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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Grapplesnake Tour M8 Review
I might have found my new favorite string. And it isn’t made by a mainstream brand. Here is my Grapplesnake Tour M8 review. For this Grapplesnake Tour M8 review, I have used the racquet in a bunch of different models such as: Head Boom MP, Babolat Pure Aero RAFA, Head Extreme MP, HEAD Gravity Pro. […]
Retenser – Adjust your string tension after stringing
I’ve been testing the Retenser, a Dutch innovation which allows you to adjust your string tension after stringing. You add the Retenser while stringing, which is fairly simple and it then allows you to increase or reduce the string tension. There is also a Retenser Pro version with three cylinders and a few more options. […]
Podcast featuring Richard Parnell and Dennis Fabian
The idea for this “Christmas special” podcast featuring Richard Parnell and Dennis Fabian was not mine, but I greatly enjoyed it! I recently did a podcast with Dennis Fabian, the Business Manager for HEAD Accessories and Strings where we dove into a wide range of topics including the new HEAD Lynx Touch string. Dennis has […]
What is the difference between multifilament and poly strings?
The amount of strings on the market can be mindboggling. What is the difference between multifilament and poly strings? Since the polyester string was introduced a few years before the millenium (most famously it brought Guga Kuerten to French Open victory in 1997), tennis has not been the same. Suddenly players could swing fast and […]
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 […]