Hey guys~

Fellow tennis player here! Was introduced to this forum by a fellow tennis player from Singapore.

Have always been active in TT but never stumbled upon this forum!

Cheers!

I'm from Ipoh, I usually play in turf club, clearwater, and sometimes in swimming club.

But now I'm playing in Sabah (working here). I play in the Sabah Sandakan Tennis Club. How about you guys?

yup. i am. cool. i'm sure we'll hook up one day for a tennis game soon!

it's at the back of it. i'm sure one who isn't familiar with that place can't find it. i'm there mostly fduring the weekends cause i'm teaching in kinabaatangan most of the time. when you do drop by during the weekends, just pm me before. we can have a game.

nice to see those clearwater pictures up!

what's your name?

I see. Hi Vincent, well, you can try YMCA which is near the Hindu Temple at Anderson Road... They entertain guest players... the other places are clubs and you'll need someone to bring you there if you wanna play there. Try it out!

those new dunlop biomimetics sure look pretty good.. they have i think 2-3 frames that match your criteria...

I personally like wilson and prince frames though... that's just me...

http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/Wilson_BLX...SON-61LBLX.html
http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/Wilson_BLX...LSON-WBLXB.html

those 2 wilsons seem to match your criteria though... try it! remember to demo first!

dudeeeee.... me want.... me want them bothhhhh

If you're in KL, just drop by at topper sports or Ultimate Sports, they have good deals there... even in Pertama Komplex they have 1-2 shops on the first floor that gives good deals in both strings and racquets... but I regularly visit Topper Sports and Ultimate Sports instead... I even have their cards... I'll scan them and see if it'll help anyone


These 2 pictures are for ULTIMATE SPORTS



These are for TOPPER SPORTS...


Well, just hoping it'll help maybe those who need to know more details..

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Added on June 15, 2011, 8:11 pm@kev

I am using currently 3 Wilson K6.1 95.s with added +-20grammes, which totals it to about 330 grammes, the weight was added to the bottom of the handle... I have been using Ashaway Crossfire Strings pulled to 54lbs-58lbs all my life and I don't think I've transitioned very well with any other strings....

I've tried:
Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour @ 56lbs
Technifibre Red code @56lbs
Technifibre Black Code @56lbs
Luxilon BB Alu Power Rough @55lbs
Luxilon BB Original @55lbs
Dunlop Synthetic Gut @60lbs

but I've never gotten used to these polyester strings... I've been tempted to try the Wilson Pro Champion's Choice and Natural Gut.... but $$$$$$ kept me back...

All 3 racquets currently strung with Ashaway Crossfire 17 at 54-58lbs.

I used to use Wilson Hyper Hammer 6.5 (the one Serena Williams used to have)

and was a steady Prince Triple Threat Scream (the yellow one) for many-many years before making a switch to the Wilson K6.1 95s....

If you wanna date back during the days when I just started.... hehehehe (ahhhh... the good ol' days when I was 9 years old) it was a Rossignol (can't remember the model honestly) and Head Aluminium Racquet...


hehehe... don't ask me about the string setup for those though...

you?


This post has been edited by Dark_Angel85: Jun 15 2011, 08:11 PM

1. WOw... after trying all those frames, which one was the best for you? the classic 6.1 95 still? nothing beats the old pro staffs eh?

2. speaking of the classics, any luck with collecting those st. vincent 85's? hehehe.. they sell for quite a bomber price in those forums in TT.

3. I used to demo a couple of racquets before buying i.e:
- Babolat Pure Drive Standard
- Babolat Aerodrive Pro Cortex
- Head Radical Microgel
- Head Prestige Microgel
- Dunlop aerogel 200/300 and Dunlop 4G 200
- Prince O3 Shark/Blue/Tour (I nearly went for the Prince o3 Tour)
- Wilson k6.1 Tour
- Wilson Kblade Tour

but finally went for the k6.1 95. don't know why but that frame just made me hit the ball more freely

@k3vin82

I've asked that many years back before. I know the price is absurd but the proshop doesn't see the need to follow the living timezone of racquets outside. Even members aren't given any discount for these racquets. I think cause they do not plan to rotate out these backdated sticks with new ones and that's why they've stuck to the original price for that long. I was interested myself to purchase those sticks but fell short because of their quotation.

If I could have convinced them otherwise, those sticks would have been inside my bag already... ehehehe

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Added on June 16, 2011, 6:31 pmpretty smart collection of the classics there... when are you gonna organise a 'classic racquets' matchup with those cool woodies?

