Diary of a Racketaholic

EggSalad said:
I dont t really have anywhere to put this thought, so apologies in advance for posting it here.

Coco executed her game plan to a T. Savalenka didn’t blow the match because of UE, Coco’a game plan was to keep the ball out of AS’s strike zone, move her around the court, bring her into the net, and make her hit shots that she isn’t comfortable with. Am I the only one that saw that? It wasn’t pretty but tactically that was some amazing tennis from Gauff.
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Game plan wise yeah, good job. Playing the windy conditions as well, not easy to play precise attacking tennis in the wind.
I still think the game was mostly on Sabalenka's racquet. Coco's forehand makes me sad.

EggSalad said:
Anywho, in holic land I have a couple of WO 18x20s, a gravity tour 98 and hopefully ATS 95 to play around with in the coming weeks. I kind of feel like the ATS 95 might steal the show. But first to get over a pulled muscle in my back.
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Haven't tried the gtour 98 but I suspect there are gonna be some similarities to the ATS95.
Anyway, that ATS95 is great.
 
Hi guys. Anyone owns both the Prestige MP aux 2.0 and the gravity tour 100 18x20 aux?

Curious on how they compare especially in regards to feel, changing direction, launch angle and maneuverability
 
FlatShot_V said:
Hi guys. Anyone owns both the Prestige MP aux 2.0 and the gravity tour 100 18x20 aux?

Curious on how they compare especially in regards to feel, changing direction, launch angle and maneuverability
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I own a gravity pro and MP. You can’t get the tour 18x20 anymore. Head ruined that frame with a 98 16x19 (losers).

My issue with the prestige is 310 at 33.3 cm balance feels a tad sluggish. Excellent control and stability. Would’ve preferred a balance closer to speed pro.
 
ChrisJR3264 said:
I own a gravity pro and MP. You can’t get the tour 18x20 anymore. Head ruined that frame with a 98 16x19 (losers).

My issue with the prestige is 310 at 33.3 cm balance feels a tad sluggish. Excellent control and stability. Would’ve preferred a balance closer to speed pro.
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I’m aware of that. The new tour is a completely different and watered down frame

There’s no shortage of used ones I can get though, and I think that my game would be massively better off with the GT100 than the PMP
 
FlatShot_V said:
I’m aware of that. The new tour is a completely different and watered down frame

There’s no shortage of used ones I can get though, and I think that my game would be massively better off with the GT100 than the PMP
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Apologies. Maybe I haven’t looked enough but I gave up on the market searching for them used.

I thought the same more so when I was using the gravity pro. My game was thriving with the gravity pro but sheesh the flex rating was so low my arm was feeling it. Very uncomfortable racket compared to the 360+.

But I went back to my tfights where my game is 50/50 in terms of control lol
 
EggSalad said:
I dont t really have anywhere to put this thought, so apologies in advance for posting it here.

Coco executed her game plan to a T. Savalenka didn’t blow the match because of UE, Coco’a game plan was to keep the ball out of AS’s strike zone, move her around the court, bring her into the net, and make her hit shots that she isn’t comfortable with. Am I the only one that saw that? It wasn’t pretty but tactically that was some amazing tennis from Gauff.

Anywho, in holic land I have a couple of WO 18x20s, a gravity tour 98 and hopefully ATS 95 to play around with in the coming weeks. I kind of feel like the ATS 95 might steal the show. But first to get over a pulled muscle in my back.
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Coco was brilliant. And what she does with what she has is brilliant.

I absolutely love squash forehands and the craft and such overcoming raw power. And this is the second time she’s done this to Sabalenka in the final, and all Sabalenka can do is talk about how awful she played and giving basically no credit whatsoever to the other person who has figured out how to foil you when it matters most.

Massive Coco fan. Bravo to her.
 
JGads said:
Coco was brilliant. And what she does with what she has is brilliant.

