HEAD are celebrating their 25th anniversary with a Prestige racquet giveaway. On the 25th of every month this year Head will be giving away a Free HEAD Prestige. To win a racquet all you need to do is go to the Head Facebook app: https://www.facebook.com/headtennis?sk=app_322073137816607
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It seems like Xavier Malisse had a very interesting match against Ernests Gulbis this week! Here is what he got up to!
These days there are so many online tennis stores, but which ones are actually worth using? I thought I would put together a great list of the best online tennis stores.
Tennis Warehouse – Tennis Warehouse is the official partner of ATP and WTA tours. Tennis Warehouse has to be one of the most professional tennis stores online with a huge variety of brands and equipment available.
Midwest Sports – Midwest Sports is a USA based online store that has really been growing over the last 6 months. Midwest has the majority of the leading brands as well as some of the newest on the market like Boris Beckers tennis range. The site is very simple to use and is completely verified.
PWP – PWP claims to be Europe’s number one racket specialist. The site itself has a great design and is very simple to use. Unlike the previous two stores PWP doesn’t just do tennis, they also do table tennis, racketball and more. PWP is based in the UK and they also have five actual stores based in the UK.
Tennis Plaza – Tennis Plaza is another USA based store that is completely verified and as well as accepting credit cards they also accept payments via paypal. Tennis Plaza is the official racket retailer of the Sony Ericsson WTA tour, as well as having a partnership with USTA Florida. In terms of the site itself they have a great range and offer some amazing discounts.
The ITF and Wilson Racquet Sports have extended their sponsorship agreement to include Wilson as the Official Ball of Davis Cup, Fed Cup and other ITF initiatives in a multi-year deal.
Wilson have been a major player with the Davis Cup since 2002. Under this new expanded agreement, Wilson will be the Official Ball to the Davis Cup, Fed Cup and the ITF’s junior team competitions at the under 14 and under 16 level. In addition, Wilson is the exclusive supplier of tennis rackets, shoes, clothing and accessories to the ITF Development Coaching Team.
“Wilson has been an outstanding partner for the ITF, sharing our vision for growing the game of tennis,” said ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti. “Wilson’s involvement in Davis Cup, Fed Cup, ITF junior team competitions and the ITF Development Coaching Team has enhanced all of these areas and we are delighted that they will remain as our partners for many years to come.”
Adidas will be introducing a new racquet offering for 2009, which brings back the memories of tennis legends from yesteryear.
I remember when I was about 12 and the first pair of tennis shoes that I got were Adidas Barricade, and those shoes I probably had for a longer time than any other.
February 2009 will see the introduction of the Barricade tennis racquet from Adidas!
“Building on our footwear and apparel success adidas tennis feels the market is right for the return to racket production,” says Simon Cartwright, Vice President of Global Tennis. “We can now provide tennis players with everything they need to take part in one of the most popular sports in the world. Consumers can be assured that our new rackets will match the high levels of product quality so long associated with the adidas brand.”
The three racquet range will provide a racquet for every player level, tour player, club player and recreational. Each racket is
named after our benchmark Tennis shoes, Barricade, Response and Feather, and share similar characteristics.
Product Specs
Four Barricade models have been created; The Barricade Tour is designed for the “Tournament Player.” It is the heaviest at 330g and the stiffest of the new adidas rackets, ideal for fast swinging players who can generate their own power and look for additional control.
The Barricade Tour Light is 30g lighter, suiting good juniors, but it offers the same control with every swing. Both the Barricade Tour and Tour light come with and 18/20 string pattern to give excellent control and a crisp feel.
The third racket in this range is the Barricade itself; a lighter and less stiff version of the Tour racket with a 16/19 string pattern to ensure a forgiving and playable racket for competition players. The Barricade Junior, meanwhile, satisfies the needs of young budding tennis stars.
All rackets in the Barricade family feature the adidas POWER STRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY (PST). Three structures at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock act like the claws on the Barricade shoe to improve torsional stability. This technology transfers to adidas rackets by adding weight at the same points, putting pop into your shots and increasing the sweetspot.
Pricing
The Barricade range of rackets will retail for $185.00, and the Feather racket for $165.00, while the Response comes in at $145.00
Adidas rackets, which are made by leading tennis manufacturer Keentech, will be sold through adidas own retail as well as tennis specialty stores worldwide. The rackets will be available in the United States beginning February 1, 2009.
It has been reported by on the baseline that the 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic will be heading to the Tokyo tournament with a new weapon in her bag.
The very short lived world number 1 player will be playing with the new Yonex RQiS 1Tour XL. The stick itself looks much live every other racquet from Yonex, but obviously with some advances in product quality and design.
According to Ana Ivanovic’s website, the racquet is currently not available to the general public, but will be very soon. I dont think this is a racquet anyone will rush out and buy, just cause Ivanovic changed!
Remember these rackets? Check out these shapes !!!
Check them out in more detail here on this site
http://tennishistory.com.au/equipment/racquets/unusual-racquets.html
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