Originally Posted by
wolf72
How the hell does a professional player get to compete in tournaments when he or she arrives at the final destination if the rackets are damaged or the frame(s) are cracked?
And you do not put rackets into cargo holds especially during summer as the heat alone for x amount of time can warp the frames.
Rackets have always been carried onto planes in soft cases/bags. It/s been that way for over 40 years.
It is a small issue being made into a big issue by one IDIOTIC UA GA who should have his/her head examined.
Is she using wooden rackets, circa 40 years ago like Connors and Borg did? Carbon fiber ones (look at new generation of aircraft hulls like 787) are a bit more resistant to temperature, humidity, and pressure than the wooden ones when people needed to carry them on. I'd hope she'd tune up the strings before a match after traveling regardless, but the frames? It's the 21st century, not middle of the 20th. Materials sciences have come a long way, especially in athletics.
http://www.sportingnews.com/other-sp...j1f3rv7hodn8cr "Carbon composite rackets are relatively immune to changes in humidity and temperature (within reason), and therefore don't warp like wood rackets used to sometimes. And the materials retain their integrity for MUCH longer."