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Gear Review.

Gear reviews break down tennis racquets, strings, and accessories with graded ratings, durability tests, and playability protocols.

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Babolat ·6 min · June 2026

Babolat Custom Damp: A Vibration Dampener Review for Players Who Tune Their Own Racquets

Babolat's Custom Damp ships with Rafael Nadal's name attached and a small bag of rubber inserts, which is exactly the kind of pairing that makes us suspicious.

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Stability ·11 min · June 2026

Stability Tennis Shoes: A Tennis Shoe Review That Tests the Advice You've Been Given

The advice circulates every season, in pro shop conversations and forum threads alike: if you're a heavier player, a hard mover, or someone who rolls inward at footstrike, you should be buying a…

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Adidas ·9 min · May 2026

Adidas SoleCourt Boost Tennis Shoe Review: A Methodical Court Test

Three hundred ninety-five grams per shoe, in a US men's 10.5. That is the first number we wrote down when the Adidas SoleCourt Boost came out of the box on the scale, and it is the number we kept…