Returning to tennis after quarantine - have your shoe preferences changed?

Subway Tennis said:

Like a lot of people, I lost a heap of weight during the quarantine period (funny how having no money for food and all day to exercise will do that lol).

Now that I'm back being able to hit 4 or so times a week I have noticed I don't have quite the same preference for cushioned shoes as I did prior to the break in playing.

Has anyone else made changes with their shoe preferences since returning to tennis? Are you trying new shoes now that you are hitting regularly again? Or has your approach not changed?

Particularly interested in feedback from folks who hit on a mixture of clay and HC.

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ArliHawk said:

you are lucky to have lost weight during quarantine. Some of us had the other problem. But I still like my cage 4s but am curious about the zoom gp turbo coming out soon.

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Tennis sprew said:

I’ve actually started using lighter shoes like the Vapor. I still wear my gel res for long days but sometimes a light shoe just feels good.

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Subway Tennis said:

Vapor X is one of the changes I made. On clay, I went from ubersonic 3's to vapor x. I feel like sliding is much better in the vapor x and they are a faster shoe all round. Still love that upper design of the ubersonic 3 though.

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Tennis sprew said:

I actually like the x due to the mesh upper and how breathable it is.

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Subway Tennis said:

It's an amazing design. That really open mesh in the toebox is great as well. Really breathable and soft and allows for toe spread but you still feel locked in by the rest of the shoe.

The ubersonic 3 upper is incredible but obviously lacks the lacing stanchions. You don't get quite the same control of the fit as you do with vapors.

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Tennis sprew said:

I’ve never owned a pair of Ubersonics due to how simple the uppers look, especially the 3. The 3 looks like it doesn’t have amazing support but I’ve heard good things about it. I hope there is an ubersonic 4 and they do something cool.

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Tennis sprew said:

I’ve never owned a pair of Ubersonics due to how simple the uppers look, especially the 3. The 3 looks like it doesn’t have amazing support but I’ve heard good things about it. I hope there is an ubersonic 4 and they do something cool.

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