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Kevin Anderson’s Racquet
Kevin Anderson is one of those dangerous players on the ATP tour that flies under the radar. He also sports a little known tennis brand – Srixon. What racquet does he use? I have previously written about Srixon racquets in a post about Aga Radwanska’s racquet and Michael Chang’s racquet, but haven’t looked more closely […]
Powerful Tennis Racquets
I’ve written previously how modern tennis racquets are getting more and more powerful. In fact so powerful that it’s starting to hurt players’ arms and elbows. But power and spin is exciting so let’s look at what the market has to offer. My previous article on the subject is called “The Eternal Struggle – Power […]
Nike US Open Collection 2017
Adidas is obviously hyped-up for the US Open with their Pharrell line of tennis apparel, but Nike will not lag behind with apparel for both Federer and Rafa in the Nike US Open collection. Federer was in the media again yesterday with his New York pop-up launch of his third iteration of the Nike Zoom […]
Wilson Ultra Tour: First Impressions
I’ve had a first hit with the Wilson Ultra Tour and want to give you my initial impression about this much talked about racquet. Full review to come. The test racquet I have is strung with Luxilon Alu Power. It’s not my string of choice, but it works alright in the Wilson Ultra Tour. For the […]
Alexander Bublik’s Racquet – Player Profile
Updated 18 September, 2024An exciting player that many people have their eyes on is Alexander Bublik from Kazakhstan. Let’s look a bit closer at his biography, stats and also, what racquet does Bublik use? Alexander (Sasha) Bublik came into the spotlight when he faced Andy Murray in Wimbledon in 2017. Bublik had said some comments […]
Jared Donaldson’s Racquet
American 20-year-old Jared Donaldson is one of the big next generation hopes and in Cincinnati he’s shown the results to match. What racquet does he play with? Jared Donaldson is having a great win at the Cincinnati masters with wins against Roberto Bautista-Agut (click for an article about what racquet Bautista-Agut plays with), Ramkumar Ramanathan […]
Angell TC 97 Custom Review
I have been testing the Angell TC 97 Custom 18×20 for a few weeks and here are my thoughts on this racquet. You can of course get your own specs at Angell tennis. Since the point of Custom Angell racquets is to be able to order the racquet to your ideal specs, I better start […]
Pharrell and Adidas Tennis Collection
Pharrell is not only a rapper, singer, songwriter, and a producer (music and film), but also a clothes designer. Now he presents his tennis collection together with Adidas. The new Pharrell and Adidas collection will be worn among others by Alexander Zverev during the US Open and will included the popular Adidas Barricade tennis shoe. […]
The Book of Tennis Rackets – Siegfried Kuebler
There is a legendary book for tennis racquet collectors covering everything in tennis racquet development until the 90s. It’s called The Book of Tennis Rackets and is written by Siegfried Kuebler. The Book of Tennis Rackets is really the work of a diligent and knowledgeable collector and it also comes with two addendums to cover […]
How Often Do You Switch Racquets?
I’ve been thinking about this a bit lately – because I’ve been in another period of trying out and switching racquets. It’s fun and a pain at the same time. How often do you switch racquets? Since I like to try and review new racquets from time to time, it’s difficult for me to groove […]
