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By admin, November 11, 2009 12:39 pm

The following was my reply in a local Internet forum.

Being married I couldn’t agree more with Luiph08 and friendly1, it’s better to know the opponent gender then asking each other for single game. I remembered back in March this year during my 1st attempt to find tennis partners, there are quite a few female players asked me, I admitted it’s quite embarrassing and I was not thoughtful enough, but again, if my post showing I only wanted to look for male partner, then wouldn’t it become an case of sexual discrimination? Anyway, I’ve learnt my lesson wisely that the rule can’t be indicated clearly, but it’s underlying there Clearly, we just don’t need to outline it so obvious, I think you guys know what I mean. In English, it’s called “Dilemma (進退兩難)”.

For those single guys with purpose, then it’s another story, (but don’t get too excited yet, especially Nurse, ha…), I read sometimes ago in discuss forum a topic named 球場上無真愛, a brother felt in love with a gal from the tennis gathering, I must say I do not agree with his biased view because I think love is everywhere, love is around us and love does exist on tennis court as well (An extreme example would be A.Agassi and S.Graf), if you do look around carefully, you will be rewarded.

Anyhow, for those guys being single, you can having single tennis game with a lady being single, it’s called social networking and it’s very normal, so don’t be shy and ask them out for a tennis game.

Finally, who have seen the movie “The Ugly Truth” recently? I found it’s quite disgusting and also very true reflecting the most basic instinct of man and woman.

Ladies and gentlemen, wish you all best of luck!

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By admin, October 28, 2009 2:12 pm

明年1月假維多利亞公園舉行的周年盛事香港網球精英賽，未因主要贊助商 JB集團退出而失色，反而重新加入男單及引進新賽制，共邀得 8名現役女球手及 4名退休男球手參加，包括剛宣佈「掛拍」的沙芬及 90年代最佳華人球手張德培。

組美洲隊拍大威

繼森柏斯及阿加斯日前於澳門作表演賽後，多名已「掛拍」的男網手將於明年 1月 6至 9日舉行的香港網球精英賽「出山」，剛宣佈於 11月巴黎大師賽後「掛拍」的沙芬將率領俄羅斯隊，與美少女舒拉寶娃及莎朗莉娃出戰；現年 37歲的張德培將夥拍「大威」威廉絲及杜高為美洲隊力爭衞冕。

至於亞太隊代表為前亞洲「第 1拍」斯里查潘、森田步美及中國的鄭潔；前世界「 1哥」艾保Edberg則會連同新晉球手禾施妮雅琪及艾莎倫嘉代表歐洲隊。

分組抽籤將於下月尾舉行，每組兩隊，賽事分兩圈進行，每圈共打兩場女單、一場男單及一場混雙； 1、 2號種籽歐洲隊及俄羅斯隊被安排於不同組別。本年度賽事由香港政府盛事基金贊助，香港網球贊助人協會賽務總監簡德龍先生未有透露總金額，他期望能藉此提升香港國際地位：「我們會推出優惠、團體及豪華旅遊套票，包括機票、酒店、賽事及球手派對入場票，以吸引遊客來港觀賽。」

香港網球精英賽 2010

日期： 06-09/01/2010
地點：香港維多利亞公園網球場

《參賽名單》
歐洲隊：艾保、禾施妮雅琪、艾莎倫嘉
俄羅斯隊：沙芬、舒拉寶娃、莎朗莉娃
美洲隊：張德培、威廉絲、杜高
亞太隊：斯里查潘、森田步美、鄭潔

《售票詳情》
發售日期： 12月初
地點：城市電腦售票處
價格：約$300-$800
＊旅遊套票詳情將於日後公佈

Official Web Site: http://www.hongkongtennisclassic.com

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By admin, October 26, 2009 8:54 pm

I finally videotaped my tennis session for an hour today and when I reviewed it on TV, I couldn’t belive that I’ve made so much little mistakes.

I watched it over and over again and wrote down those mistakes that I’ve made and the way how I am going to correct them.

Anyway, I do find this is a very easy, cost effective and great way to improve my tennis game and hope this will help all the CHings to improve your game too.

I’ve never thought I could be the other side who’s playing with me as that person (ie, the camera) never tell lies, so she’s your good coach.

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By admin, October 20, 2009 9:23 pm

I am not sure about you, but I somehow still love 80s tennis the most!
The following video brought so much lovely memories from the past.

