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Postby emate007 » Tue, 18 May 2010 17:48

bloufo wrote:I don't quite get the "offend you personally bro" part?

meaning of ponce?
it's a city of southern Puerto Rico southwest of San Juan. :lol:


Really?

OK, to spell it out - you seemed offended and a bit aggressive in your response.

:? :?
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Postby Mike Rotchtickles » Tue, 18 May 2010 18:06

no, not at all.
in fact, if you go back and re-read my posts in this thread, I wasn't really arguing for or against the way that Fed 'dressed up'.
the end of my first post was followed by a ':P'
Maybe the emoticon got lost in translation?

also, shame that you found my tone to be agressive, not meant to be.
I mean I also find the content of some members here to be overbearing and quite opinionated, but I tolerate them just the same.
So in the end no harm done. :)
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Postby Saarbrigga » Tue, 18 May 2010 18:36

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Postby venom400 » Wed, 19 May 2010 00:41

djarvik wrote:Well, if traditions are what prompted it, then where is the wooden racket?

It's a basic "look how cool I am, the goat!" outfit.

This would be equivalevnt of someone back in a day wearing a sleveless shirt.


Have you ever played with his racquet ? that thing may as well be made out of wood !
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Postby jayl0ve » Wed, 19 May 2010 00:44

Wood racquets are so much heavier, though. A normal wood racquet would be like 17-18 oz, at least.
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Postby djarvik » Wed, 19 May 2010 01:12

venom400 wrote:
djarvik wrote:Well, if traditions are what prompted it, then where is the wooden racket?

It's a basic "look how cool I am, the goat!" outfit.

This would be equivalevnt of someone back in a day wearing a sleveless shirt.


Have you ever played with his racquet ? that thing may as well be made out of wood !


I own 2 of his previous rackets. Not the latest pain job thou. They are all the same. Played with it up until last year. Switched to Babolat Pure Storm GT.

His racket is heavy but very comfortable for me. The only reason I switched is because when I demoed the Pure Storm, I couldn't miss....it seemed everything I wanted to do I was able to do with ease. So I decided to buy a few. :P
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Postby KluddKalle » Wed, 19 May 2010 09:32

djarvik wrote:
I own 2 of his previous rackets. Not the latest pain job thou. They are all the same. Played with it up until last year. Switched to Babolat Pure Storm GT.

His racket is heavy but very comfortable for me. The only reason I switched is because when I demoed the Pure Storm, I couldn't miss....it seemed everything I wanted to do I was able to do with ease. So I decided to buy a few. :P


Sorry for being OT, but I'm about to change to Babolat Pure Storm GT this week. :D
I'm just going to try it some more before I make up my mind. I'm also considering Aero Storm GT but haven't tried it yet.
I'm changing from a Prince Tour DB mp (newer version of Prince More Control) which is a great control racket but not very forgiving when I'm having a bad day. :?

And to bring things back on topic:

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Postby venom400 » Wed, 19 May 2010 11:31

djarvik wrote:
venom400 wrote:
djarvik wrote:Well, if traditions are what prompted it, then where is the wooden racket?

It's a basic "look how cool I am, the goat!" outfit.

This would be equivalevnt of someone back in a day wearing a sleveless shirt.


Have you ever played with his racquet ? that thing may as well be made out of wood !


I own 2 of his previous rackets. Not the latest pain job thou. They are all the same. Played with it up until last year. Switched to Babolat Pure Storm GT.

His racket is heavy but very comfortable for me. The only reason I switched is because when I demoed the Pure Storm, I couldn't miss....it seemed everything I wanted to do I was able to do with ease. So I decided to buy a few. :P


Well that is what I noticed with his racket , whenever I hit the ball with good technique and right non the middle of the face of the racket the ball flies with power and accuracy , but any balls that you get to late ,over heads , miss hit serves , on rise balls ,etc.. are a pain , so far my prince exo3 graphite has been the best , I'm thinking about loading more lead tape on the head for more power but my tennis elbow doesn't like head heavy rackets :(
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Postby jayl0ve » Wed, 19 May 2010 11:51

I used to use lead tape but honestly it's too much for me; I'm not as strong as an ATP pro, I guess. It's ok for messing around with, but when it comes down to actually playing an hour or so long match with a lead-taped racquet, it can get real tiring on your arm. Also it doesn't hurt that I'm really happy/comfortable with my racquet's stock weight and balance ( I use a Dunlop AG 200 that's around 13 oz and 6 pts head light fully strung and gripped).

Also, there's no racquet out there that's going to magically make mis-timed balls or mishit (off-center) balls into well-struck balls. Basically any player's racquet (actually any racquet, period) requires that you hit it somewhere pretty close to the sweet spot to have the best control and power. The difference in the size of the sweet spot between Roger's (90 sq inch) and the tour average (100 sq inch) racquet is really not that much different...miniscule, even.
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Postby KluddKalle » Mon, 24 May 2010 14:10

Ignorance is bliss
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Postby Cro Morgan » Thu, 27 May 2010 15:08

KluddKalle wrote:http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/tennis/article7180935.ab?service=galleryFlash

:shock: :D


Indeed! What was she thinking?

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Postby Moralspain » Thu, 27 May 2010 15:42

Cro Morgan wrote:
KluddKalle wrote:http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/tennis/article7180935.ab?service=galleryFlash

:shock: :D


Indeed! What was she thinking?

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WHY??????, that´s the question


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Postby Moralspain » Thu, 27 May 2010 15:48

If that lady above had been Ivanovic for example. things would have been different :lol: :lol:
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Postby AUSSIE_FABS » Fri, 28 May 2010 00:07

On rg site you have all these people offended by it saying disgrace and what would her mother think. I can only imagine they are some old snob, although I didn't know they knew how to use the internet.
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Postby Elargento » Fri, 28 May 2010 02:22

Moralspain wrote:If that lady above had been Ivanovic for example. things would have been different :lol: :lol:


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