Found this great Wimbledon Tennis Gear wrapup from Colin the Stringer.
“A title retained for Serena Williams and a title regained for Rafael Nadal is probably the simplest way to sum up Wimbledon 2010. The best weather for years saw Serena retain the Ladies’ Singles title, defeating first-time Grand Slam finalist Vera Zvonereva in straight sets, whilst Rafa regained the Men’s Singles he won for the first time in 2008 with a convincing three set win over another first-time Grand Slam finalist, Tomas Berdych.
Serena used her usual Wilson [K] Factor Team strung with Wilson Natural Gut, whilst Rafa had the same combination with which he’d taken the French Open, the Babolat AeroPro Drive strung with Babolat’s new RPM Blast string. Ladies’ runner up Zvonereva played with the Prince EXO3 Black racket with Gamma Live Wire Professional strings. Zvonereva Is Gamma’s primary endorsee, and her racket strings bear the Gamma red dot logo.
As was the case at Roland Garros, men’s runner up Berdych carried his rackets in a Dunlop bag, but there was no logo on the strings and the rackets weren’t Dunlops, they were Head YouTek Radicals. There was no attempt to disguise the frame, the Head name being clearly visible both to live spectators , and the millions watching on TV. He strung with his usual Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power.
Earlier in the season Fernando Verdasco was another carrying a Dunlop bag but not using Dunlop rackets. This time out, however, he was wielding a genuine Dunlop frame – and lost in the first round to Fabio Fognini. Maria Sharapova was playing with the same all black frame she played with at Roland Garros. Definitely not a Prince, (with whom she has a lifetime contract), and the lack of logo suggests it’s a current model from a rival manufacturer’s range.”
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