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The Journey Continues – the Perfect Racquet
One moment you feel like you’ve found the one – that special racquet that you want to stock up on and treasure forever. Then it suddenly “fails you” and a new one comes around… As my loyal readers know I play-test and hit a lot of racquets in a year. This is kind of counter-productive […]
Dominic Thiem testing new strings
I got a question about Dominic Thiem playing with a new string in Erste Bank Open in Vienna. Instead of his usual Babolat RPM Blast in the crosses, he’s trying RPM Blast Rough Yellow. Dominic Thiem hasn’t had the kind of season a lot of fans expected him to with “only” one title (in Rio […]
HEAD Graphene Touch Radical Racquets
The specs are out for the HEAD Graphene Touch Radical line of racquets, including the HEAD Grapene Touch Radical Pro, MP and S. I previously wrote about the HEAD Graphene Touch Radical racquets here and reviewed the HEAD Graphene Touch Extreme MP here and I have mentioned that I’ve been slightly underwhelmed by the whole Graphene […]
HEAD PT57A vs Wilson H19
Racquet junkies all over the world are raving about the experience of playing with a HEAD PT57A or Wilson H19, pro stock versions resembling the legendary HEAD Pro Tour 630. I’ve been testing the racquets side to side and here are my personal opinions about these two great frames. You can read more about the […]
Do I need a heavy racquet to hit hard?
Yesterday I had a hitting session with promising young player here in Stockholm. I was playing with my 350+ gram LM Radical Tour and he was using the low-powered 335 gram Prince Textreme Tour 95. Still he was hitting harder than me… A lot of professional players use really heavy racquets with high swing weights, […]
Wilson Pro Staff RF 85 Review
I was a bit surprised when Wilson announced that they were releasing a signature edition of the racquet that Federer started out with, the Wilson Pro Staff 85. Here are my thoughts after playing with the racquet. First off I’m a long-time Federer fan and his rivalry with Rafa is one of the reasons I’m […]
HEAD Liquidmetal Radical Tour Review
I’ve been playing with the HEAD Liquidmetal Tour for a while and I thought I’d give you an update on the racquet. The LM Radical Tour is from 2003 so not available in the store sadly… The HEAD Liquidmetal Radical Tour (abbreviated LM Radical Tour) is first and foremost a stable racquet. It sits at […]
Magic Made in Austria – the PT57A
There is lot of talk on tennis forums and among racquetholics and tennis nerds that the “holy grail” of racquets is the Head Pro Tour 630, known as PT57A in pro stock lingo. Is it really magic? As I wrote in a previous post, I recently acquired a PT57A XL in a iPrestige MP paint […]
Volkl Tennis Racquets
I thought it would be interesting to delve into some lesser known brands and first off is the German ski manufacturer Volkl (Völkl) who once created the still great Volkl C10 Pro. Volkl has been a bit of a “background” brand in the tennis history but they do make high quality products. I was a […]
PT57A vs H19 – New racquets to test
I’ve just acquired some extra racquets to test alongside the Wilson Pro Staff RF 85 and the Pro Staff CV 97. It’s a Wilson H19 and a PT57A! Good times for a racquet nerd! I posted a pic and survey on my Instagram account yesterday between the HEAD PT57A and the Wilson H19 pro stock […]