Contributor 108 examinations

Calliope Martinez.

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Pro Stock ·5 min · May 2026

Qinwen Zheng's racquet and string setup, decoded

The honest version of Qinwen Zheng's setup is that most of what gets repeated about it traces back to one retailer bundle and a handful of bag-shot screengrabs — and the racquet inside the paint job…

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Yonex ·5 min · May 2026

Leylah Fernandez's Racquet and String Setup, Decoded

Leylah Fernandez plays a Yonex VCORE 100 — the 300-gram, 100-square-inch spin frame — not the VCORE 98 that most of her tour-level peers reach for.

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Yonex ·5 min · May 2026

Felix Auger-Aliassime's racquet and string setup, decoded

The number we keep coming back to is 95 — as in 95 square inches, the head size on the Yonex VCORE 95 that Felix Auger-Aliassime plays.

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Babolat ·5 min · May 2026

Carlos Alcaraz's racquet and string setup, decoded

The racquet Carlos Alcaraz actually plays with isn't the one in the Babolat shop window. It's a Pure Aero VS pro-stock — a tighter, denser-feeling cousin of the retail Pure Aero — wearing a paint job…

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Pro Setups ·5 min · May 2026

Ben Shelton's Racquet and String Setup, Decoded

A couple of weeks ago we picked a Yonex Ezone 98 off a demo rack at a club shop, put it on the scale unstrung, and got 305 grams on the nose.

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Yonex ·5 min · May 2026

What's actually in Belinda Bencic's racquet bag? Decoding a deceptively plain setup

If you watch Bencic redirect a 130 km/h serve down the line off a half-step, the question that surfaces — the one club players keep asking us — is whether the racquet she's holding is doing anything…

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Babolat ·5 min · May 2026

Arthur Fils's racquet and string setup, decoded

The common advice, when a 20-year-old starts hitting the ball through the back fence on tour, is simple: find out what he's playing and buy it.

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Kalinskaya ·5 min · May 2026

Anna Kalinskaya's racquet and string setup, decoded

Kalinskaya is one of the few players near the top of the WTA swinging a Yonex VCORE 98 rather than the EZONE 98 that dominates the brand's tour bag — and that single choice tells you most of what you…

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Scoring ·6 min · May 2026

Tennis Scoring Explained: A Plain Guide for Anyone Watching Their First Match

A father sat next to me at a 12-and-under tournament last spring, leaned over, and asked what "thirty-fifteen" meant. His daughter was serving. The scoreboard had just flipped.