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Sep 10th, 2010, 09:03 PM
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Zvonareva's Prince rackets has a design flaw that keeps breaking the strings
Vera Zvonareva's Prince rackets has a design flaw that keeps breaking the strings.
Zvonareva use Prince EXO3 Black rackets.
From her Rogers Cup interview a couple of weeks ago: http://www.rogerscup.com/women/engli...eva_aug_23.doc
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Q. At the end you seemed frustrated with your racquet?
VERA ZVONAREVA: I was having some issues with the racquets. The throat pieces, they keep breaking. If they break, my string always breaks in the throat of the racquet and then you cannot see if it is broken, and when you hit the ball it goes off. We are trying to fix the issue. It’s small things, but we’ll fix it. In the first match it broke three times. I know some other players were having the same problem. It doesn’t change anything about the game, but...
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Again in her US Open semi-final against Wozniacki her strings broke what 4-5 times? |
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Sep 11th, 2010, 01:32 AM
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Re: Zvonareva's Prince rackets has a design flaw that keeps breaking the strings
Oups, Prince better hope this doesn't get wide spread until they repair it, because anyone except professionals will NOT want to have to restring racquets like every week or something. 
When I play ~ 8 hours a week, my strings last me at least 2 months. 
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Sep 11th, 2010, 03:44 AM
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Re: Zvonareva's Prince rackets has a design flaw that keeps breaking the strings
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Originally Posted by Spaceman.
Oups, Prince better hope this doesn't get wide spread until they repair it, because anyone except professionals will NOT want to have to restring racquets like every week or something.
When I play ~ 8 hours a week, my strings last me at least 2 months. |
Touring pros do not use stock models like the rest of us. Everything about their racquets - weight, balance, even grip size and shape - is customized to their specifications.
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Sep 11th, 2010, 07:21 AM
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Re: Zvonareva's Prince rackets has a design flaw that keeps breaking the strings
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Originally Posted by darrinbaker00
Touring pros do not use stock models like the rest of us. Everything about their racquets - weight, balance, even grip size and shape - is customized to their specifications.
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This is true for the men, but I think a couple of women do play with stock racquets.
Anyway, never a fan of those Prince racquets with big holes as grommets.
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Sep 11th, 2010, 07:47 PM
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Re: Zvonareva's Prince rackets has a design flaw that keeps breaking the strings
I noted that in addition to the "P" logo, her racquet has a red circle/dot painted on her strings. What is that for?
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Sep 11th, 2010, 07:52 PM
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Re: Zvonareva's Prince rackets has a design flaw that keeps breaking the strings
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Originally Posted by cosmoose
I noted that in addition to the "P" logo, her racquet has a red circle/dot painted on her strings. What is that for?
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Gamma strings.
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Sep 12th, 2010, 09:39 PM
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Re: Zvonareva's Prince rackets has a design flaw that keeps breaking the strings
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This is true for the men, but I think a couple of women do play with stock racquets.
Anyway, never a fan of those Prince racquets with big holes as grommets.
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Benesova use customized racquets.
She tested some with Wilson for months before finding the right balance.
She actually played Barcelona and Fes with the prototype. 
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Sep 22nd, 2010, 01:54 PM
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Re: Zvonareva's Prince rackets has a design flaw that keeps breaking the strings
Vera uses Gamma Tennis' Zo Sweet (Zo Power monofilament mains and TNT2 cross strings). I probably like their Live Wire and straight TNT2s even better--but there's no doubt that it's a great string.
http://www.gammasports.com/index.cfm
(I'm all about how strings can change your game, and Gamma really knows what they're doing.)
I hope that that helps! |
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Apr 21st, 2011, 05:21 PM
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Re: Zvonareva's Prince rackets has a design flaw that keeps breaking the strings
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How many rackets/strings did Zvonareva break against Stosur today? She even had to borrow a Babolat racket from her hitting partner whne she ran out of rackets.
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Apr 21st, 2011, 05:29 PM
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Re: Zvonareva's Prince rackets has a design flaw that keeps breaking the strings
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Apr 21st, 2011, 10:26 PM
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Re: Zvonareva's Prince rackets has a design flaw that keeps breaking the strings
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Originally Posted by stangtennis
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How many rackets/strings did Zvonareva break against Stosur today? She even had to borrow a Babolat racket from her hitting partner whne she ran out of rackets.
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I remember one match I think it was last year and it happend too she had almost to borrow opponent´s racquet 
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Apr 22nd, 2011, 01:19 PM
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Re: Zvonareva's Prince rackets has a design flaw that keeps breaking the strings
I wonder why Prince hasn't settled the issue yet~almost heart-breaking to watch her play last night~
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Apr 26th, 2011, 01:46 PM
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Re: Zvonareva's Prince rackets has a design flaw that keeps breaking the strings
 exposbabe Stephanie Myles
I used to play w/ that stick. Same thing happened. Changed to Head last November.
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Apr 26th, 2011, 08:06 PM
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Re: Zvonareva's Prince rackets has a design flaw that keeps breaking the strings
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exposbabe Stephanie Myles
I used to play w/ that stick. Same thing happened. Changed to Head last November.
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I think she was making a joke Since Sharapova changed to Head and was with Prince 
Anyway, it seems that Vera is the only player who's having that kind of issue with her Prince raquet (at least on the pro tour). I'd think it's a string problem or maybe the tension in her racquet....I think it'd be a more believable explaination then the Prince stick itself.
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