Astrox 77 has been announced on yonex.com and even the product page is online: Stringing advice up to 29 lbs.... And what does this look like?
There's no way my smash would be 7.1% faster with this racquet, and I think Yonex is being very deceptive in advertising something like that.
Am I the only who thinks of N9II when reading about the racket? Medium Flex, Continuous Powerful Strikes, Comparison with Voltrics and mentioning of smashes everywhere. Racket meant for continuous smashing from backcourt yet fast enough for defence.
Intanon was supposed to have used one that was all blacked out at the just finished New Zealand open.
4U and 3U? 29lbs maximum recommended stringing tension? Super slim shaft? This must be something serious that could replace the Voltric series.
I don't see yonex implanting DG frames (advertised >31lbs) on high end rackets, so no big deal about them promoting this kind of stuffs again. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
The DG frames are all super heavy and clumsy and this is the reason why they can hold 35lbs. They don't have a super clever design or any special materials. It's just the mass which make them strong. My guess on the Astrox 77. It's a Voltric 70 replace. Yonex uses the 7 for the medium rackets since a while, so a mid-flex is no surprise. Ratchanok came from VT70, so it's no surprise that she is using a final prototype version of this racket. When we compare the VT70 with 24lbs(4U, 25lbs for the 3U) and the 28/29lbs max of the Astrox, there is an improvement. I doubt that the 77 is the new flagship like the ZFII. I'm curious what the ZFII replacement will be but, it will take a year...
(Racket is missing the top cross in the second picture - couldn't not point that out.) It's the decimal points in the spiel that make me laugh - seven point one percent more power; two point three degrees more angle. My physics teacher would know you were making it up if you came out with answers like that - "spurious accuracy", it's called. 0.3 degrees is the angle subtended by a match head held at arm's length by a six-footer. Come on.
@Mark A take look at the top single grommets. Which grommet is so solid to line the string in its direction? They must be bend under tension. The shared grommets are not flared or stretch due the string, I think it's less tension than a hand stretch. Also the grommets in the first picture are flared. I think picture 2 is just a dummy. Maybe one of this oversized thinks from the tour repainted...
