![]() ![]() Open, she'll do so with eight new Ultra V4 frames in her bag. When Sakarri, along with plenty others, such as Western & Southern Open winner Borna Coric, take the court in New York City for the U.S. The Blade's green and Ultra's blue fit the plan well, but red doesn't shift as cleanly, moving Wilson to the anodized look that moves from darker to lighter red. Not every color shifts as well as others. Wilson went through over 60 different color combinations, running through virtually every possible blue shade, ultimately settling on the one they believe gave the most dramatic "flop" of color, Schaeffer says. Sakkari says that not long ago she was playing in a match and started "just turning the racket to see all the different colors, it was very interesting, it distracted my mind in a good way." I saw the Blade racket from last year and I just felt like it would be cool if the Ultra had something similar and, boom, it happened. "It is good to have a racket that you play well with, but for myself I also want to have a racket that looks nice. "I had an idea because of how the Blade looked, so I thought it was going to be something similar," she says. ![]() It was the first thing Sakkari noticed and something she'd been hoping for. The Ultra highlights the popularity of blue with color-shifting from a teal blue to a light purple. To bring the Ultra V4 up to the aesthetic designs of others in the lineup, Wilson offers its second franchise with color-shifting paint. The Wilson Ultra, now in V4, is one of the most popular racket franchises made by the Chicago-based. The Ultra, then, offers easy power for players looking to hit the ball through the court. Obviously, you have the string and tension together to make it a different racket than another player, but I would say the flexibility, the control of the racket are the things I look for."įor Wilson, the Pro Staff is known as the precision-focused classic racket, the Blade a design for aggressive baseliners wanting control and feel and the Clash an all-around combination of power, control, flexibility and stability with feel. "I like the racket to be not very stiff, but not quite flexible," she says, "somewhere in between. Sakkari most appreciates that balance of flexibility and stability. "It is a little bit of a paradox to have all of those in one, but because we were able to engineer that, the playtesting has been off the charts." "If you were to sum it all up, the Ultra V4 is faster through the air, much sleeker, has increased power, increased stability and added comfort," he says. The color-shifting paint on the Wilson Ultra V4 goes from teal blue to light purple. "We wanted to create a very stable racket, so you have more energy return into the ball, but take advantage of the ability to reduce the frequency of the racket." That means, based on measurements, the Ultra V4 plays stiffer and more stable than other power-hungry frames in its class, but with better comfort by reducing vibrations. "In the Ultra, we wanted to use it in a slightly different manner," Schaeffer says. In the Clash and Blade franchises, the Fortyfive technology offers flexibility with stability. ![]() ![]() Wilson introduced the Chicago-based brand's Fortyfive technology into the Ultra V4, a design that dictates how the racket bends. It is your weapon you want to know what is in your weapon." "It was very interesting and didn't affect anything in my game or my mind," she says. But a chat earlier this year with the Wilson team explaining the racket's differences worked well. Sakkari says sometimes she doesn't want to know too much about the inner workings of a racket, fearing it will get into her head. The channel within the inside of the hoop allows for a longer and larger string bed, giving players easier access to power. The Ultra V4 also increases the sweet spot channel versus the V3. The throat of the Wilson Ultra V4 has thinned down 20% from the previous version for a sleeker. ![]()
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