Nadal's Racquet - New setup for the French Open

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[@arthurgiusi1901]

Hello Jonas. My take is that he compensates the weight/swingweight loss which occurs from decreasing the string gauge, in order to have the exact same strung racquet specs, when he both uses 130 and 135. In fact, a thicker poly string can add few points of swingweight, few grams, and slightly change the balance. That's why he said in a Spanish interview that he had to "change all his racquet back to normal" because they were customized for the 130/16G rpm and he finaly chose to play RG with his trusty 135/15LG rpm.

[@arxyman777]

It's great to know that it inspired you to make a video. Thanks for all your work Jonas!! 🙌🏽 Keep going! 💪🏽

[@Tennisnerd]

Thanks Mario!

[@allthingstennis]

GREAT knowledge! Thanks for sharing

[@megamind9175]

Need a Tennisnerd x ATT collabo some time

[@winniecarl]

I wonder how many other tour players are using different 'set-ups' for clay and hardcourt, makes sense.

[@Tennisnerd]

Will investigate and ask some players

[@z1az285]

I wonder if the heavier AO spec would help him when it's humid at the french? Of course it would be more difficult for him to swing as well but he would get added power.

[@miGueL4ng3L]

12g on the hoop is massive... to move 360swingweight u really need some power and technique for sure!

[@Tennisnerd]

Verdad, Miguel!

[@pro71]

Incredible timing, footwork, strength and Stamina are required to swing 360g for 5 hours lol. What can you say... Pretty much unhuman...

[@iceman1125]

bumping up sw helps massively in handling heavy balls and also your strokes become a lot more better. I have tried set up with adding weight at the tip. You should increase SW as much as your body allows you to do it

[@M2Comp]

But the racket you weighted and messured is an old racket from 06-07 not even close to the specs of today. His SW is around 360-363. Weight 342-343.

[@vnishpt7036]

Interesting to know the tweak in specs by the "King of Clay" for RG so thanks for the post. I believe RG is the most difficult of all the slams to win so for Rafa to only lose 3 times in all the years he's played @ RG truly defines pure dominance & his record @ RG will never be close to being broken imo. Congrat's to the "King of Clay" on #14 @ RG as tennis could not ask for a better person for kids to look up to and model themselves after imo.

[@eiseneuter2034]

Why should RG be the most difficult?furthermore Rafas playing style is ideal for clay. It's the easiest for him to play.

[@TrollMagic1987]

@@eiseneuter2034 It is the most difficult slam to win. Many experts and pro tennis players have said it. The surface (clay) and the BO5 makes it really hard to win becuase of the stamina you need to finish points and the weird bounces it makes. If you compare the 4 slams, this is by far the most difficult one to win (not for Rafa, for anybody).

[@vnishpt7036]

@@TrollMagic1987 Could not have said it better myself. Completely agree with your reply. The physicality needed to win on clay @ RG is unmatched by any of the other slams imo.

[@vnishpt7036]

@@eiseneuter2034 Yeah, go ahead & make it sound like it's somehow easy to win 14 slams on the clay @ RG. Whatever.... It's the physicality needed to be able to grind out points & win matches on the slow clay surface @ RG that's more difficult than the faster surfaces imo.

[@eiseneuter2034]

Ask the players please, the hardest grand slam is by far the Australian Open, or do you see players collapse at other grand slams? The temperatures are insane there. And once more, Nadal playing style is ideal for clay.

[@scarfacen8459]

Any idea when the new pure aero will drop? you said we are expecting a update this year

[@klaytondeisman-wilson343]

Love the videos always

[@overdrive_tennis]

Great video

[@Pro-Stringers]

Love your work

[@fahmikum1178]

Hey i'm waiting your review about prince Tour Racket. 🙌

[@Tennisnerd]

Coming this week

[@faridddddd]

Does anybody have a tip for tweaking a racquet for a slow hard court?

[@LunarEclipsism1]

Leave the racket alone and string with a spinnier string setup

[@faridddddd]

@@LunarEclipsism1 thanks, great tip - I was using sided polys last summer and had some success, I seem to have switched and forgotten since then 👍

[@OlisTube]

Thanks!

