16-2023, 07:51 AM
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#1745
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It should be added that Norrie did take a MTO as Novak was serving for the match, that probably bugged Djoker even more than the smash did.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1658424962359648259
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05-16-2023, 07:59 AM
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#1746
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Of course, this sets up a quarter-final match between Novak and Rune, that could be very spicy.
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05-16-2023, 08:35 AM
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#1747
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dash_pinched
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The smash is a nothing burger IMO as Novak shouldn't have turned his back like that with the play ongoing. I haven't seen the match or highlights but a MTO in that circumstance is a little greasy.
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05-16-2023, 08:53 AM
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#1748
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Check out the entry list below, there's a name we haven't seen in some time...
https://twitter.com/user/status/1658425926055608320
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05-16-2023, 10:34 AM
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#1749
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Franchise Player
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That's amazing! Could really use the Missiles help to defend our Davis Cup crown.
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05-16-2023, 11:27 AM
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#1751
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Franchise Player
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Hanfmann backs up his big win over Fritz by taking out Andrey Rublev just now 7-6 4-6 6-3.
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05-16-2023, 01:50 PM
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#1752
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Franchise Player
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Daniil Clayvedev dispatches Zverev 6-2 7-6 in Rome and continues to live rent free in the German's head.
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05-16-2023, 02:42 PM
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#1753
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dash_pinched
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https://www.sportsnet.ca/tennis/arti...njury-absence/
Great news....Confirmed missile launch!
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I hate to tell you this, but I’ve just launched an air biscuit
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05-17-2023, 07:44 AM
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#1754
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Franchise Player
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05-17-2023, 07:48 AM
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#1755
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05-17-2023, 07:50 AM
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#1756
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They just resumed play after a rain delay and Novak has won set 2 6-4 after dropping the first set 6-2. We're going the distance.
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05-17-2023, 08:12 AM
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#1757
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Rune up a double break in set 3. Novak calling out Norrie for "not playing fair" yesterday and is acting worse today than Cam.
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05-17-2023, 08:18 AM
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#1758
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Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dash_pinched
Rune up a double break in set 3. Novak calling out Norrie for "not playing fair" yesterday and is acting worse today than Cam.
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At 35 he needs to accept he's likely going to start losing more matches than he's been accustomed to. Rune is turning into a really good player, almost on the level of Alcaraz and that's a good thing for tennis even if he can be a bit of a brat at times.
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05-17-2023, 08:19 AM
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#1759
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Rune got hosed on a call from the ump and then completely collapsed in the 2nd set. Surprised to see him rebound in the 3rd set
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05-17-2023, 08:39 AM
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#1760
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Franchise Player
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Way to go, Holger. That was a dominating performance in set 3 although it was helped by Novak kind of losing his mind out there as well.
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