Tennis racquets for all levels: frame materials, weight, string patterns, and swing speeds. Honest reviews and specs without the marketing.
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.
The stock advice on the Wilson Clash 98 v2 is short and confident: if the v1 is working for you, keep it.
If you are 165 pounds, swing a semi-western forehand, and want to know whether the Wilson Clash 100 earns its price, this tennis racquet review synthesizes the published specs, Wilson's own numbers…