Before the 2019 Brisbane international finals between Kei Nishikori and Daniil Medvedev, let’s take a look at what makes Kei Nishikori one of the best ball strikers and shot makers on the ATP tour, despite his “S” size.
It’s his racket high ceiling!
He used many different paint jobs during his career with the latest being the Wilson Ultra 95, but he actually uses:
Actual racket: Wilson NCode Tour 95
Speciality: extended racket – 70,4 cm (27,7 in) and low string tension ≈ 17 kg Luxilon Element (Cross) + Gut (Main)
mass: 346 g
balance: 33,5 cm
swingweight: 347
polarization: 0.44
MGR/I: 20.88
String Patter: 16/20
What makes his racket ceiling high is the extended lenght, high swingweight and a low tension. Combined with a relatively high MGR/I value for better predictabiity and ease of use.
Learn more about how to build a high ceiling by exploring the Impacting Tennis web page.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/01/05/more-sports/tennis/kei-nishikori-rolls-brisbane-final/#.XDI73FMRWh8
should be Gut on main. Thanks for the info btw.
Hmm thank you. On that picture, it does seem like gut is on the mains. I know he had gut crosses when he was on Luxilon 4g. Need to research this a bit =)
He has been using gut main since his 2018 challenger tour start. Thanks for sharing those infos 🙂
Thank you. =) Will update my database!