Every string and racquet we've put through the testing cycle, newest first. Scored against a long-running reference set, with the testing protocol shown on each page.
The short version of this racquet comparison: the Wilson Blade 98 v9 is a construction refinement of a frame that already worked, and if you own a v8 in good condition with life left in the grommets…
You are standing in a shop, or more likely a browser tab, looking at the Wilson Clash 108 v2, and the question in your head is not the one the marketing page answers.
The first thing that caught our attention was not on the court — it was on the spec sheet. Reading through this tennis racquet review candidate, we noticed the head shape, beam, and stringbed geometry…
Pick up any spec sheet for a "control" racquet aimed at improving players and one number keeps showing up in the 62 to 66 range: the RA, or frame stiffness rating.
The most useful thing we can tell a Clash 100 Pro v1 owner is this: the v2 is the tighter, more controlled frame, and most of you should keep the racquet you already own.
A forum post is what sent us back to the spec sheets. An owner, self-rated 3.5, described the Yonex Percept 97D as "dead" — no free depth, balls dumping into the net on defensive slices, a serve that…
New in every catalog for about forty years now, "100% graphite" sits on racquet hangtags like a seal of quality.
Say "premium multifilament" to almost any stringer and Wilson NXT is one of the first names out of their mouth.
The stock advice on the Wilson Clash 98 v2 is short and confident: if the v1 is working for you, keep it.
I keep coming back to one complaint about the original Clash, because it shows up almost verbatim across owner threads and tester notes: the frame was gentle on the arm and easy to swing, and then a…
Ask a stringer to lace your frame and the first question is almost always the same: "What tension?" It is a strange question to answer on the spot, because for most club players tennis strings are…
If your strings keep snapping at the same spot in the middle of the string bed, you are paying for friction.