The other day I got some messages on my Facebook page from racquet collector West Loh around Nick Kyrgios‘ and Jordan Thompson’s racquet specs. The conversation led to him sending some great pics of his impressive racquet collection, which I felt I had to post here. Tennis racquets are a beautiful thing and I know there are a lot of collectors out there with impressive racquet collections. Please send your pics over here and I’ll post them on Tennisnerd for all racquet and tennis lovers out there to see. Would also be interesting to hear about your most treasured racquets, …
Nick Kyrgios racquet
What racquet does Aussie bad-boy Nick Kyrgios play with? He endorses the Yonex Ezone DR 98 but plays with a Yonex Ezone XI 98. Tennis bad-boy Nick Kyrgios has been in the news recently due to his odd behaviour during his Shanghai Masters match against Mischa Zverev, where he pretty evidently tanked through large parts of his loss. He first received a 16,500 USD fine for failing to give a full effort, unsportsmanlike conduct and verbal abuse of a spectator. But the ATP wasn’t done with him and a few days later he was handed an extra 25 000 USD …
One of the highest reviewed tennis racquets on Tennis Warehouse and Tennis Express is the Yonex DR 98Â with some play-testers calling it “one of the best tennis racquets they’ve ever reviewed”. I really enjoyed the Yonex Ai 98 (still have four of those although I mainly play with the Tecnifibre 315 ATP Ltd 16×19)Â and I really think the Yonex DR 98 is a solid successor to the Ai 98. It feels a bit firmer, but not uncomfortable and doesn’t require lead at 3 and 9 o’ clock to feel stable. The Yonex DR 98 is endorsed by the flamboyant Nick …