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What racquet is 14-time grand slam champion Pete Sampras holding in the picture?
As you might know, Sampras played a heavily leaded-up Wilson Pro Staff 85 (St Vincent) for most of his career, but the above pic is clearly not that racquet!
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Blade 93, heavily leaded. Though it’s actually the string that puzzles me even more..
It is a blacked-out and heavily leaded Babolat Pure Storm tour limited. (From “reliable” sources :) )
Sorry, but no
The Ltd is a 95 sq.i. with an 18×20 string pattern, Pete never played with tight string patterns like the Ltd has
The word out there on TW is that he plays with a blacked out and weighted up Pure Storm GT, meaning a 98 sq.i. frame with 16×20 string pattern
Just look at some of the early pics from Sampras with his new bab, and count the strings
You can confirm this here https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/sampras-goes-to-babolat-pics-incl.329303/
Keep up the good work
It actually appears to be the Pure Storm Tour “according to his personal racquet customizer and stringer, Nate Ferguson.” https://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2010/09/mailbag-pistol-petes-new-pure-storm/38760/
Yes, you are right. I recently published a classic racquet review of that frame. Video to come.