The racquet has been talked about for a while and now it’s finally revealed – the Babolat Pure Drive 2017-2018 edition – endorsed by Fabio Fognini, Mikael Ymer and Gabi Muguruza. When looking at the specs for the new Babolat Pure Drive, it doesn’t look much different to the version it replaces. It includes something called Cortex Pure Feel and the marketing says: “The new Pure Drive: pure power, pure sensation.” Cortex Pure Feel is thin layer of viscoelastic rubber is incorporated into the material mix of the shaft. It provides more vibration damping and is a material also used …
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Now that we have officially started the countdown to US Open (Aug 28-Sep 10), let’s look at the hottest tennis racquets right now and what’s going on in the industry. We’ll take it big supplier by big supplier. BABOLAT French tennis company Babolat’s tennis racquet blockbuster has always been the Babolat Pure Drive (1994). There have been many iterations and technologies in the Pure Drives over the years and it will be exciting to see what’s going to put into the next one that’s being released in time for the US Open. The paint job has already been revealed and …
In time for US Open the racquet companies are preparing new product launches or updates to existing racquet lines such as Wilson Ultra CV, Babolat Pure Drive and Yonex E-zone. The Wilson Ultra has been the most buzzed-about line on tennis forums with speculations that the Wilson Ultra Tour might be the fabled pro stock racquet mould called H19 (Wilson’s copy of HEAD’s legendary PT57A). The Wilson Ultra line will be endorsed by players such as Gael Monfils (using a H19 since he switched from Prince) and Borna Coric (who previously played with Yonex). The H19 racquets are flexible, thin-beamed racquets that …
Babolat has made it into a tradition to launch Roland Garros and Wimbledon specific lines of their racquets, wear and gear. This time they reveal the Babolat Pure Drive Wimbledon edition and more… The Babolat Pure Drive is one of the most popular racquets of all-time and a decent racquet for all levels of players since it offers great power and spin and good playability. The usual knock that players have on the Babolat Pure Drive series is that it is too powerful and it can be quite stiff on the arm with its RA rating of 70+ (strung). The …