Wilson US Open Tennis Balls

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Wilson US Open Tennis Balls

Wilson US Open Tennis Balls

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It clearly wasn’t a big issue for the world No 1 as she lifted the US Open trophy in impressive fashion last year, but the decision was made to change the balls for this year.

With the spotlight on this disparity, there may well be a change at future US Opens, with the grand slam’s organisers, the United States Tennis Association (USTA), stating it “works closely” with the WTA and ATP Tours and their respective player councils “to determine what type of balls they recommend playing with for the coming US Open”. The WTA are listening to any concerns, meanwhile, with the governing body’s senior vice president Amy Binder telling ESPN: “The WTA has always utilised regular felt balls for hardcourt play, and we have now begun to hear from a select number of our athletes that they would like to consider a change to using the extra duty ball. This is something that we will continue to monitor and discuss further with both our athletes and our sports science teams." What about the coaching changes?With their transition to hard courts in 1978, the US Open simultaneously switched to Wilson balls. At Australian Open 2016, a questionnaire was floated among the tennis professionals, and about 80 percent of them responded that Wilson tennis balls to have the best performance on hard courts and their balls are naturally fit for hard surfaces. But Fritz offered a unique perspective of his own. He believes the men’s US Open balls are actually too heavy. “Whenever I’m using the ATP or the Dunlop balls we use most of the year, and then I switch to the men’s Wilson balls, they’re heavy. It doesn’t feel good on my arm, so I can’t really imagine how it would feel for the women’s players as well.” They don’t get as fluffy, so they never really slow down, which is great for me. But I mean, I can see why [Swiatek] doesn’t like them.” Meanwhile, Taylor Fritz said he is able to serve faster, closer to 150mph, when trying out the women’s tennis balls, but suggested the WTA players were divided due to their varying styles. Buffed half-shells are loaded into top and bottom molds in a hydraulic press, where compressed air is introduced into the chamber until the required pressure is met - at which point, the press is closed to trap the pressurized air inside the half-shells. The adhesive is then cured, and the two half-shells are bonded together to form the pressurized core.

The father of Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas has often been caught trying to coach his son, most notably at this year's Australian Open, where an umpire was stationed underneath his box to catch any comments. Especially after three games of really hard playing, they are getting more and more light," she said at the Cincinnati Open last week. The US No 1 Jessica Pegula also explained that the balls lead to a greater amount of unforced errors. “I feel like the first couple weeks there are a lot of double faults, because the balls are just kind of flying a bit more,” the world No 8 said. The US Open tennis balls are a great choice for tournaments, matches, training, coaching or for your weekly doubles. If you just want to make sure that you are bringing a popular and respected ball to your weekly four look no further than the Wilson US Open.I've gotten a lot of coaching violations, which I found unfair. But now that it's legalised, I'm more than happy I won't have to deal with referees that are so strict and want to kind of ruin the game." WTA spokeswoman Amy Binder told the Associated Press: external-link "The basis behind using the regular felt ball was that it limited the potential of arm, shoulder, elbow and wrist injuries. Jessica Pegula, the US No 1, believes the balls the women play with lead to more errors. Photograph: Robert Prange/Getty Images Iga Swiatek was only half-joking when declaring “you’ve just started a war” at the Western and Southern Open earlier this month. Tennis News Iga Swiatek makes confession about her stunning 2022 season and ‘ridiculous’ expectations

Although it is against the rules at most tournaments, coaching from the sidelines is common, with players given warnings or point penalties if they are caught out. unquestioned leader for best-in-class hard court tennis ball performance. When the US Open switched Wilson Tennis Balls, namely US Open tennis balls are a monumental product in the tennis industry. Legends such as Roger Federer and Serena Williams play with the Wilson Open tennis Ball at the US grand slam. The flushing meadows grand slam places tougher demands on a tennis ball than any other tennis tournament in the world. The Wilson US Open ball has been the ball of choice at the US Open since 1978 giving it a formidable reputation as being one of the most durable tennis balls on the circuit. The US Tennis Association said "a number of factors" are considered in deciding which balls to use. Dunlop recently usurped Head’s ATP Tour ball as the officially branded orb of the men’s championship tour. The stark contrast between the two balls reflects the style of professional game the ATP wants to encourage. This ball plays fast, refuses to fluff up and is designed to be blasted for a winner time and time again.

French Open runner-up Coco Gauff said she could "definitely tell there's a difference" when it came to using the US Open balls. The women use Wilson US Open regular duty balls in New York, while the men use Wilson US Open extra duty balls.

Rafael Nadal admitted he had no idea about the difference until recently, but suggested the issue was not worth the airtime. The USTA have decided to use the same tennis ball for the men’s and women’s event at the US Open for the first time and we have been given the inside story on how the ball has been developed by manufacturers Wilson. Among her long list of issues with the balls, Swiatek argued that they lead to increased errors and a less impressive product: “Right now we play powerful, and we kind of can’t loosen up our hands with these balls. I know that there are many players who complain, and many of them are top 10. We make more mistakes, for sure. So I don’t think that’s really nice to watch.” The Wilson tennis ball always stood out for a number of reasons – great company and great ball. The best was looking down at the Wilson brand, next to the US Open logo – our home country Slam! I remember always taking a few cans home with me because they represented a can full of memories that would last a lifetime. The best souvenir from the US Open in my opinion! ” -Kathy Rinaldi The USTA works closely with the WTA and ATP Tour, their player councils and our brand partner on an annual basis to determine what type of balls they recommend," a USTA spokesperson said.

However, players such as Petra Kvitova and Madison Keys , who tend to hit hard, flat strikes that will gather more pace off a lighter ball, have said they like the regular duty ones. That statement came at the end of one of her press conferences in Cincinnati, in which the women’s world No 1 was asked about the tennis balls used by female players at the US Open.



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