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ERSA News for February 2009 Welcome to the latest issue of ERSA e-Newsletter. The Australian Open is finished and we have some Industry News about the new rackets and strings being used there. Also included is our workshop schedule for the next 2 months. Coming up next week is ISPO 2010. With the summer ISPO cancelled, I will be off to Munich for a couple of days. I will be there on the 7-8 February, 2010. If any of you are there and would like to meet up, contact me my e-mail address or my mobile 0049(0)15122637266. The first issue of RacquetTech will be published next week. Lots of news and new products, so if you have not renewed your membership, send it in this week. I have included a sign-up sheet you can sign with our new fax number. Lots of new strings coming out this year so we will be running 4-5 tests in the next month. Anyone interested in becoming a string tester, contact me. We have several openings as we need 2 teams of 40 stringers. Welcome to GAMMA as our newest corporate Member. More about it in the Industry News. Best wishes Mark Maslowski
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Tour News ROBREDO O FIRES SPAIN N TO GLORY Y IN HOPMAN CUP Dun nlop™ brand d ambassador ambassador Tommy To ommy Robredo Robre edo o inspired Spain as they came came from beDunlop™ hind d to defeat Britain Brittain 2-1 in the final of the H opman Cup on n Saturday. This Thiss was the Hopman third d time Spain had had clinched the title and the win was largely due to the th he brilliance brilliance of Rob Robredo. bredo. Rob bredo levelled the tie for Spain, Spa ain, coming from from a set down n to beat world wo orld no.4 Andy Robredo Mur rray 1-6, 6-4, 6-3. 6-3. Murray had taken an early early advantage e winning the e firrst st set but Murray Rob bredo came back back strongly, breaking brreaking Murray Murrrayy in the second secon nd set to level levvel the the contest. Robredo The e Spaniard then th hen broke Murray in the second seccon nd game of the e final set an nd kept kept his and com mposure to take ta ake the set 6-3, levelling levelling the e contest co ontest overall. overalll. composure It al n to to the decisive mixed doubles doub ble es match and the Spanish h pair pa air of Roallll came down bred do and Martinez Martiine ez Sanchez defeated de efeated Andy Murray Murray and bredo Laura Lau ura Robson 7-6 7-6 6 (8-6) 7-5 to clinch clinch the title titlle in in Perth, Aus stralia. Australia. Rob bredo, 27, will wiill use Dunlop’s™ ™ Aerogel 4D 4D 3Hundred Robredo, rack ket in 2010, which which is ideal for advanced and an nd good racket play yers who require req quire exceptional touch and feel fee el from a players light weight racket. rackket.
ROBREDO MAßGEBLICH AM HOPMAN CUP SIEG BETEILIGT Markenbotschafter Tommy Robredo inspiriert Spanien und schlägt Großbritannien nach Aufholjagd im Finale des Hopman Cups. Zum dritten Mal hat Spanien den Titel errungen, größtenteils bedingt durch einen brilliant spielenden Robredo. Robredo glich für Spanien aus, nachdem er einen Satz zurücklag und gegen die Nr. 4 der Weltrangliste Andy Murray schließlich mit 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 gewann. Murray fing stark an und gewann den ersten Satz, aber Robredo konterte und breakte Murray im zweiten Satz und glich nach Sätzen aus. Der Spanier breakte dann Murray im zweiten Spiel des entscheidenden Satzes, um schließlich 6-3 zu gewinnen. Damit war der Gesamtspielstand ausgeglichen. Die Entscheidung musste im Mixed-Doppel fallen. Das spanische Paar Robredo und Martinez Sanchez schlug Andy Murray und Laura Robson mit 7-6 (8-6) 7-5 und holte sich den Titel in Perth, Australien. Nach dem Match zollte Martinez Sanchez Tommy Robredo’s Leistung Anerkennung und beschrieb ihn als „Held“. Für Robredo ist es der zweite Hopman Cup Titel nachdem er diesen bereits 2002 mit Arantxa Sanchez Vicario gewonnen hatte.
