Playtest racquets, strings, and gear before buying to match your game. Real-world testing methods, protocols, and graded reviews for tennis equipment.
The advice you hear in every pro shop and every gear thread runs the same way: for warm-weather practice, buy breathable, moisture-wicking tennis apparel and you're set.
We started with one ball, one tape measure, and a kitchen ladder. The protocol calls for dropping a ball from 254 centimeters onto a granite slab and reading the top of the rebound against a…
If you have walked into a pro shop in the last decade and said the word "spin," you were handed something with an open string pattern, an aerodynamic beam, and a price tag that assumed you believed…
The advice you hear in every pro shop and every elbow-pain forum thread is simple: if your arm is hurting, switch to natural gut.
One frame, one scale, one surprise The first thing we did with a brand-new Wilson Pro Staff RF97 v13 was put it on a jeweler's scale, unstrung, no overgrip, no dampener.
There is a number printed on the throat of the Wilson Pro Staff RF97 v13, repeated in every catalog, every spec table, every YouTube thumbnail: 340 grams. Unstrung.