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 …
HEAD MxG 3
Here is the racquet that Rafael Nadal tested for five weeks in the off-season – the HEAD MxG 3 (along with the HEAD MxG 5). I’ve been testing the racquets and here is my review. First of all, they do look GREAT. Looks are not that important however, it’s all about playability. Let’s start with the HEAD MxG 3… HEAD MxG 3 WEIGHT (UNSTRUNG): 295 g / 10,4 oz STRING PATTERN: 16/18 HEAD SIZE: 645 cm² / 100 in² STIFFNESS: 74 BALANCE: 325 mm / 0.66 in HL LENGTH: 685 mm / 27,0 in BEAM: 24/26/22 The HEAD MxG 3 is …
I previously wrote about HEAD releasing the new HEAD MXG line of racquets. I was asked by the racquet company to wait a bit for more information and finally it’s here and I can reveal more about this exciting line of tennis racquets. You can order HEAD MxG racquets at Tennis Express or Pro Direct Tennis or check out HEAD MxG 3 or HEAD MxG 5 at Amazon. What is new with the HEAD MxG? Well, the Austrian racquet company has worked more than three years to create the specially designed bridge in Magnesium that, according to HEAD’s representatives will increase power but …