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Tour News Austalian Open 2010 Record Facts - A record record crowd off 653,860 attend attended ded Melbourn Melbourne ne P Park, ark, smashingg the previous rrecord ecord by nearly near rly 50,000 . - Th The he men's and w women's omen's singles ddraw raw includedd ni nine ine men's Gran Grand nd Slam cham champions mpioons and nine women's wom men's Grand Slam Slaam champions an and nd 31 of the ttop opp 32 men and aall ll of the top 332 2w women. omen. nations represented singles draws countries - A total total of 38 nat tioons were represe ented in the sing gles main draw ws (38 countri ies eeach ach in both the men's and wo women's omen's singles.) - Am American merican Seren Serena na Williams won hher er fifth Australian Austrraliian title, defeat defeating ting Justin He Henin, enin n, and a dream dreaam final line uup p in the men's dra draw aw saw worldd N No.1 o.1 Roger Fed Federer derer battling iitt oout ut with world worrld No.4 Andyy Murray Murray for the first Grand Slam Slaam title of the yea year. ar. China's and created when - Ch hina's Li Na an nd Jie Zheng creat ted history w heen they becamee the first twoo Chinese Chinese players to to reach a Gra Grand andd Slam semi-final, capturing thee attention of th the he world andd m making aking front ir hhome ome country. page news in thei their edia attended th he event withh re ecord numbers attending fro om C hina and - More than 15000 m media the record from China Greeat Britain, andd kkeeping eeping all the m edia, staff aand nd players up to ddate ate with wh hat w as happenGreat media, what was ing around the sit site Panasonic televisions display stats te were 770 Panas sonic televisio onss tuned to displ lay courts, sta ats aand nd other infoormation. information. Thhe fastest servess of the tourname ent were reco ordded by America ans Taylor De ent ((231 231 kmh) - The tournament recorded Americans Dent and Venus Williams William ms (201 kmh). Heelping the play yers serve were 144 professiona al ra acquet stringer rs who strungg 33,297 ,2297 racquets - Helping players professional racquet stringers using 40km usinng close to 40k km of string.
ER RSA Worksshops Gerrmany - Janu uary 30-31 Certifification Prep parration Course e and Testing g UK - Monday 22 2 February (testing on Mond dayy 22 March) National Te ennis Centre (Le ecture Theattre)) 100 Priory Lane, Roehamptton, London n SW15 5JQ Tuesday 23 3 February (testin ng on Tuesd dayy 23 March) The Tennis Centre, Queens swood Scho ool Shepherd’ss Way, Brookman ns Park, Hattfield, Hertfordsh hire AL9 6N NS Wednesdayy 24 February (te esting on Wednesday 24 March) David Lloyd d Dudley Pensnett Ro oad, Brierley Hill, West Midllan nds DY5 3YP. Gre eece, Italy, Ne etherlands, Czecch Republicc da ates to be ann nounced
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Industry News At the heels of a stellar performanceat the Australian Open, HEAD players steadily head up the ranks, with 4 of its rebels making the top 10 listin today’s ATP World Tour Ranking. “We have kicked off the year with abang,” said Robert Marte, Executive Vice President of HEAD Racquetsports. “The latest ranking is one of the best-ever for HEAD players collectively. We at HEAD are extremely proud to support such strong athletes.” All in all, 10 HEAD Racquet Rebels arecurrently ranked in the top 25 of the ATP World Tour ranking.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC (SRB, 22 · YouTek™ Speed Pro) With a solid performance at the Australian Open, the 22-year-old Novak Djokovic, playing YouTek™ Speed Pro, moved up one spot and reached a new career ranking by becoming world No. 2. ANDY MURRAY (GBR, 22 · YouTek™ Radical Pro) After playing a phenomenal tournament in Australia, the 22-year-old Scot regained position world No. 3 in the ATP World Tour Ranking. He had a fantastic run to the fi nal. In 2009 Murray, playing YouTek™ Radical Pro, claimed 6 titles on the ATP World Tour – the most of any player. ROBIN SODERLING (SWE, 25 · YouTek™ Radical MP) The French Open Finalist of 2009 has won 4 ATP titles so far, and currently holds the highest position in his career at world No. 8. MARIN CILIC (CRO, 21 · YouTek™ Radical MP) The fi rst Croatian to make it to the Australian Open semi fi nal, Cilic reached a new career high by entering the top 10 (world No. 10).
