Henrik Wallensten is back for the Gear of the Year podcast. In this episode, we go through 2023 in terms of racquets and strings.
This is not Henrik’s first rodeo. He has been on the podcast numerous times. He writes for Tennisnerd and the Swedish Tennis Magazine, he has been in a bunch of reviews on the channel and he strings for the Swedish Davis Cup team. I have known Henrik for many years, since we started trading racquets in 2012 or something like that.
We tried to go through all the new racquets we had tested in 2023. We also covered some strings and shoes.
Below you can find the timestamps to the episode. Clicking the link will lead you to my review.
Gear of the Year podcast timestamps
00:00 Intro
04:06 From wooden racquets to…
09:00 Racquet releases in 2024, but no demos?
14:44 The beauty of the Blade 100
18:21 Wilson Shift – a new line
23:13 The Aero Rafa racquets
28:12 HEAD Radical
32:30 Yonex VCORE
35:30 Yonex PERCEPT
39:57 HEAD Prestige Auxetic 2 and Gravity
47:54 Wilson Pro Staff V14
52:33 Babolat Pure Drive 98
56:53 STIGA Supreme
1:02:00 Diadem Elevate V3
1:05:13 Strings
1:10:44 Shoes
1:21:44 Balls
1:28:09 Upcoming racquet experiments
You can listen to the podcast on Spotify, Apple, Google podcasts and many other platforms. You can also listen to it in the embedded player below. I hope you enjoy the episode and if you have guests or topics you want us to do for 2024, let me know in the comments below.
