by mark | Jan 16, 2012 | Tennis
With the recent release of the new IG Radical and IG Prestige racquets, HEAD have announced they will be offering a $50 manufacturers rebate on the YouTek IG racquets listed below. There are some terms and conditions you need to be aware of, and they are also...
by mark | Jan 12, 2012 | Tennis
Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Australian Open 2012 – 11 Jan Day 4 – Hail, Trophies and Exploding String I start the day with a ham and cheese croissant a coffee again. Apparently we are having ham and cheese...
by mark | Jan 12, 2012 | Tennis
Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Australian Open 2012 – 10 Jan Day 3 Coffee and a croissant for breakfast. This is becoming a pattern. The radio in the room is not working so my computer and playlist get a work out all...
by mark | Jan 12, 2012 | Tennis
Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Australian Open 2012 – 9 Jan Day 2 Woke at 7am this morning. Had a quick shower and headed over to the courts around 8am. I had one racquet to do before 9. It was a slow morning so I...
by mark | Jan 12, 2012 | Tennis
Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Australian Open 2012 – 8 Jan Day 1 I flew into Melbourne late yesterday afternoon. A few of the guys were coming back from the stringing room just as I got to the hotel. The guys...
by mark | Sep 6, 2011 | Tennis
US Open Fri 2nd September This is my last day stringing. I am looking forward to having a couple of days off afterwards. There is lots of shopping to be done. The morning is fairly busy. We have a steady stream of racquets leading up to the 11am start time. Zvonareva...
by mark | Sep 3, 2011 | Tennis
Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE US Open Thursday 1st September 2011 It started out as a busy morning today. Even though we are into the second round and the number of players has halved all stringers were working flat out leading up to the 11am matches....
by mark | Sep 3, 2011 | Tennis
Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE US Open Wed 30th August 2011 Slow morning so far. Just a steady stream of racquets, then Zvonoreva sends in 3 on-courts at once. I get one of them. She uses a Prince Exo Black and Gamma Zo string. The string has been...
by mark | Sep 1, 2011 | Tennis
Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE US Open Monday 28th Aug 2011 490 racquets in one day!!! That is the most racquets strung in a single day at a Grand Slam event. It was fun and painful all at the same time. We knew it was going to be a busy day with the...
by mark | Aug 31, 2011 | Tennis
Day 11 – US Open Sun 28th Aug 2011 I wake up around 9am. I have slept for 17 hours. I feel average. I need fruit. There is none. I have no energy. I stay in bed for another 5 hours. I look bad and sound worse. I go out in search of food. A few of the cafes close...
