Simona Halep is in the final of the Australian Open 2018 with a chance to win her first grand slam title. She will be playing Caroline Wozniacki who is also there for the first time. Who will win? And what racquets do they use? Simon Halep is endorsing the Wilson Burn 100 CV, a racquet I reviewed (surprisingly) favourably here, but she’s actually, like David Ferrer and several other players on the ATP and WTA tours, using the Steam 99 under a paint job. She strings it with Luxilon Alu Power Big Banger 1.25 and has strips of lead tape at 3 and …
Wilson Steam 99
Aussie youngster Alex de Minaur is making waves in the Brisbane ATP tournament after beating Raonic, Johnson and Mmoh. But what racquet is he using? 18-year-old de Minaur uses a blacked-out Wilson pro stock racquet similar to David Ferrer. It’s a pro stock version of the Wilson Steam 99 with a 16×18 string pattern. He uses Luxilon 4G strings. Alex de Minaur doesn’t have a massive power game, but has a smart tennis mind and fights for every point. With this game style it’s ideal to have Lleyton Hewitt as your coach so de Minaur can for sure be a …
Former world number 3 David Ferrer played the longest match of the French Open 2017 so far when he beat Donald Young after 4,5 hours. But what blacked-out racquet did he use? Tennisnerd previously reported about Ferrer’s move from his Prince Exo Tour 100 to a Babolat Pure Drive Plus, but yesterday he showed up with a blacked-out racquet that didn’t look very much like a Babolat Pure Drive and the Wilson butt cap gave it away – Ferrer is testing a Wilson racquet during the 2017 season. This is not the first time Ferrer is playing with a Wilson racquet – in …