Some squash equipment notes from the 2019 Nantes Open.
Decathlon was advertising their new Opfeel rackets at the event (see their logo on the tin in this photo). Also looks like Alison Waters busted out her Ashaway racket for the first time. She’s still on Salming shoes though.
Speaking of Opfeel, Camille Serme is here with her Opfeel Opfeel SR 990 Power. Looks like she also switched to the Asics Gel Fastball 3.
Fares Dessouky has his newly acquired Tecnifibre:
I don’t know if I ever posted about the new Tecnifibre logo (gasp!) but you can see it on Fares’s racket, above. Looks nice I think. The other Tecnifibre players have it too. Greg Marche:
Marche is also rocking the Asics Gel Blade 6 (thanks michel).
Joel Makin switched to the Asics Blast FF:
Looks like Emily Whitlock switched from Salming rackets (thanks michel). I don’t recognize the racket she’s using now though:
Update, here it is (thanks Jeroen and Colin), the isquash Bolt:
It appears Emily’s father Phil Whitlock was making these rackets back in 2013 at least.
SJ Perry is using a Dunlop instead of her signature Unsquashable frame (thanks Lloyd). You can tell by the grommet color that it’s the Revelation Pro Lite, my new racket for this season (thanks Jard).
Here’s a fun video:
Paul Coll was still using his old Eye racket. I wonder if we’ll see the new colorway at the US Open.
Steven says
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Anyone know what type of Ashaway racket Ben Coleman is using now, looks different from all the others. It’s all black compared with his usual one that Alison Waters is now using
Jard says
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Sj Perry has the lite version. You can see the side grommet strip is red. The pro version had grey strips
Paul Coll will use the new one from now on. They were deliverd 3 days late. So I did not had the chance to get them ready in time for him
marc says
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Hania El Hammamy blew Alison Waters away in their match – she’s only 19.
Amanda Sobhy is playing well – think she eased off to give her friend Olivia Blatchford Clyne a game in their match as she won the other two games 11-1.
michel goulche says
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Anyone know what is Emily Withlock racket ? Looks like she not playing with salming anymore.
marc says
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Hard to tell – can you see from pic on this page:
https://squashmad.com/breaking-news/reigning-nantes-champions-are-shattered-at-the-chateau/
Pierre says
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I found a good photo (see post above) but still don’t know what racket that is
Ricky says
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I can see ‘BOL’ on the throat of the racket but I am not sure what brand it is.
Jeroen Mulderij says
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I think it a brand from her father called isquash. https://twitter.com/isquash_co_uk
Colin says
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Jeroen, you’re right: https://twitter.com/isquash_co_uk/status/346918850169827328. Looks like it was released 6 or more years ago, and just by that now-defunct squash store from her dad.
michel goulche says
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thank you.
I would like to ad that Marche is not playing with salming hawk but with asics gel blade 6, a woman model : https://www.plusdebad.com/chaussures-asics/3635-asics-gel-blade-6-femme.html
Pierre says
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Good catch, updated