Strings
Information about tennis strings, such as tennis string reviews, articles about co-poly strings, multifilament strings, natural gut strings and other types of tennis strings.
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Pros and cons of playing with LOW tensions
You might have seen my video of Adrian Mannarino using 12 kg/24 lbs string tension. What are the pros and cons of playing with low tensions? Low tensions are on the rise (pun intended). We see the average tension of the top 500 ATP players dropping to around 44 lbs or 20 kg. This does […]
HEAD Lynx Touch – Interview with Dennis Fabian
Lynx Touch is a new string from HEAD that arrives in mid-January 2022. I talked to the man behind it, Dennis Fabian, about the string and lots more! This is the second time Dennis joins the Tennisnerd podcast. Last time we talked about Lynx Tour and a bunch of other topics and the same happened this […]
The lowest string tension on tour?
Is Adrian Mannarino playing with the lowest string tension on tour? It does seem to work very well for him though. I had the fortune to watch Adrian Mannarino’s practice session with local top player Matthew Asciak today. I also talked to Mannarino about his equipment, injuries and other tennis things. Some of it is […]
Pro Player String Tensions
The FB group “We are all tennis nerds” is a great place to talk tennis to like-minded people. Amar was nice enough to share some pro player string tensions from Vienna Open. What can we learn from pro player string tensions? Besides just the entertainment factor of understanding the racquets and strings of the pro players, […]
Great Budget Strings
I’ve gotten requests to recommend great budget strings. There are so many different string brands on the market right now… I am frequently testing new strings of different brands and price ranges. Many good things can be said about the playability of a premium brand such as Luxilon strings (made in Belgium) and I regularly […]
TopSpin Strings Review
I’ve now tested four different strings from TopSpin: Cyber Flash, Hybro Spin, Top Rotation, Max Rotation. Here is my TopSpin Strings Review. This TopSpin Strings Review was enjoyable because all strings were of good quality. They all offer something different for different player types, but I would say these four strings are mainly suited for […]
Portable Stringing Machines
My friend Matthew, who I hit with in a bunch of my videos, is looking at portable stringing machines. These are some of his options. Before we look into the various different portable stringing machines on the market, I just want to recommend everyone to consider learning to string. It helps a lot when you […]
TopSpin Strings
When I write topspin strings in the headline I don’t mean strings for topspin, but TopSpin strings – the brand from Spodeco. Yeah, it’s tough to find a good name for a tennis brand these days that is not already used to death. But strings are not about the name, but about how they play. […]
Luxilon ALU Power Black
Luxilon introduces a limited edition version of their legendary ALU Power string used by many pros worldwide – it’s Luxilon ALU Power Black. The new Luxilon ALU Power Black string comes with a limited edition black coating. It’s the first time ALU Power is introduced in black color. How does it play? You will have […]
Solinco String Comparison
I’ve been asked to do string comparisons so here’s a Solinco string comparison between Hyper-G Soft, Tour Bite Soft and Confidential. I’m keen to hear what string comparisons you would like to see next, let me know in the comments below. As you know, I enjoy Solinco strings and have been using especially Hyper-G Soft […]
