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The winning tennis racquets of 2010 AO

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

While watching the Australian Open tennis championships, you might have noticed a couple of new racquets being used by the tennis pros. We have identified most of the new tennis racquets that were showcased at the beginning of the tennis season and we have highlighted them right her for you.

We start with our personal favorite tennis racquet – the Head YouTek Prestige Mid Tennis Racquet:

A great tour racquet that offers maximum touch and control with the extra stability that is ideal for serious heavy hitters. Now with YouTek™ to perfectly match every player’s individual needs. This awesome tennis racquet weighs in at 12.1 ounces (strung), 27″ long, 93 inch head size (for more power), and comes with the YouTek, and d3o technologies – The specially designed molecules in d3o™ react on different impacts within nano seconds. They stay soft during slow hits and lock together on hard strokes.

HEAD YouTek Prestige Mid (No Cover) - Tennis Racquets

Next we move onto the Wilson SixOne Tour 90 BLX – Used by the greatest tennis player of all time (and 2010 Australian Open Champion) Roger Federer:

Tour BLX features a unique “Wilson” feel that has been enhanced with basalt fibers. Possessing the qualities that allow for thundering ground strokes and serves along with deft drop shots and volleys, the Six.One Tour BLX is the obvious choice for those who aspire to play the game like the legends of tennis. The Wilson SixOne weighs in at 12.5 ounces, 27″ long, head size coming in at 90 inch head size, and uses the BLX technology – Wilson’s new technology, BLX, has used these basalt fibers and woven them longitudinally with [K]arophite Black to create one of the most advanced composites in the industry.

Wilson SixOne Tour 90 BLX (No Cover) - Tennis Racquets

Of course it takes more than just an awesome tennis racquet to play tennis, but it sure does help you out. If you have a tennis racquet and want to learn more about the game, we suggest that you start by learning the game. Getting better at the game of tennis, you have to practice as much as you possibly can – remember Practice Makes Permanent!

Adios Nadal.

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

In the quarterfinals of the Aussie open where Rafael Nadal met Andy Murray, we were set to have a marathon match. In the opening set, each player was looking in good form until Murray broke Nadal twice in the set and eventually ran with it, 6-3. In the second set, Nadal seemed to come alive like he usually does, holding serve and ripping forehands cross court and blistering backhand down the line. At 3-2 (Nadal leading), play was suspended for Australia Day fireworks display. When play resumed, Nadal broke Murray’s serve and was up 4-2. Murray broke right back and leveled the set at 4 all. The set eventually went onto a tie break where Nadal’s momentum seemed to slow down quite a bit; Murray took the second set tie break 7-2.

The third set seemed to start normally, until Nadal was on serve in the second game where she chased down a backhand cross court from Murray and it look as though he tweaked his right knee. Immediately after the next point, Nadal called for a trainer and took a medical time out. As we all know, the end of the 2009 tennis season for Nadal was rather bleak since he had been suffering from tendinitis in both his knees. He lost in the semi’s at the French and withdrew from the Wimbledon tennis championships at the Old England Club, where he was to defend his title from 2008. After the medical timeout, Nadal had to finish out his service game where he was at 15 all. He was broken and was behind 0-3, as the players changed over, Nadal met Murray at the net and retired. Game, set, match.

With Nadal in such poor physical condition, why is he even playing? He should obviously be resting his knees and let his body do the healing. Nadal has always been known for his grinding constant running, sliding, and jumping; however, he just could not go the distance this time around. We hope Nadal does recover from this tournament, since he’s such a spectacle to watch on the tennis court.

Vamos Rafa!