Nine racquets would be more than sufficient to see him through his opening match. The already strung rackets were arranged in a row against a dresser. Each had a small piece of white tape on its throat indicating the day it had been strung and the level of string tension. Spools of racquet string and rolls of grip tape were strewn across the dresser. Yu, who was dressed in khaki shorts, a light-blue T-shirt, and sandals, was working at one of the four Babolat Star 4 stringing machines that he and Ferguson had brought to New York they have two other stringers working with them during the Open.
Although the Star 4 dates back to the nineteen-eighties and is no longer in production, they continue to use it because it is light and easy to travel with. After Yu finished, he clipped ten tiny plastic string savers into the string bed of each racquet. Federer likes the string savers because they supposedly reduce friction. Yu, who estimates that he has strung racquets more than five thousand times for Federer, is skeptical. Yu, who is 47, and Ferguson, who is 51, work together under the company name P1—short for Priority 1—which is based in Tampa and does stringing and racquet customizing gripping, handle modifications, weight adjustments for some of the biggest names in professional tennis.
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Similarly to having different string tensions for different match situations, a player may want to have different weight balances for different moments. Lastly, players may want to carry additional rackets in their bags so they can… well, break them. Sometimes these players have bad days, and breaking a racket may alleviate some tension. While not recommended, some players do that quite often. At the end of the day, they are all sponsored by tennis racket manufacturers and receive several rackets throughout the year.
Finally we come down to figuring out how many rackets you should have. This will depend greatly on how often and at what level you play.
If you have just started out playing, having just one racket is completely fine. It will take you a few months to break its strings, and you can just drop it off with a stringer after it breaks. If you play at least 3 times a week and you add a good amount of spin to your shots, we suggest that you own a minimum of 2 rackets. This will make sure that, if you break strings, you will have a backup racket to use while your first one is being strung.
Lastly, if you usually play every day of the week, you should have at least 3 rackets. Most tennis pros will usually carry 9 to12 racquets with them during important tournaments. Even restringing during an ongoing match is not very rare. Pro stringers can re-string a racquet in about 15 minutes or less. Also, pro players will get their racquets re-strung before every match even if they have not played with their racquets before the match.
For best performance, tennis professionals have to be artists at their craft. This calls for taking into account various playing conditions such as sun, humidity, wind, and altitude, which can affect a players game depending on the string tension of their racquets.
All these factors play an essential role in determining how the ball is going to come off the racquet after being hit. At the pro level, the margin of loss and defeat is exceptionally narrow. So, every player wants their equipment to be in their best shape; otherwise, it can have an adverse effect on their performance on the court.
Some players like to play with a racquet of different degrees of tension when they are serving. Once the match is over, the strung set of racquets are, usually, kept strung for next day practice and cut out and re-strung before the start of the next match. It can be related to the mindset of the player and the game.
For this reason, as soon as a player realizes that his racquet is showing weariness, he would simply replace it with a newly-strung racquet. In this scenario, it sounds logical for tennis players to keep as many racquets as possible so that it is never difficult for them to replace a racquet during the middle of a match.
Also, sometimes, professional players might carry multiple racquets as part of a sponsorship gimmick and strategy. Sport merchandise companies would like to see their sales grow through top athletes brand endorsements. The last thing these companies would like is for people and potential customers to see their products giving way midway a televised match.
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