The journal Volume 2026

Every examination we've published.

Newest first. Browse by topic from the navigation, or by category from the footer. Older pieces stay reachable forever — we don't archive away from URLs.

Page 6 of 8

051
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…

052
Badosa ·5 min · May 2026

Paula Badosa's racquet and string setup, decoded: what 16x19 actually buys you

Paula Badosa swings a 16x19 Wilson Blade 98 — the more open of the two Blade string patterns, and the one most often associated with players who want a bit of help with spin, not the flatter 18x20…

053
Yonex ·5 min · May 2026

Naomi Osaka's Racquet and String Setup, Decoded

Osaka swings what looks like a Yonex EZONE 98 — but the frame in her bag is almost certainly a customised pro build, not the EZONE 98 you'd pull off a shop wall.

054
Andreeva ·5 min · May 2026

Mirra Andreeva's racquet and string setup, decoded

Andreeva plays a Head Speed — the frame most viewers file under "Sinner, flat, first-strike" — and then strings it with Solinco Hyper-G, the gritty co-poly that club players reach for when they want…

055
Pro Setup ·5 min · May 2026

Lorenzo Musetti's Racquet and String Setup, Decoded

Musetti — the most romantic one-handed backhand on tour, the player whose game looks transplanted from 1998 — does not swing a flexy player's frame.

056
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.

057
Yonex ·5 min · May 2026

Jessica Pegula's racquet and string setup, decoded

Most of what the internet "knows" about Jessica Pegula's setup traces back to a single retailer bundle page — which is a thinner foundation than the confidence around it suggests.

058
Pro Setup ·5 min · May 2026

Jack Draper's racquet and string setup, decoded

Here's the question most club players actually have when they see Draper crush a lefty forehand on TV: is he playing the same Dunlop FX 500 you can buy at the shop, and if you bought one, would it…

059
Pro Setup ·4 min · May 2026

Iga Swiatek's Racquet and String Setup, Decoded

The standard advice in tennis forums is simple: if you want Iga Swiatek's game, buy a Tecnifibre Tempo 298, string it with Triax, and you're 90% of the way there.

060
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.