The ATP Tour version 2017 has kicked off in Doha, Brisbane and Chennai. First action I’ve seen is David Ferrer swinging his Babolat Pure Drive Plus against hothead Bernard Tomic using a Head Graphene XT Radical MP A (actually a HEAD TGT 260.5 pro stock model). Ferrer was steady while Tomic slightly less so and the Spaniard won 6-3 7-5. Both players wore pink tops (Ferrer wore a Lotto shirt and Tomic a Nike Winter Advantage shirt with some cool Nike Zoom Vapor 9.5 in Purple/Crimson) so the neon tennis trend that started last year is perhaps here to stay (for a while). Roger …
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Steve Johnson Yonex
American up-and-coming tennis player Steve Johnson is moving from Babolat to Yonex. This gear move was revealed by professional racquet customizers P1 through their Twitter account with the following post: It is an interesting move both for Steve Johnson (who had a breakthrough year last year with his first title in Nottingham and a string of good results landing him at #33 in the ATP world rankings) and Yonex, who obviously are trying to get their feet more firmly planted in the US market. Johnson was previously a Babolat Aero Storm user, but will now apparently be endorsing the Yonex …