Enjoy!

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By admin, October 16, 2009 9:34 am

過去一直以為Nadal強勁梳頭式的Top Spin打法是他自創的。

但昨天重溫了1981年溫布頓網球決賽波格對麥根萊時突然發現怎麼波格的正手Top Spin的打法完全跟NADAL的一模一樣。

突發奇想﹐原來波格才是梳頭式TOP SPIN打法的“祖師爺”﹐只不過他用早了30年而已。其實越看就越覺得當年BORG的打法就是現在NADAL的原始型﹐網壇20多年後由NADAL推出了“BORG式打法”的超人加強版。

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By admin, October 15, 2009 9:28 pm

Rodney George “Rod” Laver MBE (born 9 August 1938, in Rockhampton, Australia) is a former tennis player from Australia who was the World No. 1 player for seven consecutive years, from 1964 to 1970. He is the only tennis player to have twice won all four Grand Slam singles titles in the same year — first as an amateur in 1962 and second as a professional in 1969. He is the only male player during the open era to have won a calendar year Grand Slam. Laver is rated, along with Roger Federer, Pete Sampras and Björn Borg as one of the greatest male tennis players of all time by many experts and polls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SptdffCeVmM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q13_STOUBc

Nickname(s) Rocket
Country Australia
Residence Carlsbad, California, U.S.
Date of birth August 9, 1938 (1938-08-09) (age 71)
Place of birth Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight N/A
Turned pro 1962
Retired 1979
Plays Left-handed; one-handed backhand
Career prize money US$1,564,213
Singles
Career record 392–99 (79.8%) in the Open era as recorded by the ATP
Career titles at least 198 including 40 listed by the ATP
Highest ranking No. 1
Grand Slam results
Australian Open W (1960, 1962, 1969)
French Open W (1962, 1969)
Wimbledon W (1961, 1962, 1968, 1969)
US Open W (1962, 1969)
Doubles
Career record 230–77 (74.9%) in the ATP statistics
Career titles 27 in the ATP statistics
Highest ranking 11 in the ATP statistics

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By admin, October 9, 2009 2:50 pm

事先聲明 Decliamer﹕The racquet I use the most is Wilson Prostaff 85, but I love PC600 & PT600 more due to it’s shape/attractive color, simply not as bored as PS85, one fact I must admit is that I can’t really control them as easy as PS85, so I am sort of a collector of these Prestige instead.

Finally, I got one of the most sought after version – Prestige Tour 600 (Made in Austria) yesterday, it completes my European version of Prestige Classic/Tour 600 collection.

From top to bottom in the picture:
1. Prestige Classic 600 (Design in Austria, TW final version)
2. Prestige Classic 600 (Design in Austria, body made in Austria)
3. Prestige Classic 600 (Made in Austria, 2nd edition, contains Twaron)
4. Prestige Tour 600 (Made in Austria, 2nd edition, contains Twaron)

Main difference between 1-3:
1. Made in Austria version contains Twaron, more better feel and control (flex may be?)
2. Made in Austria version body paint is darker and does have more metallic gold powder
3. Made in Austria version doesn’t have L7 on one size
4. Made in Austria version font is sharper than later version, I would say Solid is the word.

Main difference between PC600 & PT600:
1. PT600 has Suspension Grip on bottom, thus heaiver
2. PT600 is even more flex than PC600
3. PT600 doesn’t last long as PC600 due to Suspension Grip is made of plastic and it cracks with time
4. Balance pt is different between the two.
5. I noticed my 4. PT600 does not have cap installed, but 1-3 all have cap.
6. Recommended String tension on PT600 is 2kg lower than PC600

Some say the 1st edition of PC600/PT600 (Made in Austria) is too stiff to play with.

HEAD Prestige – 25 years of Absolute Precision

There is a really comprehensive report for Prestige Series (mid-size) on TT, a must read if you are one of the Prestige fan.

http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=268388

In 1993 HEAD came out with the Prestige Tour 600 and the larger Prestige Tour 660. These racquets came with the suspension grip of the Discovery series of racquets. In the U.S. the racquet was marketed as the Trisys 300.

In the fall of 1993 HEAD came out with the Prestige Classic 600 (”Star Trek” font), made in Austria for Europe only.