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Industry News Zyex速 Z yexx速 perf performance forma ancce polymers polyymers have ha ave been bee en used used d in racquet raccquet strings strring gs for fo or a number num mber of of yyears, earrs, and are known kno own n forr their th heir resilience re esiliencce and tension ten nsion n holding g properties. prrope ertties. However, Howevver, rrecent ece ent advances adva ancess in material mate eria al technology tech hnolo ogyy have ha ave produced pro oducced Zyex Zyyexx fila ame ents that tha at are even even n laments finerr a nd stronger sttronger than tha an before. beffore. According Accorrdin ng to to Ashaway's Asshawayy's Steve Ste eve Crandall, Cran nda all, the e company com mpanyy and h as begun using g these thesse to o produce produce new ne ew multifi mu ultifillament am mentt core packages pa acka ages with increased in ncrea ased has llinear inea ar density denssity and an nd more mo ore cross-sectional cro oss-se ection nal strength. strreng gth h. The e results, resu ultss, he he said, sa aid d, are e thinner, thinn ner, sstronger, tron nger, lig ghter--weight tennis, te ennis, squash squassh and d racquetball raccquetba all strings string gs which whicch provide provid de softer so oftter lighter-weight ffeel, eel,, m ore power, powe er, and d improved im mprroved ball control, contro ol, yet yet still offer offer the e well-known we ell-kkno own Zyex Zyex playpla aymore iing ng characteristics charactteristicss and tension te enssion holding holdin ng properties. pro operttie es. ""This This is an evolu evolutionary utio ona ary development develop pmentt in n string strring technology," te echno ology,"" said said d Crandall, Cra andall, who who is V ice e President Presid dent of of Sales Sale es and and Marketing Marrketin ng for Ashaway Ash haw way Racket Racke et Strings, Striingss, "and "and comes comess at at a Vice ttime ime ew hen there e iss increased inccrea ase ed demand de emand d for for thinner, thinn ner, stronger stro ongerr strings. sttrings. Both Bo oth recreational re ecreattio onal when and a nd professional professsiona al players playyerss are looking loo oking for the added ad dded 'bite' 'b bite' thinner thinn nerr strings string gs can n provide provvid de tto o en nhance e ball control. co ontro ol. They They also alsso want wa antt more mo ore power. po ower. In addition, addittion n, the increasingly increa asinglyy enhance a ctivve senior senio or sett wants wants a string that that plays pla ays softer softe er and is more forgiving forrgiving g to aging aging joints jointss active a nd muscles." muscle es." and P ow wer players playyers like e racquetball raccqu uettball champion champ pio on Jack Jackk Huczek Hucze ek were werre also alsso enthusiastic en nthusiasstic about abo out Power tthe he n ew strings. strrings. "This "T Thiss is hands ha ands down down the th he best best string I've ever evver played playe ed with,"" he said. said. new H ucze ek asked askked Ashaway Ash haw way to make e enough eno oug gh to supply su upp ply him hiim in his hiss tournaments, to ourna amentss, and has has Huczek b een n using them m ever everr since. sin nce e. "The "Th he string strring g maintains mainttains itss playability playa abilityy forr its itts entire enttirre life," life e,"" been H ucze ek added. add ded. "From "From m a power power standpoint, standpo oint, and d from from a feel and an nd control contro ol standpoint, stan ndpoin nt, Huczek just notch. ball iit's t's ju ust top notch h. The e ba all seems seem ms to really rea ally jump jum mp off the th he strings. string gs. I've noticed d maybe mayybe 15% 1 5% % to to 20% % more power, pow werr, and and because be ecausse the e string strring g hass a rougher rou ugherr texture, texxtu ure, it's it''s greatt on tthe he ffeel eel shots sho ots and an nd the e touch tou uch shots. sho ots. You Yo ou can n really re eallly carve carrve the ball ball into o the corners co ornerss and and d tthe he b all really rea ally stays sta ays down do own n nice." nice." ball C ran ndall said sa aid Ashaway Assha awa ay plans plans to introduce introd duce several seve era al new ne ew lines line es of multifi multtififilamen nt Zyex Zye ex Crandall lament ssquash, qua ash, tennis ten nnis and and d racquetball ra acqu uetball strings strings this this year. yea ar. "The e liness will will include inclu ude several sevveral differdifffer-ent gauges," e nt g augess," he said, sa aid, "perhaps "pe erh haps even even a revolutionary revo olution nary one." one."
