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Babolat ·5 min · July 2026

Babolat Pure Drive Gen 11 Wimbledon Edition: Same 300 Grams, Prettier Paint — and How to Store the Thing

The number that matters is 300 grams. That is the unstrung weight Babolat lists for the standard Pure Drive Gen 11, and it is the exact same figure the company publishes for the Wimbledon edition of…

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Racquet Review ·9 min · July 2026

Wilson Blade 98 v8 Tennis Racquet Review: Where the Upgrade Advice Holds — and Where It Breaks

The common advice goes like this: if you're a serious intermediate or advanced player and your Blade is more than two generations old, upgrade — the new one is always meaningfully better.

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Racquets ·6 min · July 2026

Tennis Racquet Specifications: How to Read Head Size, Weight, and Balance Before Your Second Racquet

Somewhere between the first racquet a shop hands a beginner and the frame an advanced player commits to for years, there is a purchase that goes wrong more often than any other: the second racquet.

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Racquet Review ·10 min · July 2026

Wilson Python Racquet Review: Is the P100 Actually a Better Buy Than the Aero 2026?

If you play with a Blade and you've spent the past year wondering whether your next frame should chase more spin, you have probably asked yourself a very specific question: does Wilson's new Python…

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Comparison ·6 min · July 2026

Tennis Fitness vs. Running vs. the Gym: Which Actually Conditions You Better?

Nobody doubts that a treadmill counts as exercise. The doubt lives elsewhere: can a sport people play for laughs on Sunday mornings deliver the kind of conditioning that running programs and gym…

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Wilson ·6 min · July 2026

Wilson Pro Staff 97 v14: A Tennis Racquet Review Built From the Evidence, Not the Legend

Every serious player has heard the mythology: the Pro Staff won Grand Slams in the hands of Sampras and Federer, and its modern descendant, the 97, supposedly carries that DNA forward.

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Overgrips ·4 min · July 2026

Overgrip Review: Does Easy Installation Actually Predict a Better Grip?

There is a piece of received wisdom that circulates in stringing rooms and forum threads alike: if an overgrip wraps on smoothly — good stretch, forgiving backing, no puckering at the bevels — that…

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Community ·5 min · July 2026

Founder Credibility and the Tennis Community: What a "Certified Expert" Badge Actually Buys You

There are, by the USRSA's own accounting, only a few thousand people who hold the Master Racquet Technician certification worldwide.

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Tennis History ·5 min · July 2026

Famous Male Tennis Players: A Newcomer's Field Guide to Who Matters and Why

Fame and greatness are not the same thing in tennis, and if you're new to the sport, that gap is the first useful thing to understand.