A reader named George spotted this new frame:
Photo via George Taylor
George says:
Noticed Declan James playing with a new cosmetic of the dunlop evolution 130, beam looked slightly thinner and not as square in the shaft.
Looks like a cool new cosmetic. Will be keeping an eye out for this one.
Update: turns out this new racket is the Dunlop Force Evolution 120.
Here’s another version of the Evolution 130, spotted by reader Wong Chao Yi. This is an Ong Beng Hee signature version, and it appears to be available only in Malaysia.
Photo via Wong Chao Yi
Eamon says
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Pierre
The DL Sports Website are marketing the Evolution 130 as Nick Mathew’s racket. It will be interesting to see what he actually uses. I would imagine you are correct in saying that Nick Mathew will probably be using a customised racket, and that his own bespoke racket will be painted to look like either the Evolution 120 or 130, (depending on which Dunlop feel will be the most popular commercially). According to Dunlop,Nick Mathew previously used the Aerogel Evolution 120, then converted to the Biomimetic Evolution 130. It is very probable that he did not use either of these off-the-shelf products, and has always used his own customised racket.
Eamon says
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The picture of Declan James’ Racket is actually of the new Dunlop Evolution 120, which apparently is aimed at the women’s market. The new Evolution 130 is actually more White in colour, and in comparison to the current cosmetic, it pales in comparison (pardon the pun !) It will be interesting to see if Nick Mathew will use it, according to DSL Sports he will be. The current Evolution is pretty cool as is the Evolution 130 OBH above. Not convinced about the new version though.
Pierre Bastien says
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Thanks Eamon, will keep an eye out for those.
George says
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Ooogh thats interesting. Could’ve sworn i saw it read 130 but then again my sight isn’t the best haha! Looked very nice though.
Pierre Bastien says
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Here are the new rackets: http://dlsports.de/squash/squash-rackets/dunlop/index.html
Pierre Bastien says
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Here’s more info on the new racket: https://www.squashsource.com/dunlop-force-evolution-120/