New Racquet (> $100) Advice For 3.0 - 3.5 Player

[Moosch]

**I meant <$100, can't edit the title for some reason **

So a friend of mine is a borderline 3.5 player who wants to jump back into tennis after years of not playing.

He has flat strokes, baseline hitter. Finess net game, some spin on second serve.

The more I research for him the more I rack my brain on what would be a good fit for him.... at least until he gets to the next level of his game.

I'd love some opinions from folks who are at that skill level as well as others who teach/ train others at that level.

He's on a $100 or less budget. I'd like control and comfort to be key contributors. A fairly big sweet spot would be nice too. The Head Micro Gel Radical was one particular I had my eye on for him. Help me narrow my search to some good quality picks. Much appreciated in advance.

 

[stephenclown]

< $100 by the way for future reference

I would suggest looking at second hand or large sales. Maybe a model that is going to be replaced. Prince and Yonex can be found used not too expensively and are quality frames.

http://www.tenniswarehouse-europe.com/Yonex_VCORE_Tour_F_97_310g_Racket/descpageRCYONEXH-VTF97H.html

^^ looks like out of stock.

http://www.tenniswarehouse-europe.com/Prince_Tour_Pro_98_Racket_/descpageRCPRINCEH-PTP98.html

Try this one instead ^ good reviews, soft and great control oriented racquet.

http://www.tenniswarehouse-europe.com/Wilson_Pro_Staff_95_Racket/descpageRCWILSON-WPS95R.html

The EU store has some great sale racquets if you can buy something with it to offset postage?

Even with postage shouldn't be too bad, and those 2 racquets are probably much better than most others available and great for flat hitting as well.

Equivalent probably around $200 atm for newer models.

 

[warney]

You can still get one of these in U.S. for <100 if you look around (not on TW)
Prince Tour Pro 98
Yonex SI
Yonex Vcore Tour F

Prince Textreme 100L is available on Tw below $100.
Also Volkl SG 10 mid 330 goes on sale every Wednesday during TW happy hour.


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[Ruark]

3.0-3.5, hits flat.... heck, tell him to get a Head Ti.S6.