With its leading brand ambassador Novak Djokovic winning Wimbledon, a welcome return after the 31-year-old Serb with 13 Grand Slam titles now, had spent a lot of time nursing an injured shoulder, Head is all set for launching its explosive new line of Graphene 360 Speed racquets.
With ‘’incredible stability’’ and ‘’enhanced energy’’ with a new frame ‘’engineered for speed’’, and a new string bed that provides ‘’increased power and full control at high speeds’’, the Head players are bound to turn more heads as they move towards the US Open.
Of course, Head will miss Andy Murray, who tried to make a return recently since playing his last tournament in Wimbledon last year. But, with the prodigy, the 21-year-old Alexander Zverev of Germany, the world No.3 being touted to win a Grand Slam soon, Head has a new face that has already fulfilled a lot of promise.
After the quarterfinals at the French Open, it was perhaps a big disappointment for Maria Sharapova to lose first round in Wimbledon to qualifier Vitalia Diatchenko of Belarus, but the Russian beauty continues to light up her environment even when she is not wielding a Head racquet.
Some of us do remember that Ankita Raina, the best Indian woman singles player, had given a tough account of herself in a three-setter against Diatchenko in the second qualifying round in Wimbledon.
A bunch of girls are following on the foot prints of Ankita, in trying to march forward. Karman Kaur Thandi, who briefly snatched the No.1 status from Ankita last year, has been making meaningful strides, by winning her maiden title in the $25,000 event in Hong Kong. The 20-year-old Delhi girl sports the Head racquet with some style and purpose.
Zeel Desai who has successfully emerged out of the junior ranks, and the young National champion Mahak Jain use the Head to plough their way forward in the professional circuit.
Prarthana Thombare who had won the Asian Games bronze medal with Sania Mirza and had partnered the former world No.1 in the Rio Olympics, looks all set to have a memorable time in the Asian Games in Jakarta.
Sai Samhitha with her classic singled handed backhand, the former Asian junior champion Snehadevi Reddy, apart from the promising bunch of Humera Shaikh, Vaidehi Chaudhari, Tanisha Kashyap, Sanjana Sirimalla and Prinkle Singh are all capable of adding more visibility to Head.
The Indian fans may remember Wimbledon this time for the brilliant performance of Divij Sharan who made his maiden doubles quarterfinals with Artem Sitak of New Zealand, and the super show by qualifiers Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan, who played their maiden Grand Slam after having set Wimbledon as their target last year!
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja are the other doubles stars who are making everyone take note of their presence in the circuit.
Aryan Goveas has made rapid strides forward to be seeded No.2 in the tournament he is playing at the moment in China. Dhruv Sunish, National junior champion Sacchitt Sharma, Abhimanyu Vannem Reddy, Calvin Golmei, Dev Javia, Sushant Dabas, Ajay Malik and Udit Gogoi have the ability to step it up in the next few months, provided they channelise their Head!
For an amateur player like me who likes to keep fit and appreciate the nuances of the game better by playing on the clay courts of the National Stadium in Delhi, it is a privilege to swing the Graphene 360 Speed MP racquet, to add some substance to the enjoyable game.
It may be cool to sport the latest Head, but it is great to sweat, to keep your head cool.
It is always a good time to head to the tennis courts !
