Interesting idea but do not think Babolat will be approaching that way. When you see a yellow racquet on court it will usually be one of those from the Aero lines. Brand/product image is very important to sales.
Not wanting you to brake your commitment but talking about the new paintjob, it's more on the more discreet than the current one, or does it still have lots of colors and effects?I don't think that there are lots of confirmed stats yet for the Pure Aero 2026. I know someone who works for Babolat and they had the possibility to see and test the new Aero not that long ago (early April, iirc). So it is still early stages.
Fortunately for me, knowing that person, I had the pleasure of testing the frames at the beginning of May (both, 100 and 98). Of course, there was a no-pictures policy active and a "please don't talk too much about it" as well. So i will honor that. But what i can say is this: It is definitely not just a new paintjob! There are changes!
IMHO the rackets look pretty nice and they play even nicer. We had the current PA 100 and 98 with us as well, for direct comparison. For me, I like the new ones better (and i already liked the current versions). So for me, it is an upgrade. The new ones have more feel and are more maneuverable, both things that are big pluses in my book.
I am pretty sure that some people will not like it, though. If you think the current PA 98 is "almost perfect", you'll probably stick with that one.
Now if only they were out already ^^ It's such a long wait until early 2026
I don't care as long as they keep the gloss. The matte paint on the new 25 PD is crap. My 5 month old frame looks like it was used hard as a demo frame for a year. Worst paint ever.
You mean December 2025 or 2026?I saw a picture with the new aero, premiere December 2026 (supposedly). Dark colors, matte paint, slightly changed frame shape from what I remember
Could be a January 2026 release, like how they released the new Pure Drives at the beginning of this year.
I saw a picture with the new aero, premiere December 2026 (supposedly). Dark colors, matte paint, slightly changed frame shape from what I remember
.Brands nowadays tend to release racquets early in the year instead of during USO as in the past. At least that's the case for Yonex, Babolat, Tecnifibre and Wilson (to lesser extent), unless you are Head which plans to release 3 new lines/generations in the same calendar year.
Yeah I noticed Head waited to release the new Radicals in March rather than compete with the new releases in January for the Yonex Ezones, Wilson Clashes, Babolat Pure Drives and the Tecnifibre T-Fights.
They had the Gravity line in January along with those other new releases.
Too many new releases to keep track of.
Glow in the dark. You heard it hear first!
Might have to wait for clearance on the current one and stock up then, because I don't want a Raygun Aero. The 2019 big banana was bad enough.
Not the final paint but the frame looks legit. We see different grommets and a less sharp yoke it seems
.As someone who has had all of these frames, none of them are 1:1 copies. They all have an "aero" beam, but none of them are identical
I just mean in mold. They’re not imitations in shape if you get what I mean, direct copies
I quite like all back with just the yellow stripes. Reminds me of when Rafa was using that test frame with the grey/orange stripes.
Yellow strip through the top of the hoop from 10-2 too, along the grommet line.
It’s not the classic aero shape at all
It’ll be more comfortable for sure.
.....we will see I guess
Box beams are inherently more flexible and less stiff. I hope it’s around 65ra…would make it the first non elbow killer aero
