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Head Intelligence i.S12

Racquet - Head Intelligence i.S12
Grip Size - 4-1/8 (L1), 4-1/4 (L2), 4-3/8 (L3) or 4-1/2 (L4)
Head Size - 115 sq. inches
Length - 28.0 inches
Weight - 8.20 oz when strung
Stiffness - 71 Babolat RDC
Balance - 15.26 in Head Heavy
Cross Section - 27mm Straight Beam
String Pattern - 14 x 17
Swing weight - 288 kg*sq. cm
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Tennis Season Wrap up

Now that the year is almost through, it seems like an excellent time for some reflection and wrap up on all things tennis from 2008.
In women’s tennis, for example, Alla Kudryavtseva made history in Wimbledon when she revealed the true reason behind wanting to beat Sharapova in the second round of the tournament. Her [...]

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Sharapova Nears Return, Plans to Defend Australian Open Crown

The former World No. 1 tennis player Maria Sharapova plans to be 100 percent healthy by the upcoming tennis season, and assures fans that she will be poised to defend her Australian Open title as soon as January rolls around. According to Maria Sharapova’s agent, Max Eisenbud, Sharapova has a set timeline for her recovery, [...]

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Venus Williams Manages to Defeat Her Sister Serena on the Courts

In an important season ending tournament, Venus manages to advance but unfortunately has to leave her sister, Serena, behind. Venus Williams recently managed to defeat her sister Serena in a set of three matches, with scores of 5 - 7, 6 - 1, 6 - 0. The match occurred on Thursday, and allowed Venus to [...]

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Wilson Impact Tennis Racket

If you are an adult looking to break into tennis, it can be pretty frustrating to find a racket made for you. Most of the rackets for this niche are designed for players that are already experienced, and the rackets that are made for beginners are typically sized for junior players. Entry level rackets that [...]

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According to Uncle, Nadal is Doubtful to Return to the Davis Cup Final

World No. 1 tennis player Rafael Nadal has been injured, and it is not sure right now whether or not he will be able to recover in time to return to the game for the Davis Cup final in Spain. Being held in Argentina, the Davis Cup would be a big tournament for Rafael Nadal [...]

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Rafael Nadal to Pull Out of Masters Cup

Giving reasons of fatigue due to his knee injury as the reason for the surprising action, the world’s number one tennis star Rafael Nadal has decided to withdraw himself from the Tennis Masters Cup. The athlete stated that the decision is a very difficult one for him to make, not only because of the sheer [...]

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Andy Murray Already on Great Start Defending St Petersburg Title

Andy Murray has already made an excellent start to defending his St Petersburg title and could be back on familiar territory with champagne as early as Sunday. However, some days you simply have to make do without the models ad the champagne. Murray, for example, celebrated his win back at home by doing his washing, [...]

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Rafael Nadal Lives Up to Expectations, Takes Win in Madrid

The top seed, Rafael Nadal, lit up the second day of the Madrid Masters on the second day by overcoming Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis with 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, allowing him to move on to the third round. With a total of eight titles so far this season, including Wimbledon, Paris and the Olympics, Nadal gave a [...]

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In Tennis, Hewitt Targets an Event in Sydney as His Official Return From Injury

Lleyton Hewitt, regarded as a former world number one tennis player in the entire world is planning to make his grand, official return from hip surgery very soon. His intention is to make his grand return from this injury at the Sydney International tennis tournament which is slated to begin in January. He announced this [...]

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Current Tennis in Review: Federer, Ivanovic, and Djokovic

There’s still a great deal to keep an eye on this fall, even though the Grand Slams have gone. Here are some of the current happenings, including the whereabouts of Roger Federer.
Federer’s Return?
Federer decided to bail out of the Stockholm Open, raising quite a few eyebrows, especially when you consider what his explanation was. He [...]

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Thanks to Roddick Everyone Wins at China Open

This weekend’s China Open was a competitive test of skills for the players that participated and although Andy Roddick won, at the end of the day, it was the people affected by the earthquake early this year that took home the gold. As a gesture of goodwill, Roddick donated $25,000 of the prize money he [...]

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