TENNIS

Tennis is my favorite sport. Nothing right now could change that. The number one thing I like most about it are the racquets. When it comes to racquets, my friends call me a catalog. Maybe its because I know most of the specs of almost all racquets. Personally I get real bias about some of them. for example, Babolat, Head, and Wilson are my favorite brands of racquets. Then there are those where I like one racquet. One is Slazenger Pro Braided.

FAVORITE RACQUETS
BABOLAT PURE DRIVE
BABOLAT PURE CONTROL
DUNLOP 300G
HEAD LIQUID METAL RADICAL
HEAD iRADICAL
HEAD iPRESTIGE
HEAD PRESTIGE CLASSIC
PRINCE MORE CONTROL DB 800
PRINCE TT GRAPHITE
PRINCE TT WARRIOR w/TUNGSTEN
SLAZENGER PRO BRAIDED
WILSON PRO TOUR 90
WILSON HYPER PRO STAFF 6.0
WILSON HYPER PRO STAFF 6.1
YONEX MP-TOUR 1

THERE IS ONE ULTIMATE RACQUET OUT THERE. WHOEVER HAS ONE OF THESE ARE VERY LUCKY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT SO LITTLE OF THEM WERE MADE. IT'S THE WILSON PRO STAFF 6.0 85 ST.VINCENT VERSION.

WEIGHT   LENGTH   CROSS SECTION   STRING PATTERN   STRING TENSION   HEAD SIZE
12.6oz   27in         18mm            16X18           55-65LBS         85

THE THING WITH THIS RACQUET WAS THAT THE FACTORY WAS LOCATED IN THE CARRIBEAN AT ST. VINCENT ISLAND. WHAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE 18mm CROSS SECTION INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL 17mm WAS THAT OVER THE YEARS, THE MOLDS WOULD HAVE BEEN SO USED TO THE POINT WHERE IT STREACHED ONE EXTRA MILLIMETER. ALSO WHAT MADE IT SO SPEICAL WAS THAT THE CARE THE WORKERS GAVE THESE RACQUETS. NO OTHER RACQUET GOT THIS MUCH ATTENTION. PLUS THE FACT THAT THESE RACQUETS WERE THE ONLY ONES PETE SAMPRAS USED.

RACQUETS ARE NOT THE ONLY PART ABOUT TENNIS. ANOTHER MAIN THING ABOUT TENNIS ARE THE STRINGS THAT ARE USED. THERE ARE A WIDE RANGE OF STRINGS OUT THERE. FIRST THE REAL CLASSIC THAT MOST PRO PLAYERS USE ARE NATURAL GUT. THESE STRINGS ARE MADE FROM TENDON FROM COWS OR SHEEP. THEN THERE ARE MULTIFILAMENT STRINGS. THESE ARE MADE OF HUNDREDS AND IN SOME CASES THOUSANDS OF THIS SREANDS OF NYLON OR POLYESTER. THE QUALITY BRANDS WOULD PUT A COATING AROUND THEM TO INCREASE THE STRING LIFE. KEVLAR IS WIDELY USED. BY THE NAME ITSELF, YOU COULD TELL THAT THE STRING IS MADE FROM KEVLAR. THEN THE LAST THREE TYPES OF STRINGS ARE POLYESTER MONOFILAMENTS, SYNTHETIC GUT AND NYLON STRING. POLYESTER MONOFILAMENTS ARE MADE FROM ONE STRAND OF POLYESTER. SOMETIMES, THERE ARE ADDED CHEMICALS TO THE STRING TO CREATE BETTER PERFORMANCE. SYNTHETIC GUT IS THE JUST PLAIN STRINGS THAT ARE VERY ECONOMICAL. ALTHOUGH MADE OF NYLON, THESE STRINGS ARE NOT CLASSIFIED AS NYLON. THERE IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT GROUP FOR THAT. THESE ARE THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST STRING. THE FOLLOWING ARE A LIST OF MY FAVORITE STRING.

NATURAL GUT
BABOLAT VS NATURAL TEAM
BABOLAT VS THERMOGUT
PACIFIC TOUR

MULTIFILAMENTS
BABOLAT X-CELL PREMIUM
PRINCE PERFECTION
TECHNIFIBRE E-MATRIX
TECHNIFIBRE NRG2
WILSON NXT

POLYESTER
BABOLAT BALLISTIC POLYMONO
GAMMA POLY X-TRA
KIRSCHBAUM SUPER SMASH SPIKY
KIRSCHBAUM SUPER SMASH HONEY
LUXILON BIG BANGER ALU POWER
WILSON POLYLAST

SYNTHETIC
BABOLAT SUPER FINE PLAY
GAMMA SYN. GUT
PRINCE SYN. GUT w/DURAFLEX
WILSON EXTREME SYN. GUT

NYLON
ASHAWAY LIBERTY
TOALSON LEOINA 77