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Play-testing Period – Prince Phantom Pro, Babolat Pure Drive Tour Plus
My game is all over the place right now since I’m in a period where I’m play-testing a bunch of racquets: the Prince Phantom Pro 100P, the Babolat Pure Drive Tour Plus and the Angell K7 Red. And there are other racquets on my wish-list to try, especially the Tecnifibre Tflash 300 PS and the […]
Prince Phantom Pro 100P Review: First impressions
One highly anticipated racquet for tennis nerds is the Prince Phantom Pro 100P and I’m lucky to currently be play-testing one. Here are my first impressions after the first couple of hours of play. The Prince Phantom Pro 100P is something so rare these days like a box beam, sub 60 RA racquet and I […]
Maria Sharapova’s Tennis Racquet
I recently got a question about what HEAD tennis racquet Maria Sharapova is using. She is currently endorsing the HEAD Graphene Touch Instinct MP but what is really underneath the paint? The HEAD Graphene Touch Instinct MP shares some of the characteristics with the racquet that Sharapova actually uses, but what is actually underneath the […]
Top Player Tennis Racquets 2018
The 2018 tennis season has kicked off and it’s time to look at some of the more interesting racquets on the market for intermediate to advanced players. Here are my top racquets right now. I’ve mainly looked at the player category and tried to list the most interesting racquets and specs for a variety of […]
MSV Focus-Hex Ultra String Review
I’ve been searching for the perfect string now that I’ve settled on a racquet (more racquet reviews to come shortly anyway) and it’s for sure an interesting journey with a lot of high quality polys out there. One of them is MSV Focus-Hex Ultra. The MSV Focus-Hex Ultra is a white, co-poly hexagonal string which […]
Djokovic is back with new serve, new shoes, but same racquet
Novak Djokovic came back to the tennis stage in fine form when he beat Dominic Thiem 6-1 6-2 at the Kooyong Classic. He showed up with a slightly different serve motion, new Asics shoes and desire to play tennis. Still the same racquet though. There was some speculation about a potential racquet chance when Djokovic […]
Tomic with new HEAD Radical MP paint job
Bernard Tomic is a player that a lot of people love to hate due to his admittedly strange attitude to his chosen profession. His sponsorship was dropped by HEAD last year, but now he seems to be back with a new paint job and stencil. If you want to know more about why HEAD dropped […]
Babolat Pure Drives – Tour, Plus, Lite, 107 and 110
I’ve played and reviewed the Pure Drive a few months ago and now Babolat has broadened the Pure Drive series with a few more options such as the Pure Drive Tour, Lite, Plus, as well as 107 and 110. The key Pure Drive ingredient has always been power and there’s no difference in these new […]
Alex de Minaur’s Racquet – Player Profile
Updated 26 May 2026Top Australian player Alex de Minaur is one of the quickest players on tour, let’s look closer at his profile and of course what racquet he is using! What racquet is Alex de Minaur using? 25-year-old de Minaur uses a pro stock version of the Wilson Steam 99 with a 16×19 string […]
Racquet lingo part 2 – recoil weight, twistweight and plowthrough
It’s 2018 and time to kick off the new year with some more racquet lingo and look at some key phrases for us tennis gear freaks such as twist weight, plow through and recoil weight. I’ve got a question from loyal reader Maxim in Russia about if adding weight in different places using the Tennis […]