Tennis is in a slightly “dead” period at the moment with many players traveling to the Rio Olympics to try to win a medal for their country. News reports from the games have mostly talked about Brazil’s flimsy economy at the moment, the players’ rough accommodations and every other article is another tennis player withdrawing from the tournament (5 out of top 10 ATP so far). I have a feeling the interest around the olympic tennis medal won’t be very strong considering. In other news, Novak Djokovic broke the record for number of Masters titles (30). It wasn’t the strongest Roger’s …
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Prince Textreme Tour 95
My new weapon of choice is the Prince Textreme Tour 95. I can’t believe I’ve changed racquets yet again, but something about this stick talked to me with its really nice “classic” specs, yet friendly swing-weight and open string pattern. It’s rare you find a modern racquet with a stiffness rating (strung) of 60 RA so this was just too much of a good fit for my game to pass up on. Not that I don’t miss the Wilson Blades in some respect, they had more power and forgiveness, but I just can’t move away from the 95 inch headsize. …