You might have watched the Austrian Grand Slam winner and thought: What is that Dominic Thiem tennis racquet? Dominic Thiem Tennis Racquet Austrian wunderkind Dominic Thiem is using the old Babolat Pure Strike 18×20 with Babolat VS Touch Black (natural gut) in the mains and RPM Blast 17 in the crosses. This is now painted as the new Babolat Pure Strike. So the stakes are high this year. Will he live up to his massive potential? For Babolat I’m sure this is a big question as well, since Thiem has the potential to become a racquet poster boy with the …
Babolat Project One 7
The Babolat Project One 7 has ended and the new Babolat Pure Strike line has been revealed. Complete with FSI (Frame String Interaction, which means a tighter pattern in the sweet spot area) and everything. It sure looks great to me, but whether it plays a lot different than the previous Pure Strike remains to be seen. Will see if I can get my hands on one so I can try it properly and write a review. According to Babolat officials they launch for pre-sale on September 1st and are in stock September 8th. PS. For you looking for a …
Update: there is a new post on Dominic Thiem’s tennis racquet here. Thiem posted a new racquet on his twitter account. He has previously played with the Babolat Pure Strike (apparently a retail racquet), but is now going to play and endorse a different model. A Babolat official on the tennis warehouse forum confirmed that it’s called Project One 7. Whether it involves a process where Thiem is building it to his preferred specs (like Federer did with his Wilson RF97 Autograph) or he’s just endorsing a new model, remains to be seen. Since the racquet is not blacked-out which …