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Djokovic is back with new serve, new shoes, but same racquet
Novak Djokovic came back to the tennis stage in fine form when he beat Dominic Thiem 6-1 6-2 at the Kooyong Classic. He showed up with a slightly different serve motion, new Asics shoes and desire to play tennis. Still the same racquet though. There was some speculation about a potential racquet chance when Djokovic […]
Tomic with new HEAD Radical MP paint job
Bernard Tomic is a player that a lot of people love to hate due to his admittedly strange attitude to his chosen profession. His sponsorship was dropped by HEAD last year, but now he seems to be back with a new paint job and stencil. If you want to know more about why HEAD dropped […]
Babolat Pure Drives – Tour, Plus, Lite, 107 and 110
I’ve played and reviewed the Pure Drive a few months ago and now Babolat has broadened the Pure Drive series with a few more options such as the Pure Drive Tour, Lite, Plus, as well as 107 and 110. The key Pure Drive ingredient has always been power and there’s no difference in these new […]
Alex de Minaur’s Racquet – Player Profile
Updated 10th September 2024Top Australian player Alex de Minaur is one of the quickest players on tour, let’s look closer at his profile and of course what racquet he is using! What racquet is Alex de Minaur using? 25-year-old de Minaur uses a blacked-out Wilson pro stock racquet similar to David Ferrer. It’s a pro […]
Racquet lingo part 2 – recoil weight, twistweight and plowthrough
It’s 2018 and time to kick off the new year with some more racquet lingo and look at some key phrases for us tennis gear freaks such as twist weight, plow through and recoil weight. I’ve got a question from loyal reader Maxim in Russia about if adding weight in different places using the Tennis […]
Dimitrov using new paint? Troicki to Yonex? Racquet switches
It’s soon time for the tennis season 2018 to start and we’re already spotting some racquet changes on the practice courts. Dimitrov has been seen with a new paint and Troicki with a new racquet. Dimitrov is, as some of you loyal readers of this blog already knows, using not the endorsed Wilson Pro Staff […]
Tennis Racquet Lingo Part 1
There is a lot of lingo floating around tennis racquets. What is a polarized setup? What benefits does lead tape have? How important is swing weight etc? I will try my best to explain these concepts without becoming too technical. For those of you who want to delve into this subject and other racquet tech […]
Merry Christmas Tennis Nerds! Update on K7 Red
The year is coming to a close and Christmas is just around the corner. I hope you’re still spending some time on the tennis courts this holiday season. For us it’s simply time to wish you a Merry Christmas! Besides hoping you have a happy holidays I have a little update on the Angell K7 […]
Ivan Lendl Gets Signature String with One Strings
A few years ago I met One Strings in Bergamo, Italy when they released their new line of tennis racquets and strings. I haven’t heard from them in a while, but today they informed me about new Ivan Lendl signature string. Below is the press release. And here are my previous articles about One Strings: […]
Angell K7 Red Review: First Impressions
There’s been a lot of hype among racquetholics about the new Angell K7 Red racquets that is Angell’s venture into the “commercial” racquet market. But how good is it? I’ve been using the Angell K7 Red for a couple of hours and I can already say it is one of the most impressive releases of […]
