It sounds like a stupid question, but it’s still interesting to discuss how often professional players are trying out new racquets. I came to think of it when I saw Andrey Rublev switch racquets mid-match during the NextGen Finals in Milan! You rarely see players on this level switching racquets during the match, but Rublev wasn’t feeling it with his Wilson Ultra Tour (likely a pro stock H19) and went back to his Wilson Six One 95 painted as a Wilson Pro Staff 97. After a slump of losing 4-5 games in a row, he came back to win the …
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You’re not playing as well as you should. Timing is off and you might feel that your racquet is too sluggish or not stable enough. Is it your game or is it the racquet? How often do you get these kind of thoughts? I get them from time to time and that’s why I’ve been searching for the perfect racquet for pretty much all of my tennis life (excluding the junior years when I didn’t have a clue about tennis racquets). I’m currently playing pretty well with my new Babolat Pure Strikes 16×19Â (read the review) strung with Solinco Hyper-GÂ but the …
Okay, I admit it, I’m a racquetaholic. It’s not as bad as many of my racquetaholic buddies at Stringforum and TT Warehouse but I’ve tried plenty of racquets and string setups in my so called tennis “career”. It’s been a fun ride, and that’s the point of it all I guess, but I’ve realized there will never be one holy grail racquet and I’ll become a lot better player using the time I do reading and reviewing new racquets on working on my footwork. Obviously, footwork training is less fun than buying stuff and that’s while I’ll probably keep fiddling with racquets and …