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Here you’ll find information about tennis rackets, tennis strings, tennis brands and new tennis gear such as reviews of new racquets, shoes, tennis apparel and strings.
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One Strings Kickstarter Shake
I went to visit the tennis company One Strings a few years back when they had released their new racquets and strings and now they plan for something new called “Shake”. Previous One Strings products were high quality products and I enjoyed playing both with the Spindeeper racquets and Turbine racquets along with their different sets of […]
Do You Need a New Racquet?
Something in your game feels off, you’re not happy with your recent results and one of your key shots isn’t working as it should. Do you need a new racquet? The question is that most of the time you don’t, but it’s damn fun to buy one. A lot of the time, the money we […]
What Happened to Spin Patterns?
A couple of years ago the trend was for tennis racquet companies to produce very open spin-friendly string patterns, so called spin “patterns”. What happened to them? The Wilson Steam 99S was one of the most popular racquets of the bunch and it took it as a far as it goes really with its 15×16 […]
What is Dimitrov and Wilson working on?
Wilson posted this image of Grigor Dimitrov with the caption “Hanging out with @GrigorDimitrov today in Monte Carlo! Something new coming soon”. What is coming from Wilson? //If you want to know what racquets and strings the rest of the ATP tour players use, check out this post.// As most of you loyal readers know, […]
Where to buy a tennis racquet?
You’ve read the reviews and you’ve found a racquet you want to buy. Now the question is: where do you buy it? Do you buy in the local tennis store (If any?) or do you buy it online? I’ve bought and sold countless of racquets over the years. Not to make profit, but because testing new […]
Racquet buying guides
I’ve written lots of content around buying a tennis racquet here at Tennisnerd and wanted to compile the articles in a post so they’re easy to find. I will write more on this subject and would like to invite you to suggest content that you would like to see here on Tennisnerd. That’s why I […]
Albert Ramos racquet
Albert Ramos-Vinolas played the tennis of his career in Monte Carlo last week when he reached the finals. What racquet and strings does Albert Ramos use? Ramos-Vinolas is sponsored by Babolat and uses a Babolat Pure Drive Plus (extended length, read a review here) strung with Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour. He won his maiden title in […]
Wilson Blade Limited Edition Paint Job
HEAD has just revealed the MxG 3 and MxG 5 racquets which bring magnesium into a futuristic looking bridge design claiming that the new line of racquets has the perfect blend of power and control. Wilson on the other hand is not innovating their materials, but instead releasing limited edition paint job versions of their […]
HEAD MxG new racquet release
I previously wrote about HEAD releasing the new HEAD MXG line of racquets. I was asked by the racquet company to wait a bit for more information and finally it’s here and I can reveal more about this exciting line of tennis racquets. You can order HEAD MxG racquets at Tennis Express or Pro Direct Tennis or check […]
Can Rafa dominate the clay season?
The Monte Carlo Masters is upon us and the big question ahead of the tournament and the clay season is if the King of Clay, Rafael Nadal, will dominate. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. Tomorrow I’m packing my bags to follow some of the action live which means there might be […]