Nadal's actual racquet shown and his specs!
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nadal frame
It's about 338g strung, gripped, with impact absorber 2-3g+ added, a bal. pt. of 33, no silicone in butt. NOt the advertised version of cortex, etc. at all. It's stiffer, more powerful, and as you can see in the pic, no cortex, put a paint job. He places two strips about 4" of 33mm lead tape under the grommet at 12 oclock. He uses the 1.35mm string. He strings about 54/52 and strings more frames per tourny than any other male pro. He burns through the rpm blast (used to be duralast). Mass is too light, more for a junior set up. Ra is about the same as Feds: 65. Moment of inertia is lower than Feds or Joker, who is higher than the other two.
nadal frameIt's about 338g strung, gripped, with impact absorber 2-3g+ added, a bal. pt. of 33, no silicone in butt. NOt the advertised version of cortex, etc. at all. It's stiffer, more powerful, and as you can see in the pic, no cortex, put a paint job. He places two strips about 4" of 33mm lead tape under the grommet at 12 oclock. He uses the 1.35mm string. He strings about 54/52 and strings more frames per tourny than any other male pro. He burns through the rpm blast (used to be duralast). Mass is too light, more for a junior set up. Ra is about the same as Feds: 65. Moment of inertia is lower than Feds or Joker, who is higher than the other two.
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Top ten 50s norcal pt57a
Top ten 50s norcal pt57a
Last edited by kiteboard : 02-18-2012 at 12:07 AM.
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Permalink Reply by Kyle McCain on -
Crazy, I string at 55, I was thinking about 53 but I don't know if I should since I'm just getting back into the game after a break.
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Permalink Reply by Tim Prapong on -
I was religious about being at 59, but then I had one racquet at below 50 with Lux Ace. I couldn't get enough of it. Then I bought a used Prestige Pro at 53. It's just a different world. I now would string at 55.
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Permalink Reply by Kyle McCain on
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what would you say is a good tension for the RPM, if you one would like a lot of spin?
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Permalink Reply by Tim Prapong on
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Ah, anywhere between 40-56 is spin oriented. Depends how hard you hit through the ball also. I tend to like 57 to 58 and break the string in for an hour. Then it is at the tension I like it for the rest of its lifespan.
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