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Old but Gold – Love for Vintage Racquets
Any of you readers who play around or use vintage tennis racquets from time to time? It can be great fun and sometimes it’s also beneficial to your game. There are many “old but gold” tennis racquets out there. I don’t mean wooden racquets here, but racquets from the 80s and onward. As some of you […]
Do we need another Yonex Ezone?
Yonex has been producing a lot of solid racquets over the years and struck gold when they released their Yonex Ezone Ai line a few years ago. Now it’s time for another Ezone. Question is: Do we need it? I was a big fan of the Yonex Ezone Ai 98 AND the Yonex Ezone DR […]
Wilson Ultra Tour Racquet Review
It’s time to conclude the play-test of the Wilson Ultra Tour. I can already say it is one of the best new racquets I’ve played in the last five years. I’ve written quite a bit about the Wilson Ultra Tour already (Wilson Ultra Tour First Impressions, the Wilson Ultra line and about the Wilson Ultra 100 […]
Comparing Angell TC 97 Custom to Wilson Pro Staff RF 97 Autograph
As most of you loyal readers know, I’ve been play-testing the Angell TC 97 Custom 18×20 for a while now and I wanted to throw in a comparison between another popular racquet: the Wilson Pro Staff RF 97 Autograph. The reason I wanted to do this test is because the Wilson Pro Staff RF 97 […]
Wilson Ultra 100 CV Review Update
I’ve hit some more with both the Wilson Ultra 100 CV and the Wilson Ultra Tour and wanted to give you an update on my experience so far. First a few words about my preferred racquet review process. I play-test the racquets (and strings) in match and practice versus different opponents of varying strengths. They also […]
Kevin Anderson’s Racquet
Kevin Anderson is one of those dangerous players on the ATP tour that flies under the radar. He also sports a little known tennis brand – Srixon. What racquet does he use? I have previously written about Srixon racquets in a post about Aga Radwanska’s racquet and Michael Chang’s racquet, but haven’t looked more closely […]
Powerful Tennis Racquets
I’ve written previously how modern tennis racquets are getting more and more powerful. In fact so powerful that it’s starting to hurt players’ arms and elbows. But power and spin is exciting so let’s look at what the market has to offer. My previous article on the subject is called “The Eternal Struggle – Power […]
Nike US Open Collection 2017
Adidas is obviously hyped-up for the US Open with their Pharrell line of tennis apparel, but Nike will not lag behind with apparel for both Federer and Rafa in the Nike US Open collection. Federer was in the media again yesterday with his New York pop-up launch of his third iteration of the Nike Zoom […]
Wilson Ultra Tour: First Impressions
I’ve had a first hit with the Wilson Ultra Tour and want to give you my initial impression about this much talked about racquet. Full review to come. The test racquet I have is strung with Luxilon Alu Power. It’s not my string of choice, but it works alright in the Wilson Ultra Tour. For the […]
Alexander Bublik’s Racquet – Player Profile
Updated 11 January, 2026An exciting player that many people have their eyes on is Alexander Bublik from Kazakhstan. Let’s look a bit closer at his biography, stats and also, what racquet does Bublik use? Top 10 Player Just having broken into the top 10 of the ATP rankings (January 2026) for the first time, Alexander […]