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Customize Your Pro Staff
Wilson has now announced that you can customize your Pro Staff. Previously, the Pro Staff racquets were not available for a custom paint, but that has now changed. You can customize your Pro Staff via this link. There are a few pros that share how they would customize their Pro Staffs on the page, including […]
Nalbandian Returns to the Tour – Coaches Kecmanovic
Nalbandian returns! David Nalbandian doesn’t return to the tour as a player, but as a coach to Miomir Kecmanovic! Real tennis nerds can’t help but enjoy the game of David Nalbandian. His fierce groundstrokes even managed to overpower the best players in the world at times in dominating fashion. But his mental and physical stamina […]
Podcast with Tim Puttock, R&D Director from Prince
I had the good fortune to do a podcast with Tim Puttock, the Senior R&D Director from Prince. We talk about his passion for building racquets (etc). Tim Puttock has been with Prince for 15 years and has seen, hit and designed many tennis racquets! He has held various roles with the company during its […]
HEAD Speed MP and Pro Black series
HEAD has released a new paint job for their most popular racquet line. Let’s have a look at the HEAD Speed MP and Pro Black. The reason for this paint job update is, from what I’ve heard, that Djokovic is not a huge fan of predominantly white racquets due to impacting his vision when zoning […]
Novak Djokovic is the Australian Open champion 2021
Novak Djokovic is the Australian Open champion 2021. He defeated Medvedev in straight sets to win his ninth (!) Australian Open title. I am sure most of you are not surprised to hear that Novak Djokovic is the Australian Open champion 2021. He was the favorite before the tournament. He started in a kind of […]
Naomi Osaka’s racquet
Naomi Osaka has become a powerful force in the women’s game. She has now won four grand slams. But what is Naomi Osaka’s racquet? Naomi Osaka’s racquet is a Yonex Ai 98 but painted to look like the latest Yonex Ezone 98. At the time of writing, there is also a limited edition racquet of […]
Wilson x Britto Racquets
If you like the colorful and mosaic art of Romero Britto, you will love the new Wilson x Britto racquets! They do make statement. Who is Britto? Romero Britto is a pop artist or what Wikipedia would call “a Brazilian artist, painter, serigrapher, and sculptor. He combines elements of cubism, pop art, and graffiti painting in […]
Angell K7 Cyan XL and Lime XL Review
It took me a while to get used to the extended length, but once I did, they played great. Here is my Angell K7 Cyan XL and Lime XL Review. I have been thinking about whether I should make the move to an extended racquet for my match play. Why? I am 5’9′ or 175 […]
New HEAD Gravity Racquets Review (2021)
I have been play-testing the 2021 HEAD Gravity racquets, which is just a paint update. Here is my new HEAD Gravity racquets review. To clarify: the new HEAD Gravity racquets review is me revisiting my previous review from 2019. I really liked the racquets back then and was especially taken by the HEAD Gravity Pro, […]
Prince Synergy 98 Review – First Impressions
Not long ago I reviewed the old-school Prince CTS Synergy DB 26 and here is something quite different – The Prince Synergy 98. The Prince Ripstick took a heritage name and brought something new and different. The Prince Synergy 98 does the same thing. Prince again throw something different into the mix with a 98 […]
