Control string for Angell TC95 18x20 - flat hitter
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galapagos
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My main frame is tc95 but 16x19. Also played for few years with 18x20 and tested frames like Gravity pro, radical mp, blade v7, prestige mp . You can find some recommendations that worked best for my game here:
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I am more of a flat hitter as well. Ball heights my vary but I drive through the ball more than brush up which I believe makes me a flat hitter too. You can easily adjust the launch angle with string gauges (I think easier to tweak it with the gauges than tensions)... Anyway CONTROL, ACCURACY, height control and a bit responsive yet low powered, comfortable feel but without that trampoline effect are my main attributes i search in a string. If I have most of those -spin comes next from my confidence and technique.
anyway I found the lowest launch angle and great performance with Head Lynx Tour, but its kinda on a stiffer side...
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highly competitive 5.0 / 5.5 tournament player. My main stick now is Angell TC95 16x19. racquet reviews: http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/ultimate-racquet-of-choice-tournament-players-and-or-coaches.705277/ :X3: total number of strings: 68 Group A (round profile): 1...
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anyway I found the lowest launch angle and great performance with Head Lynx Tour, but its kinda on a stiffer side...
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Frankc
Professional
Let's see = flat hitter - wants pop in an 18X20 - sounds lke the BEST natural gut to me...That was easy.
Four caveats - you will have get off of the "Poly Bandwagon," spend less time restringing (and less $), enjoy well joints, and get the best modern gut that you can (can you spell Pacific?)...
Four caveats - you will have get off of the "Poly Bandwagon," spend less time restringing (and less $), enjoy well joints, and get the best modern gut that you can (can you spell Pacific?)...
Injured Again
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Kirschbaum Proline Evolution and Yonex PolyTour Pro are two good ones.
CosmosMpower
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fuzz nation
G.O.A.T.
Agree with post #6.
Without seeing how you hit the ball, I'm also thinking that you might see pretty significant control in an 18x20 if you string it with a 16 ga. syn. gut like Prince Original at moderate tension. That should also be relatively easy on your arm. If you can't get into the neighborhood of consistency that you need with that sort of setup, then consider a hybrid. But try one or two syn. guts first.
If you can't resist the poly route, I'd say try a hybrid with a lighter gauge poly main of 1.20mm or less. Many syn. guts and multis would probably be okay as a cross and that sort of layout should be a little less harsh than a full bed of poly. I don't think any polys can be trusted to not bother a sensitive arm, but many of our pals here have found better than average comfort among polys with Isospeed Cream.
Happi
Hall of Fame
Gosen OG Micro synt gut 18g is great in that frame.
galapagos
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I wouldnt say its soft
in fact. Its one of the stiffest. Something like Luxilon Original. Edit - sorry i thought you mentioned lynx tour. My bad !
flanker2000fr
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I find 4G Soft to be excellent for control in my TC95 16x19, while remaining reasonably comfortable for a poly.
If I was playing a TC95 18x20, I would give it a try, but would reduce the tension a bit. I currently use 50 mains / 48 crosses, but I'd drop it to 48/46, or even 46/44 to avoid the string bed to feel too boardy and still keep a bit of pop.
tennisintheeighties
Semi-Pro
Luxilon Element Full Bed.
Wonderful control. So good
Wonderful control. So good
beepee1972
Semi-Pro
If you don't break soft strings every 4-6 hours or so, I would not use a poly in your 18*20, but try a synthetic gut or multi. Or gut, if you are not playing in wet conditions. If you are not breaking them, you may even pick a smaller gauge, 1.25 for example. That should help in the spin department as well.....
Unfortunately Im in FL so super humid and nat gut lasts a few sessions tops. Might give a syn gut a try but usually just do full bed 1.25 poly.
i can suggest Halo 3 (or Halo Multi as they called it now.. i think) if you are trying syn gut. Imo it is a great string and i enjoyed in on the TC96 and TC100 (both 16m), and other racquets.
WYK
Legend
For a control string for flat hitters, it is very difficult to beat the price and feel of co focus(non hex).
Tennisguy3000
Semi-Pro
I have never tied Natural Gut but would love to try it! It gets wet here on the wet/west coast but I can use regular poly in my other frame on wet days (yes, we still play after squeegeeing the courts as best we can ;-) What natural gut is most durable and resilient overall?
Thanks so much ;-)
SlvrDragon50
Semi-Pro
Babolat VS in the largest diameter you can find. That said, is it worth the price markup versus Klip Legend? Up to you to decide.
Tried a few hybrids in mine, didnt like the liveliness of Weisscanon Ultracable Mains & MSV CoFocus crosses at 53 lbs, slightly deader feel of Angell's hybrid 1.25 Halo Spin mains 1.20 Halo Touch in crosses also at 53lbs was a little better, could swing out more for sure without ball flying. Thinking of trying Cyclone or Hyper G next, but what other non lively setups would you guys recommend?
Also I have some VS touch and Alu, want to try it as well but I bet nat gut will be lively as hell...
Also I have some VS touch and Alu, want to try it as well but I bet nat gut will be lively as hell...
irulan
Rookie
Genesis Trionic is quite comfortably dead in my experience. You might like it as either a main or a cross
Frankc
Professional
The newer natural Guts have coatings that protect them far more for moisture that earlier gut strings. Unfortunately, most of the newer guts have extensive coatings that stiffen and lower the cost of these gut strings. If one has already enjoyed the very dynamic and resilient guts of the past in smaller frames, then today's stiffened ( translation deadened) guts fall way too short. For me, and I have tried them all more than once, the new guts all play with a similar dullness as opposed to previous high end guts. I have heard others say that you can string these way down in tension and get more feel. That did not work for me. These new strings are not better or worse, just different, for sure.
But then again, I enjoy what used to be called "racquet work" and varied shots and I enjoy smaller frames for precision and feel - and lively, thin gut has always been the gold standard for feel and precision in smaller frames.
In my experience, the most durable and resilient string available today is Pacific Tough Gut - and does have some coatings for protection. Their Prime is the so close to the best guts of the past. Yes, the prices do reflect a labor intensive and multi process that the best natural gut has always demanded.
Wheelz
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You can look at the Volkl gut (V-Icon). I believe it's double coated.
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