It looks very obviously like a ZF2. Yonex marketing at its finest. [MENTION=82710]tjiew[/MENTION] You think he ever changed?
We already speculated back then it wasn't even a legit D10 anyway. We just didn't get pictures at such a nice angle and good enough quality to really call it out for what it was. Of course we had certain individuals who kept trying to shoot down the idea despite history proving itself over and over again.
I found it very strange that he switched to an even balanced racket after using such head heavy rackets for so long. I had speculated he had injured his arm or it was a problem for him, and that was the cause for his change. But it's very clear he's just using the ZF2. Money on the doubles players still using their NR900s? Was it Setiawan that supposedly changed? Bet he hasn't. And didn't the Danes change? I'm willing to bet theirs are fake after the fake FlashBoosts.
It's a customized racquet. ZF2 has all it's grommets tucked into the frame, this doesn't. It has a string pattern reminiscent of a Voltric, and the frame is larger than a ZF2. The stencil marking is also smaller (more "lost") inside the stringbed. So either way, its not quite a ZF2 and not a Duora10.
Yes, i believe he changed it. if you ever noticed how LCW doing backhand using ZF2 and D10 is totally different. He can drop cross drop straight using D10 but he cant do it using ZF2, he always do backhand lob. This is just my opinion after watching him played using balance racket and head heavy racket.
I'm 99% sure that's just based on his opponent. LCW has a pretty incredible backhand, and there's one instance of him springing into the air, doing a 180 and backhand smashing it with the ZF2. I'm sure he can do a backhand drop with the ZF2, but it's not always the best move to play tactically.
The idea of LCW not being able to do a backhand straight or cross court drop because the racquet is a very good joke! Maybe with a flexible shaft he won't clear to the baseline?
If we could get a good quality picture of the 4-8 o'clock area that shows the weight pieces, or the absence of them, that would pretty much confirm or deny it's a ZF2. I can't tell by that picture.
lin dan was using a customised CH code 0-line zf2ld without the bottom continuous grommets at 4 and 8 o clock. i wonder why he would want it this way.. credits to bbs forums edit: it seems that LCW's all england racket is the same, zf2 frame without the bottom continuous grommets at 4 and 8 o clock..
