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View Full Version : Rackets of the pros - update olli 03-04-2005, 08:43 AM As seen at the German Open: Bao - NS8000 Hafiz - NS7000 Lee - NS7000 (switched back to MP88 in his match against Hafiz but it didn't help him much) Gao - NS7000 Cai - Ti10 (wonder why he switched back from AT800 DE?) jcl49 03-04-2005, 10:10 AM Hafiz - NS7000 OMG :eek: Hafiz stopped using his trusty Ti-6. What is the Malasian National Team going to do with the masses of Ti-6 they purchased?? vienly 03-04-2005, 10:21 AM OMG :eek: Hafiz stopped using his trusty Ti-6. What is the Malasian National Team going to do with the masses of Ti-6 they purchased?? give it to us poor people :D FEND. 03-04-2005, 03:17 PM OMG :eek: Hafiz stopped using his trusty Ti-6. What is the Malasian National Team going to do with the masses of Ti-6 they purchased?? Use it for weapons in the M'sian army? :p LouisW 03-05-2005, 12:31 AM OMG :eek: Hafiz stopped using his trusty Ti-6. What is the Malasian National Team going to do with the masses of Ti-6 they purchased?? Use as a guitar:D bluejeff 03-05-2005, 01:01 AM Maybe the reason he switched is because he broke all of them? :D FEND. 03-05-2005, 01:11 AM Maybe the reason he switched is because he broke all of them? :D Lol. Hey bluejeff!! Why aren't you doing the cab30 marketting of late? jcl49 03-05-2005, 04:38 AM Lol. Hey bluejeff!! Why aren't you doing the cab30 marketting of late? Cos he's been brainwashed (by YY marketing) into a NS convert?? roquejo 03-05-2005, 08:33 AM Aha, so this confirms that most pros use a particular yonex model because yonex requires them to do so as part of sponsorship and not because they like the racquet. Before NS7000 came out, all of them use AT, and before AT came out, most of them use MP 99 or 100. I recalled we used to debate whether AT 800 OF or DE is better by counting the pros that uses it. Now they use NS7000?? Wierd coz NS are head light and AT are head heavy. So if the pros use a racquet by their own preferences, they won't switch that fast considering the AT and NS are opposites. I have a friend that still uses MP 99 even if he owns 2 AT models. He claims MP 99 is still better than AT, the fact that most pros use AT is because of their sponsorship agreement with yonex... guess he is right. din 03-05-2005, 08:51 AM it might be true for some players i.e. Lin Dan, Taufik, etc. But take a look at Xia, he won the last world championship with classic Cab 20. Maybe due to sponsorship deal, he keep changing back and forth from cab 20 to at700. same goes with chen hong, switch from ti10 to at700, and again to MP99. as peter gade, he was strugling until he settle with mp88. I believe players do have their own right to choose which particular racket suit them well. as for Hafiz, he's been using ti6 since forever. maybe due to sponsorship deal or some advise he received, he decided to test ns8k. very interesting. pre 2005, malaysian team sponsored by gosen except for roslin and hafiz. but as everyone knows, most of the top players still use yonex i.e. choong han 21sp, lcw mp88. oh, another thing, malaysian team highly likely will be sponsored by Yonex from 2005 onwards, though no official announcment yet to be made. i might be totally wrong, but hey it just my 2 cents though. other 03-05-2005, 09:18 AM Aha, so this confirms that most pros use a particular yonex model because yonex requires them to do so as part of sponsorship and not because they like the racquet. Before NS7000 came out, all of them use AT, and before AT came out, most of them use MP 99 or 100. they couldn't use the AT before it came out, so that's why they were using MP...same for NS and AT... jonas says that he got to choose which racquet he uses, although even if he is not, yonex might have a secrecy clause or something i guess xtag.my 03-05-2005, 10:12 AM give it to us poor people :Dyeah. another fall in price for this Yonex model :p Brave_Turtle 03-06-2005, 07:44 PM Cai/Fu went back to Ti-10 bye bye AT800 ^^ napee 03-13-2005, 06:55 PM Cai/Fu went back to Ti-10 bye bye AT800 ^^ yeah. saw it on action last night. both using Ti-10. :cool: wawan 03-13-2005, 08:34 PM yeah. saw it on action last night. both using Ti-10. :cool: then... its not true if some people says that Ti-10 is not meant for doubles... ;) Brave_Turtle 03-13-2005, 10:00 PM then... its not true if some people says that Ti-10 is not meant for doubles... ;) The great KDM uses Ti-10 also in MD Gessle 03-15-2005, 08:16 AM Lars Paaske - AT800DE other 03-15-2005, 09:44 AM Lars Paaske - AT800DE mmmm..is that why he lost the AE final?:confused: Pingo 05-28-2005, 04:04 PM Some pros still use MP100! http://www.yonex-th.com/images/som-tao.jpg cooler 05-28-2005, 08:14 PM Some pros still use MP100! so is francisca hari Woven 05-29-2005, 12:49 AM so is francisca hari along with salakjit ponsana and lilyana natsir if im not wrong... cooler 05-29-2005, 01:54 AM along with salakjit ponsana and lilyana natsir if im not wrong... dunno about salakjit but lilyana N. uses AT700 Jansenkzh 05-29-2005, 07:10 AM what is wrong with using mp100? eagle 02-11-2006, 07:27 PM http://www.yonex.co.jp/intl/badminton/player/topics.html Results & Players’ Equipment Report at XIV IBF World Championships 2005 http://www.yonex.co.jp/img/gif/spacer.gif YONEX Racquets : used by 29 out of 32 quarter finalists. YONEX Shoes : used by 30 out of 32 quarter finalists. (http://www.yonex.co.jp/intl/badminton/products/shoes_in.html#shb99l) Stijn 02-12-2006, 04:36 AM what is wrong with using mp100? I was wondering if the MP100 is a discontinued model? violin_geek 02-12-2006, 08:58 AM Gail Emms - Carlton Powerblade Superlite, Ashaway Powergut 65 strings Nathan Robertson - Carlton Airblade Tour, Ashaway Powergut 65 strings theasiandude88 02-12-2006, 05:20 PM tony gunawan is still using mp100 i believe bluejeff 02-12-2006, 08:39 PM I was wondering if the MP100 is a discontinued model? It is discontinued in most of countries, but not all of them. theasiandude88 02-12-2006, 11:42 PM It is discontinued in most of countries, but not all of them. yep no more mp100 in US :crying: Volts 02-13-2006, 12:03 AM ^same thing in Canada, no more MP100 stantan 02-13-2006, 09:44 PM What struck me was the fact that only one person on the entire list used the AT800OF! More doubles players were using the NS8K than the OF superstition 02-16-2006, 08:06 PM I recalled we used to debate whether AT 800 OF or DE is better by counting the pros that uses it. Now they use NS7000?? Wierd coz NS are head light and AT are head heavy. So if the pros use a racquet by their own preferences, they won't switch that fast considering the AT and NS are opposites. Could be paint jobs. chickenpoodle 02-17-2006, 12:17 AM http://www.yonex.co.jp/intl/badminton/player/topics.html Results & Players’ Equipment Report at XIV IBF World Championships 2005 http://www.yonex.co.jp/img/gif/spacer.gif YONEX Racquets : used by 29 out of 32 quarter finalists. YONEX Shoes : used by 30 out of 32 quarter finalists. (http://www.yonex.co.jp/intl/badminton/products/shoes_in.html#shb99l) i think lungaard from denmark screwed up the even number, since he wears yonex shoes, but uses forza racquets. :P |