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RS Paris Octagon String Review

by TN December 12, 2017

written by TN

I’ve been trying out the new eight-sided string from RS Tennis – the RS Paris and here are is my review for this new polyester string from Robin Soderling Tennis. Fiirst of all I want to say that I’ve been enjoying RS Lyon as a cheaper but still solid alternative to Luxilon Alu Power over the years and that’s why it was exciting to be able to test this new string in the RS Tennis product line-up. The string has a dark grey colour to it that looks nice in my orange-silver HEAD Liquidmetal Radical Tours. It is definitely similar …

December 12, 2017 3 comments

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First hit: Luxilon Alu Power Ice Blue

by TN December 5, 2017

written by TN

I’m starting a period of testing new strings and today I had my first hit with the Luxilon Alu Power Ice Blue and I wanted to give you my first impressions. I’ve played plenty with the traditional Luxilon Alu Power and although I think it’s slightly overpriced, I can see why a lot of pros use it. It offers great performance and feel and plays especially great those first few hours. Similar to Babolat RPM Blast. The Luxilon Alu Power Ice Blue instantly felt slightly softer and livelier than the original Alu Power. It had good ball pocketing, but I …

December 5, 2017 8 comments