This post has been edited by Dark_Angel85: Jun 16 2011, 06:31 PM

That's just some sick plexiguard courts.... awesome man.. if I go to singapore, I'm definitely stopping by

I'm quite sure even Topper sports and Ultimate Sports don't have such specific replacements... they don't even have bumper guards and replacement grommets. You'll have to get it in ebay or tenniswarehouse

TW is bringing them back? isn't that supposedly Wilson's decision or something like that?

nice pictures man

This post has been edited by Dark_Angel85: Jun 17 2011, 10:36 PM

putting mains with multis don't necessarily mean it will lead to better feel of the ball. many claim they feel the polys give them a crisp feeling too. plus, some multis do feel deader compared to the softer polys.... one thing that is highly recommeded though is putting polys in the mains to increase the string's lifespan by a lot... cause the main strings are the ones getting a lot of friction...

whatever you seem best for your game is best. not 100% what TW says

@kevin

damn man... it's like USD145 right? i don't think my game will suit such a small frame anyway... i'm sure it'll feel solid on the serves and volleys with such a small and thin beamed frame... post your reviews the moment you get some solid hitting time with em... and of course... PICTURES!!!

when i do get to singapore, i'll surely tell you guys to hook up for a tennis game dudes...

@tiangkim
i've always propogated WHAT YOU FEEL IS WHAT IS RIGHT. NOT What tw says all the time

unfortunately there was only one time i played a prostaff 85.... i had noooo idea if it was a china or st. vincy made one... i just remember it's explosions on the serves and it was damn tiring to hit with...

but nothing beats my experience playing with the wilson t2000... that thing was such a beast to hit.... so deadly when hit at the centre... the strings were sorta dead but i cannot imagine myself swinging with that racquet for even 30 mins through a regular set

unforunately all the lead tape that i found was the small wilson ones and not the long grey leads that are more flexible to apply on. those wilson ones come off too easily... tried asking both topper and ultimate sports.. tarak.

@tiangkim

yup. connors' wilson. my friend who has that t2000 still keeps it in very good condition... probably 8++ condition

I feel that TMF is actually playing very well seeing that he is not in his prime anymore.

... but can he win Wimbledon?

Bjorn Borg posted in TENNIS.com saying that he picks TMF but I feel that what he said before this was more important... he said that the only people who can win wimbledon are the top four players now.

I agree to that. In fact, if I were to rank them based on who I think would win to who would least likely win, it'll be 1-Nadal, 2-Djokovic, 3-TMF, 4-Murray.

No matter how we feel Nadal is NOT at home compared to Federer in Centre Court, he has shown by far that on his worst days - like how he went down 2-5 in the first set in RG, he can still manage to grind back to win it 7-5. I mean, this is no joke to be able to pummel down TMF in the grandest stage of clay-tennis. In fact, the last time he faced off with TMF in the finals, he has shown the quality of tennis (his net game has drastically improved) suitable to that of today's slower grass in Centre Court.

My Predictions: Fed-Nadal final, Nadal in 4 sets if he wins the first set. Nadal in 5 if Federer wins the first set.

If Federer were to win, he MUST win the first 2 sets. I don't see him digging enough motivation in him to battle a 5 setter or coming back from 2 sets down to win an epic 5.

Unfortunately.... cause I would love to see him win another Wimby

i think he did.... for the first 5 months, he did. in fact... i think he will. he's only lost one match thus far. no boo hoos from him for sure.

just that on wimbledon's centre court, TMF and nadal just can't be excluded from the picture

kev

i think the media has been quite unfair to the joker. i mean, his streak has been quite record breaking... it was like the moment he lost to federer, his hype just disappeared. immediately peoplewere reverting back to the TMF & Nadal bickering... i mean... like this WHOLE half-year he lost only 1 match man... that's like superb for any legend or player alive. but now, here anything about him? nope... still talks about "does fed still have what it takes to win wimby" or "will nadal take both rg and wimby again?".. where's the novak article?

you make an excellent point. in fact, nadal always sorta phases out a bit at the end of the year... that's been an ongoing trend of his... but i would find it hard pressed to rule him out of any tournament these days. unless he claims his knees are bothering him again

This post has been edited by Dark_Angel85: Jun 20 2011, 03:51 PM

true. in fact, once they started pulling out streak records... i cannot imagine the amount of pressure he had to break all those records.