I absolutely love squash forehands and the craft and such overcoming raw power. And this is the second time she’s done this to Sabalenka in the final, and all Sabalenka can do is talk about how awful she played and giving basically no credit whatsoever to the other person who has figured out how to foil you when it matters most.

Massive Coco fan. Bravo to her.
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Same. The defense was incredible. It was the perfect strategy. She was disciplined in her attacks. Just genius. Sabalenka looked like a poor sport.

Also blade, boom. Yadda yadda.
 
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Mind blown! Incredible match! Vamos!
 
I'm stringing for a local gal, she's a 3.5.
Pure Aero.
with 17L poly mains and syn gut cross, overgrip, she's at 331 SW
what would you recommend that has similar spin/pop/stability, that would net her approx. 10 gram SW reduction?
still have good stability, power, like a 300s maybe? she's a doubles and singles player.

thx!
 
Anyone can compare the 2025 T-Fight 300 with the old TF40 305 16x19?

Kinda looking for an easy, no frills frame to play competitive league matches. Found one TF40 at a killer deal, brand new.
 
Ryebread said:
I'm stringing for a local gal, she's a 3.5.
Pure Aero.
with 17L poly mains and syn gut cross, overgrip, she's at 331 SW
what would you recommend that has similar spin/pop/stability, that would net her approx. 10 gram SW reduction?
still have good stability, power, like a 300s maybe? she's a doubles and singles player.

thx!
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Pure drive is prob the answer here.
 
Ryebread said:
I'm stringing for a local gal, she's a 3.5.
Pure Aero.
with 17L poly mains and syn gut cross, overgrip, she's at 331 SW
what would you recommend that has similar spin/pop/stability, that would net her approx. 10 gram SW reduction?
still have good stability, power, like a 300s maybe? she's a doubles and singles player.

thx!
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Maybe Extreme MP, Ezone 100, Speed MP 2022 or Pure Drive as Joshl mentioned?
 
Ryebread said:
I'm stringing for a local gal, she's a 3.5.
Pure Aero.
with 17L poly mains and syn gut cross, overgrip, she's at 331 SW
what would you recommend that has similar spin/pop/stability, that would net her approx. 10 gram SW reduction?
still have good stability, power, like a 300s maybe? she's a doubles and singles player.

thx!
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To add to the other suggestions, if you can measure before buying, there are certainly lower SW Aeros out there, Babolat isn't too consistent with QC.
I'd imagine she's not a crazy string breaker, you could probably go down a gauge or two to reduce SW a bit.
 
I've done some light hitting with the RF01 Pro twice now and I gotta say I really like it. Specs are 346g, 32.1 cm, 333.5 SW. I always love the power, stability and heavy shots that heavy rackets bring with them, and this one is no different. Plus, it's got some serious stiffness which only adds.

Of course I had to blast a few shots seeing what the power ceiling of this thing is, and that's where the stiffness doesn't do me too well. It's going to remain a racket for friendly hitting.
 
The three best racquets of the past 12 months!

All three are delicious. Similar, but different.

Rotating them every 2-3 weeks is keeping me from looking at other options.

https://flic.kr/p/2r9VFbr


All completely stock and yet ridiculously close in spec!

Specs / All strung with Pure Rush 18G and the same OG

Static / Balance / SW

2024 Extreme Pro - 327 / 32.0 / 320

2025 TFight 305S - 326 / 32.0 / 319

2025 Gravity Tour - 325 / 32.5 / 320
 
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Ryebread said:
The three best racquets of the past 12 months!

All three are delicious. Similar, but different.

Rotating them every 2-3 weeks is keeping me from looking at other options.

https://flic.kr/p/2r9VFbr


All completely stock and yet ridiculously close in spec!

Specs / All strung with Pure Rush 18G and the same OG

Static / Balance / SW

2024 Extreme Pro - 327 / 32.0 / 320

2025 TFight 305S - 326 / 32.0 / 319

2025 Gravity Tour - 325 / 32.5 / 320

(for reference, without OG, The EP's SW is 324)
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EP EP EP!
 
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