Lucas Pouille Switches To Babolat Pure Drive Racquets And Le Coq Sportif Shoes And Apparel

French tennis Lucas Pouille has dumped his long time racquet partner Prince and moved to Babolat. Pouille will be using the Babolat Pure Drive racquet.

Players switch racquet brands because of financial reasons. Pouille probably got a better offer from Babolat than from Prince. With Pouille moving to Babolat, Prince only has one top pro using its racquet – John Isner.  

It appears that Pouille is continuing to use his old Prince Textreme Tour 100P racquet that is painted to appear like a Babolat Pure Drive.  Changing racquets can have a big impact on a player’s game.  It’s not uncommon for players to continue to use the old racquet after signing a racquet deal.

Pouille has also switched to Le Coq Sportif apparel and shoes. He was previously with Adidas. Fellow Frenchman Richard Gasquet also wears the Le Coq Sportif shoes.

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The Diet That Makes Novak Djokovic One of The Greatest Athletes

Novak Djokovic fans know he has been on a plant-based diet since 2010.  The plant-based diet helped him dominate the world of tennis since then.

Djokovic has frequently attributed his old diet his allergies and other health problems he was having at the time.

In the interview, Djokovic, says, not surprisingly, that he avoids gluten, dairy, and refined sugar in his diet.

He also mentions in the interview that he eats a lot of veggies,  through smoothies and salads.  He doesn’t like anything too heavy in the morning because that’s when he trains.

Djokovic also discusses how Dr. Cetojevic reached out to him and his family after seeing him struggle with respiratory issues at the Australian Open.

In his book, Serve To Win, Djokovic goes over his diet plan and how that changed his life.

While Djokovic’s diet plan may sound extreme, it is not uncommon for players to have a strict and sometimes strange diet. It works for them and makes them better athletes.

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