[@OlisTube]

I forget your name, Tennis Nerd, but I just wanted to say you're the man. Truly enjoy your episodes, the artistic talent, broadcaster's voice and encyclopedic knowledge. Thank you, good man. At some point or another, I'll ask a question with one of these donations, but just a humble way of saying thank you for the great work for now.

[@thelolguy007]

358 swing weight? But his new Origin Signature model has a swing weight of 375

[@jlparcerisa]

What is that bag on your right?

[@Tennisnerd]

It's a ADV Jetpack. it's included here: tennisnerd.net/bags/the-best-tennis-bags/26531

[@987mikka]

Vamos Rafa👍

[@tennnis498]

Funny how some on YT thought Rune might go all the way. My thought was that Ruud was much more likely. Nonetheless, Ruud had never played Rafa, and that’s not a good match for anyone. The F.O. this year was a bit of a downer for me. It wasn’t that I didn’t want Rafa to win, I wanted someone to beat him, isn’t that different? Felix and Sascha had the best efforts. I thought Novak was somehow trying to bluff the win, if so, it didn’t work. Like here we go, I’ll get in Roger’s head on grass, and Rafa’s on clay. Rafa is ferocious on clay, we knew that.

[@randomriot5008]

Do you know what tension Rafa strings his racquets at?

[@tomyhyz]

25 kg

[@Tennisnerd]

25 to 25.5 kg usually (55-56 lbs)

[@gomriria2197]

I play with the rf 97 autograph and i cant play with any lighter racquet so I think it depends of your morphology

[@yungsuit]

Why he look like the professor from the x men here

[@Tennisnerd]

😂

[@63185]

I think everyone sholud play with specs that allow you accelerate the strokes like a pro, a lighter raquet but with some plowtrhoug

[@Javi_C]

👍

[@ponratrodkaew5140]

Shapovalov racquet plese.

[@alainabdul]

Monster racquet? The federers racquet its Same weight unstrung 20 g more with all the specs.

[@Tennisnerd]

Swing weight is the key factor, Federer 340 - Rafa close to 360

[@alainabdul]

@@Tennisnerd okey okey thank you for the information

[@alainabdul]

@@Tennisnerd how can I calculate the swing weight??

[@matthewgarcia6776]

@@alainabdul you need a machine that moves the racket to check the SW I believe it’s called RDC or something like that

[@llamawizard]

When is babolat going to give us a Rafa signature model?

[@wolfiesjustfine6499]

They already do

[@jonathanchen1026]

It’s the one in the video

[@llamawizard]

Y’all dumb AF. No it isn’t. I mean a Rafa spec model like the Wilson RF and the Wilson Serena. Not just a different paint job.

[@pro71]

Does anyone else find it strange that he thinks he needs even more power??

[@tennnis498]

Not really. He has gotten older. Zverev, for example, could have an advantage. But yeah, the whole thing is strange when you consider how unique he is on clay at RG. But yeah, he went down in power for RG, and up for AO, makes sense. He puts so much work on the ball, it’s plenty on clay. He can make his opponents look silly trying to get the ball back! More power at AO makes sense too - wants faster ball speed on hard court.

[@pro71]

@@tennnis498 what doesnt make sense to me is that he increases the swing weight at the same time as he goes down in string gauge. Why not just increase sw and keep same string? You could see in the ao final that he was was holding back some of his strokes especially on short balls which I’ve never seen him do before.

[@tennnis498]

@@pro71 Good observation. I didn’t notice. I agree it’s like adding power and losing control, 2X. Perhaps he knew he would be getting tired yet really still needed to move the ball quickly. It’s amazing the insight that’s been shared. I think Wawri beat him there once, Nadal was injured badly yet kept playing. As tennis players, we look for magic to come from the racket - apparently even at the highest levels. In the past, it was Nadal that kept everything the same all the time. 55 lbs, 15g Blast, all conditions…

[@tennnis498]

@@pro71 That was exactly what I thought when he mentioned it in the video - it was contradictory to say he always breaks strings so he switched from 15g to 16g, as well.

[@pro71]

@@tennnis498 In what video does he talk about breaking strings?