Err, Tsonga using the Tour's paintjob... Not the 98 one.

wow 3 tournaments?? great...and when will they most probably be held?

mid-march ar? quite soon la...haha...can wait can wait...thought of getting a spare racquet la..
second-hand one would be enough..pls keep us informed bout this and the tourneys k? thanks

i use my prince tt ace racket to play since i started playing tennis a few months ago. now i feel like this racket uncontrollable whn i wanna generate power on it. maybe i got my strokes wrong ><

haha maybe time to restring. but i dun play everyday also leh. if restring wat type of string should i use ar

I used the babolat pure drive standard before switching to nBlade... haha...still prefer babolat ....the one that u mentioned is the one roddick's using? i'm trying to find second hand Head rackets...

Concerning the tourney, is it open to TARC students as well? And will there be a HELP close event?

battousai, any second-hand rackets of yours which u wanna sell?  haha...

oh yah, are the Sunway College tennis courts open to outsiders as well?

battousai, concerning the HELP Open, what time will the tourny begin? got class on sat...haha
are national players allowed to join too?

K6-1 Tour and K6-1 95 frames are almost completely different. The Tour feels much more solid, but the 95 feels pretty stiff too. The Tour is of course less forgiving, so the 95 is the easier one to play with. Those who liked the Prostaff family of racquets will definitely like the Tour. I feel you need to do more to get power from the Tour. However, control from the Tour is superb.

You have to make really good clean shots with the Tour, and they will be sweet. It seems you can't really play half-a$$ed with the Tour. However, I've seen and played with girls using the n6-1 Tour making the type of shots mostly done by girls and old people and still make it work. That type of play is effective on grass    Drives me crazy...

Long story short, the 95 is easier to use. You're forced to make good shots all the time with the Tour.

wan to ask... what tennis balls do you guys usualyl use? coz i just came from Studio R/ Stadium(klcc) and bought two tins of balls (RM 16.72 each after discount each) but they also had a few other kinds that were cheaper.

they were selling the wilson double core balls for i think RM16.10 or so. any difference?

FYI Studio R is having sales and tennis balls are selling from RM9.90 onwards up to the dunlop Fort which cost RM16.72 after discount.

battousai..normally u play at um rite..did the guard stop u at the guardhouse?

True serve and volley is a dying breed, with the introduction of 'poly' strings that have a better bite ie topspin on the ball, it doesn't make sense to attack the net all the time.Worse still on the ATP tour, it is a fact that the courts have been slowed down,even at Grand Slam events, this only benefits the baseliner. All the classic serve and volleyers: John McEnroe, Stefan Edberg,Boris Becker,Pat Rafter,Pete Sampras if you realistically look at their game, they were quite comfortable playing from the back and then work their way to the net.This is not true for todays baseliners, they cannot volley period......I see Andy with the biggest serve on Men's tennis tour and by right if he had a attacking game,he would of challenged Federer more often.In Agassi's early days, if you can find the matches circa 1988-1990, you would be AMAZED that Agassi could win points at the net solely on his volley, he did not have to bang that huge forehand to set the volley up.

Socially if you were to play a serve and volley game, and could consistently back it up, I'd say go for it, you would give recreational baseliner's a nightmare.Please note that for the first 6 months to 1 year, you would probably lose to people you would normally beat, you should reap your rewards, when you have developed a natural instinct when at the net.Best advice I can give you if you want to develop a S&V game, volley with your feet :-D (quoted by Stefan) keep your racket head in front of you and your feet should do the rest.

Good Luck!

Try searching on youtube for "Stefan Edberg", Pete Sampras, John McEnroe, even Tony Roche and Rod Laver are good bets!

I think that the serve and volley tactic is fading off slowly but it's more significant on the Pro Tour and not quite so among average tennis players. Baseliners are the most common because of the way we're coached nowadays. And I find it true that baseliners are more likely to prevail against serve-and-volley players in a close match. I used to adopt the serve n volley tactic but no more now. Now it's more of stroke-and-volley. haha....

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Added on February 13, 2008, 12:47 pmK la thanks Battousai..i've not registered yet la..not sure..don't even know how to get to jalan duta....
thanks wei...appreciate it

ci long.. send invitation to UTP also.. here is the fax number (605) 3688419..

I use semi western and to me its the most flexible forehand grip because it allows you to hit flat shots and top spin shots easily. Eastern grip is good in hitting flat shots and western grip is good in hitting top spin shots as shown by Nadal's forehand.

Battousai, i think Sia Tiong Hong is no more the pres of Taylors tennis club.. So who is the pres now? Swt..

Hi guys and gals,

I'm crazy about anything to do with tennis and my idols are Sharapova (women) and Djokovic (male).  My current racquet of choice is Raphael Nadal's Aeropro Drive Cortex but I'm thinking of trying the Wilson nBlade 98 soon.

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lol cool... can see someone using new racquet huh

this sunday 8am ok?

Hiya.  Mind if I ask which KBlade model it is?  The Team 104 as used by the Williams sisters?  As far as I know, only the 104 is brought in...

Anyone got experience with the nBlade 98?
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my friend is changing from some 6 years old racquet to KBlade la    in fact he wasn't aware that Djokovic was using it haha ... it's always a joy when u get to use a new racquet... like getting a new toy
duno which model... i think it's 93 inch according to Battousai? Correct ah Battousai?