In 1994 HEAD changed the marketing in the U.S. The Trisys 300 became the Prestige Tour 300.

In 1995 Johan Eliasch bought HEAD (HTM) and continues to run it today.

In 1995 HEAD changed the font in Europe from “Star Trek” to today’s font. The Star Trek font on the Prestige Classic 600 lasted from the fall of 1993 to the second half of 1995. Then the font changed and the Made in Austria was moved to above the grip.

In 1996 HEAD brought the Prestige Classic 600 to the U.S. In the U.S. it did not have 600 on it (“Mid”)

The first “Designed in Austria” was not completely manufactured in Kennelbach. In order to save costs Head produced the raw racquet in Kennelbach then ship the racquet to it’s Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic factory. In the Czech Republic the Prestige Classic 600 was painted, had the pallet, collar, butt-cap, leather grip, and CAP system grommets put on.

Made in Austria Prestige Classic 600 racquets are a darker red color than the Designed in Austria Prestige Classic 600 racquets.

Prestige Tour has a ‘Suspension Grip’ plastic handle. The Tour generally plays a little softer and feels more flexy – primarily because of the handle system. The Suspension Grip parts make the handle presumably a bit heavier. So as a result specs and balance of PT 600 is different from PC 600.

‘600′ on a frame usually means that it was intended for the European market (600 cm – 93 sq. in.).

Around 2000, Head introduced Classic Mid, a Prestige Classic for North America that could not wear the name ‘Prestige’ because of a legal conflict between Head and Wilson at that time (3 or 4 years ago).

300 is just the ‘Trisys’ name for the Prestige. The Prestige was also known as the Trisys 300; The Pro Tour was the Trisys 280, the Radical Tour was the Trisys 260, and I think the Lite Tour (green) was the Trisys 240, and so on.

The Prestige Classic 600 were always manufactured in Kennelbach, Austria. Head has yet to outsource the Prestige Classic 600 to China. The first Prestige to be made in China is the Flexpoint Prestige.

In 2001 i.Prestige came out. They were produced until 2004 in Austria.

In 2004 Liquidmetal Prestige came out in time for Australian Open. To my knowledge were made in Austria originally and then partially in Czech Republic.

Head Prestige Classic 600的版本鑒別

L7版本眾多，Classic系列，据我所知，分為歐版和美版兩大系列。其中比較易于識別的地方就在于那個拍喉的“600”字樣。歐版除了1999年版的“Classic mid”之外，都帶有600，也就是通常可以見到的“Head Prestige Classic 600”；美版均不帶“600”字樣，因此拍喉表示為“Head Prestige Classic”。

相關資料 

其中歐版分為7代產品：

第一代奧地利產，實心斜體字的“Prestige Classic 600”字樣，拍喉正面沒有文字，拍喉側面表明“Made in Austria”

第二代奧地利產，空心斜體字的“Prestige Classic 600”字樣，拍喉正面標有文字“Made in Austria”

第三代奧地利產，空心斜體字的”Prestige Classic 600”字樣，拍喉正面標有文字“Designed in Austria”，底蓋為黑色，上面貼有標簽“Made in Austria”。這是最后一代奧產，為奧地利制作的分件在捷克工厂組裝完成

第一代捷克產，空心斜體字的“Prestige Classic 600”字樣，拍喉正面標有文字“Designed in Austria”，底蓋為銀色標簽

第二代捷克產，空心斜體字的”Classic mid”字樣，拍喉正面標有文字“Designed in Austria”，底蓋為銀色標簽。這代為1999年，如此命名是因為當時和Wilson的命名發生了版權沖突，因此不能用prestige字樣，頗有意思。

第三代捷克產，空心斜體字的“Prestige Classic 600”字樣，拍喉正面標有文字“Designed in Austria”，底蓋為黑色

第四代捷克產，空心斜體字的“Prestige Classic 600”字樣，拍喉正面標有文字“Designed in Austria”，底蓋為黑色，這代質量較差，為美國Tennis Warehouse從海德工厂定制的一批，印刷模糊，不建議收藏

美版分為4代產品

第一第二代同歐版，只是沒有600字樣，第三第四代同歐版第四第五代印刷。

 

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By admin, September 27, 2009 2:40 pm

The followings are the ones I visited the most.

