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<\/a><\/p>\nAfterward, Raducanu said she spent a couple of weeks play-testing a Yonex stick in a search for a bit more power on her shots.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, the former US Open champion returned to the familiar feel of her Wilson racquet for match play.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t have much time to test, because I wasn\u2019t playing for too long,\u201d Raducanu said. \u201cI was just looking to see if there was anything I can gain or add and hoped that I could have that time to do it, and I did. I practiced those two weeks pretty much with that [Yonex] racquet.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great. I just felt like to play a match and to fully trust it, it was too soon. Yeah, I just switched back to my racquet. I know with certain shots, you feel every gram, you feel every kind of millimeter of your own racquet, and you know it like your own hand. I think that\u2019s why I went back to it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though she plans to stick with her Wilson racquet for the start of the season, Raducanu said she\u2019s open to more play-testing with the Yonex when she has a break in her tournament schedule.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a racquet, I probably was looking for a bit more power, a bit more help and miles per hour on the ball, especially when it gets so heavy like it can in the evenings and with the balls,\u201d Raducanu said. \u201cI was just trying that out. This one didn\u2019t work. Yeah, probably now I\u2019ll just stick to this until I have another gap
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