Daniil Medvedev Turns ‘Defense Into Offense’ With Updated Tecnifibre Signature Racket

Daniil Medvedev says he enjoys the “tactical” struggle against opponents on the court. And that’s, in part, why the World No. 1 tennis player appreciates the balanced attack he gets from his updated signature T-Fight 305 racket from Tecnifibre.

“What I really like about the racket is that it’s perfectly balanced,” he says. “I like to turn defense into offense and I feel that with this racket I can perfectly do that.”

With Medvedev currently playing with the updated frame and the rest of the Tecnifibre T-Fight 305 players planning to switch to it in January, the French-based brand will release the new design to the playing public on Aug. 1. Expect a full range of expanded T-Fight 305 options coming in 2023.

Patrice Chabrel, Tecnifibre senior product manager for rackets and bags, says data from the men’s tour shows that Medvedev serves up a perfectly balanced game, so he needed a racket to match, whether managing short or long rallies or offering up one of the winningest service games in the sport. In short, Chabrel says Medvedev craves “dynamic control.”

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To make it happen, the updated T-Fight 305 was designed in conjunction with Medvedev at the brand’s French lab in Paris, placing a focus on forgiveness and balance.

The new Isoflex technology in the frame was designed for a forgiving sweet spot on off-center hits. By balancing the flexibility of the strings to engineer a stiffer shorter string and softer longer string, Chabrel says designers were able to achieve a more consistent string bed for both power and precision in the 18×19 string pattern. The more open string pattern than an 18×20 creates additional power and spin.

The T-Fight 305’s frame geometry prioritizes the balance Medvedev values. A portion of the frame is squared off for maximum control with less power, while the elliptical design in other places offers up a stiffer frame for maximum power with less control.

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“Our innovation has fused the square and elliptical sections, taking advantage of both,” Chabrel says about the technology Tecnifibre calls RS Section. “It is the perfect mix. Powerful to hit winners, but stable at ball impact.”

Keeping with the nomenclature of Tecnifibre rackets, the T-Fight 305 weighs in at 305 grams (10.75 ounces). It features a 98-square-inch head size.

Tecnifibre has embraced white as a core color for its frames but has cleaned up the powerfully white design even more with the new Medvedev aesthetic.

The full-white paint uses blue and red to highlight the racket’s technologies and 3D branding elements provide extra texture on the frame. As Tecnifibre continues to update its rackets across the brand, they’ve continually brought additional white into the designs to highlight the boutique feel of the brand now owned by Lacoste.

“I really like the style,” Medvedev says. “It suits me well.”