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Industry News
Our O ur T Tester/Manager ester//Mana ager in Australia Ausstralia Anthony Anth hon ny Aley Aley was was busy bu usy again ag gain this this year ye ear att the the Brisbane B risba ane International. In nterna atio ona al. Not Nott as busy as as lastt year yea ar where wherre they the ey did did a record re ecord 900 900 last lasst yyear earr compared compa ared to to “only” “on nly” 700 70 00 thiss year. yea ar. They T heyy had the th he same sa ame team te eam m as as lastt year Including In nclu uding ERSA A Pro Tour To our Stringers Striing gers Mike Mike Newbound N ew wbound and Steve Stteve e Harris. Ha arrris. They Th hey strung sttru ung on 5 new new xExtreme xExtre eme Pro Pro Master Master GT GT machines m acchines which which h arrived arrivved just jusst in time tiime from frrom m the th he factory. fa actory. All All the e machines macchiness worked workked perfect perfecct ffor or sstringing trringing g at a pro pro tournament. tourrna amentt. Radek R ad dekk Stepanek Step panekk strung strung the the e most mosst - 28 8 rackets rackkets still sttill using ussing gut gu ut / timo tim mo 110 110 at 24/22 24/22 Kim Clijsters K im C lijsterrs 20 rackets ra acke ets to to win the th he event evven nt Babolat Babo ola at touch toucch gutt at at 30kg with with prestretch prrestretcch ((DT DT 52) Andy A ndy Roddick Rodd dick had d RPNY RP PNY Y provide provid de a stringer stringe er for fo or the the event. event. ; ( he’s he’s using ussing the th he new w Babolat B abollat Black Bla ack string) sttrin ng) JJustine usttin ne Henin Hen nin - playing pllaying 1.35 1.3 35 Babolat Ba abolatt Gut Gut at at 27kg 27 7 kg Gael Alu Power G ae el Monfi Monfils - A lu Pow werr - 26/25kg Wilson W ilsson still mostt used used d racket rackket forr the event eve ent 36% % followed follow wed byy Babolat Bab bolat 26% 26% then then Head Head 21%. 2 1% %.
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Industry News
Maria Sharapova Heads into 2010 With New Prince Racquet and Limited Edition, Signature Racquet Bag Collection 3-Time Grand Slam Champion to Showcase Newly Launched EXO3 Black and New Limited Edition Sharapova Bag Collection When 2008 Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova steps onto the court this year she will sporting some new equipment. The 22 year-old will be wielding a new racquet – the recently launched Prince EXO3 Black – and carrying the first piece from her new Limited Edition Prince Sharapova Bag Collection. Her new racquet, the EXO3 Black is one of the new frame offerings from the tennis leader’s 2010 performance racquet line and is set to hit store shelves in the United States beginning January 18. The EXO3 Black is an upgraded version of one of the most popular racquets of the past five years and features the unmistakable EXO3 “hole” technology along the outer frame of the racquet. Maria is one of nearly a dozen touring pros to make the switch to the new racquet beginning in January. Additional ATP and WTA touring pros are expected to pick up the frame during the year. In addition to the racquet, Sharapova will be carrying a new racquet bag over her shoulder. Inspired and designed by Maria herself, the Limited Edition Sharapova Collection is crafted with a unique shape and soft, lightweight materials, making it the perfect on-court accessory for female players around the world. www.princetennis.com
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January 1, 2010 Name___________________________________________ Shop___________________________________________ Adress__________________________________________ City____________________PostCode________________ State/County_____________________________________ Country_________________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________ e-Mail__________________________________________ Membership Number______________________________ Dear Member Your 2010 membership packet is waiting to be mailed out. Please fax, mail or scan and e-mail your 2010 membership registration back as soon as possible. What is new for 2010. ERSA will be publishing 6 magazines this year, a new monthly e-Newsletter will be sent out with new format, Annual Meeting in October with free Symposium courses, several squash, badminton and tennis string tests coming up, new product samples coming out , and new stringing services being set up using ERSA MRT and Pro Tour Stringer members. ___ 1 Year Membership
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