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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 […]
The Wilson Ultra Racquets – the Reviews Are In
The most buzzed about racquets right now are the Wilson Ultra series of racquets out on August 15 (available for pre-order right now) and some reviews are already in. If you want to read more about the different Wilson Ultra racquets check out this post. The most exciting Wilson Ultra racquet for racquet nerds should […]
Wilson Releases Custom Tennis Racquets
Wilson is busy at the time of their home slam: the new Ultra series is about to be released, but that’s not enough – they have also revealed Wilson Custom Tennis Racquets. Wilson Custom is a way for you to get your Wilson racquet to look the way you want. Wilson posted an image of […]
The Eternal Struggle: Racquet Power vs Control
A lot of new racquet models are being launched around the time for the US Open and it’s time for another episode in the eternal battle between power and control. For more information on new racquet updates, check out my post “The Hottest Racquets Right Now“. The current trend in the racquet-making industry is making […]
Tecnifibre Tflash PS Racquet
In our latest post, The Hottest Racquets Right Now, we forgot the French brand Tecnifibre. Tecnifibre are launching a new Tflash racquet called Tflash PS. Tecnifibre Tflash PS marketing jargon says: “Do not choose between power and lightness” which immediately makes me think “stiff”. Tecnifibre has made some really nice frames over the years, I […]
New Babolat Pure Drive 2017-2018
The racquet has been talked about for a while and now it’s finally revealed – the Babolat Pure Drive 2017-2018 edition – endorsed by Fabio Fognini, Mikael Ymer and Gabi Muguruza. When looking at the specs for the new Babolat Pure Drive, it doesn’t look much different to the version it replaces. It includes something […]
The Hottest Tennis Racquets Right Now
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 […]
Rafael Nadal’s New Shoes
Rafael Nadal has been endorsing the Nike Lunar Ballistec shoe for years but according to Nike he’s now switching to the new Nike Zoom Cage 3. Is he really though? Nadal is having a great season so far with his 15th Grand Slam and tenth Roland Garros title, alongside two Masters series titles (on clay of […]
Wilson Ultra Racquets Revealed
The hype around the new Wilson Ultra line is quite big among racquet fans, especially since it is rumoured Wilson will release the pro stock racquet H19 with the name Ultra Tour. Now the whole Wilson Ultra line-up is revealed. Wilson today published their new Ultra line-up online and it seems like the H19 – […]
