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Tennis racquets for all levels: frame materials, weight, string patterns, and swing speeds. Honest reviews and specs without the marketing.

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Racquets ·6 min · June 2026

The Spin Racquet Upgrade Cycle: A Racquet Review Desk Looks at What Actually Improved

Every two or three years a flagship spin frame arrives with a number attached. A new groove pattern, a reshaped beam, a softer layup, and somewhere in the launch deck a figure that suggests this…

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Racquets ·5 min · June 2026

How to Read a Racquet Variant Guide: A Tennis Racquet Review of What "New" Actually Means

There is a belief that shows up in nearly every forum thread about a new frame: that the latest generation, or the "plus" or "tour" variant sitting next to the standard model on the wall, is a…

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Racquets ·5 min · May 2026

How We Built Our Tennis Racquet Review Protocol (And Why It Matters For Federer Fans)

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.

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Racquets ·6 min · May 2026

Wilson Pro Staff 97 v13 Review: What the Refresh Actually Changed

Wilson refreshed its 97-square-inch flagship and made one decision that matters more than any of the marketing copy: they pulled Countervail out of the layup.

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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.

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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.