Discuss Forum
http://www.discuss.com.hk/forumdisplay.php?fid=415

Elite Tennis Club
http://www.elitennisclub.com

W6網球俱樂部
http://www.tennisshop.hk/forums/

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By admin, August 26, 2009 12:47 pm

近幾個月打少了好多球﹐因為天氣太不穩定及實在太熱了﹐而且Wii的Grand Slam Tennis也太好玩了﹐所以多左在室內對住個LCD電視打網球。遲D再找那些失散了幾個月的網友打波先。

The following is my My Tennis Racquet Collection, let me begin the thread…please share and post your collection. I still like those old-school racquets so much, owning one of these classic rackets is one thing, but true appreciation the meaning and history behind these classic rackets is another!

From left to right (app. manufacture date):

1. Babolat Pure Drive GT (2009) – SOLD
Got it from a net friend, mainly because I want to switch racquet after 20 years.

2. Wilson Prostaff 85 (1984), Taiwan version

3. Rossignol F200 Mat Wilander (1985), Made in France

4. Puma Boris Becker Super with PCS (1984), Made in Taiwan

5. Dunlop Max 200G Pro (1991), Made in England

6. Dunlop Max 200G 1st version (1983), Made in England
Got this hidden treasure last week from MK 龍騰, it’s definitely a great bargain considering the history of this 1st version. I hitted it yesterday finally. Wow! Just As advertised (Manufactured with the unique grafil injection molding system providing you with that solid feel on your every shot.), the mold injection works, absolutely ZERO vibration and feel great at the net.

7. Prince Super Graphite, 28 inches (1995) – SOLD
I got this mainly because I like Prince Boron so much and it looks like Boron but much lighter, so it’s also quite unstable when returning heavy ralley.

8. Prince Original Graphite Oversize 4 strips (1991), Grip 3, Oversize printed on top
This is the one I got in 1991 after changing from single back hand to double back hand, and it’s also the first POG I’ve got, I’ve been using it mainly over the last 20 years.

9. Head Prestige Classic 600(1985), Made in CZ on throat

10. Head Prestige Classic 600 (1988), Design in CZ

11. Head Prestige Classic 600 (1992), Design in CZ, TW version

12. Slazenger Ambassador Wooden (1962)
Bring back the days of Vilas and Nastase, it’s been used as a living room decoration since 2009

Some other pre-history rackets that I owned beore: Wilson Hammer 2.7 si, Wilson Hammer 6.5, Wilson ProStaff Hi-Beam

Update Jan 27, 2010:

Added three more:

13. Head Prestige Tour 600 (1985), Made in CZ on throat

14. Prince Original Graphite Oversize 4 strips (1987), Grip 2, Oversize printed on top

15. Prince Original Graphite Oversize 4 strips (1987), Grip 3, 110 printed on top

Update Feb 25, 2010:

Added two more:

16. Prince Original Graphite Oversize 4 strips (1987), Grip 2, Oversize printed on top

17. Prince Original Graphite Oversize 4 strips (1987), Grip 2, 110 printed on top

Update July 14, 2010:

Added two more:

18. Prince Original Graphite Oversize (1991), Long body – Michael Chang), Grip 2 – SOLD

19. Prince Original Graphite Oversize 1 strip (1978), 1st generation, Made in USA, Grip 2.

Update Oct 5, 2011:

Added one more:

20. Head YOUTEK IG Extreme Pro (2011), Grip 2

Update Oct 26, 2011:

Added two more:

21. Head YOUTEK IG Extreme Pro (2011), Grip 3

22. Wilson Prostaff 85 (1984), Taiwan Version, Grip 3

Update Sep 20, 2013:

Added one more:

23. Rossignol F300 (1986), Grip 3

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By admin, August 20, 2009 10:44 am

It is the EA Grand Slam Tennis that made me to purchase Wii finally, Wii is my 1st video game console after almost 20 years as I quitted video game previously due to playing too much when I was young. 

The real and virtual were extremely well assembled on Grand Slam Tennis on Wii, you could be anyone you want especially those big names from the 80s! Like Pete Sampras, Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker, etc and the new ones like Federer and Nadal.

What’s best, you can even create your own character to compete with the pros.

With the help from newly released Wii weapon MotionPlus, you can fine tune your action to simulate the amazing serve and volley playing style again which is rarely seen on modern tennis game nowadays.

PS. You can watch some very exciting games on Youtube.