US Open Semis Predictions and Racquets - Fritz, Tiafoe, Pegula, Navarro... 

With Yonex I believe it, solid racquets. Nice to know.

Thanks Will, appreciate it!

awesome, do you also know her string tension?

Low 50s. The exact tension will change depending on indoors/outdoors

Interesting point. However, Djokovic has been playing with a mostly black racquet for a fewer years now. I think there was a comment made that he doesn’t like the white visually because it distracts him while swinging or something. Sinner is more interesting on the other hand. With him I think it’s more of a feel or superstition thing. Kind of like Del Potro was. He started the year with it and won the AO so he doesn’t want to change anything. I would think he would have the updated paint at the start of next year.

@@dustyroot4708 Nole never used a Speed. Always used the I.radical 18x20 and after the elbow operation many years ago drilled 18x19

@@lkt10 I never said he did. Where did you get that? We’re talking about the cosmetics aka “paint job.”

Jannik has used the previous mostly white speed paint before. I think it’s just superstition, he will eventually switch next year probably

Thanks!

Hehe, yeah I left that as a bit of a pun

hahaha. I actually think Fritz would be more of a challenge to Sinner. Tiafoe has a tendency to choke and sort of give up; especially when he is not winning. Fritz seems more like a fighter. Think about that Indian Wells final vs Nadal.

Haha, it was a bad choice of words

Sinner is also a speed user apparently

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​@@FearhandWinnerCannon argue that

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Thanks

Cool thanks, but looks different now

Yes should be gut in the mains

Thanks! Will try 👍🏻 would love to test a black version

Thanks!

How ya know ?

Muchas gracias 🙏🏼

Yup. Sad times ☹️

Interestingly, Jessica Pegula also has wealthy parents and plays with Yonex.

Or buys from e-Bay the model Like New from people doing some testing but not though a Program like Tennis Warehouse or Tennis Point has for the Racquets people are getting rid of as are magazines/RU-vid testers who were paid to test or Magazines sent the models for testing and need to unload now the model is not a new model. I found a bunch of my model in 2022 and 2024 an aluminum 25 inch Jr model where original is from 2001--2002 made in Tawain in one color with 4 & 1/4 grip and 2002--2003 later made in China with a 4 inch grip in great shape on e-Bay with 2 unused of the later slightly less good version (only have 2) of the same model 95% the same, though the strings broke on one model and I restrung via Tennis Point using the free synthetic nylon gut at 55 pounds so the racquet will be at 50 once strings works in all becuse the seller failed to disclose that one model had a nearly broken string, they hid the side of racquet in pictures. This 55 pounds and synthetic nylon gut will be what I use for all my model from here on out all 6 once/if the string breaks having 4 original, 2 later of 95% the same model. I did do my own grip that most people are not going to like as on all of these racquets including the never used models with shrink wrap on the base grip, the outer most part of the base grip was failing where the vinyl was peeling off. I probably would have done the same grip or a very similar one anyhow as I hate vinyl in hot weather, you can't grip it.

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He does, good point

His Adidas contract or apparel and shoes probably was not renewed. When signing with Fila, he probably just signed an apparel contract, or had an option clause allowing him to use other shoes if he couldn’t find a Fila model he liked. Players don’t like to change shoe models much. Alcaraz, Sinner, Nadal,Rune, Dimitrov, and Tiafoe all use old Nike models no longer available to the public.

@@dustyroot4708 I would think if not this clause above, a similar clause, maybe not having to find a new model of shoe until the off season. I know most top players do not have time to get used to a model during the main bulk of the season.

I think usually it means without overgrip and without dampener.

​@@Stu49583 The specs on tenniswarehouse are this way, but I think most pro player specs are with overgrip and dampener included.