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This will be a quick review of 361Nation/Prince Beast XP 16g mains and Tecnifibre X-One Biphase 16g crosses. I tried them strung at 52, 54, 56, and 58#s in a Youtek Prestige MP.
This string is great at the two lower tensions, 52#s was what I felt played best for me, that being said this will be almost entirely on that tension. Very soft at all tensions and nice ball pocketing, the ball seemed to sit on the string bed allowing me to really control the direction which I did not feel from strings like RPM, PHT, Lux AluP, etc. This string was not very powerful in that if you just stick your racquet out, the ball wont go anywhere. But if you have a solid long stroke you wont find many a string that hits better (imo), I like taking big cuts outta the ball on my groundstrokes and this string fit that style of hitting to the T. Transition tennis was a little tricky at first but once I found the way the looser tension reacted it was no problem, hitting hard rolling shots up the line, chipping off both wings, punching flatter shots, it all felt nice once dialed in. I actually didnt hit many tough volleys with this string so far, the approaches were very good. Putting away the first ball while at net was easy, VERY easy. Direction control was great and the loose strings added great zip to my volleys. When I was stretched at net on just two points the shot produced was 1st- pathetic in the net but 2nd- great dropper. Back to baseline tennis, shots were very consistent in depth and spin unless I changed something, the ball kicked up very well on my forehand side and were staying around knee high on the backhand (1 hander and kinda more flat), angles were easy to generate even on the move, short balls were quick to be put away, just great from the back court. One thing I would like to say is that this setup rewards low to high swinging, if you dont get under the ball or hit very flat, Id steer clear. Tried flattening out my rally ball and did not like the results. NOW, my favorite shot with this setup, THE SLIIIIICE!!! They were b-e-a-utiful! They went through the court better then ever and really stayed low, I loved cutting my backhand. Ok well thats all for now, I will serve more with them to get a good idea of how they play and will talk about tension maintenance once I have more time on them (played 5 hours total today and they felt pretty much the same from start to end).
This string is great at the two lower tensions, 52#s was what I felt played best for me, that being said this will be almost entirely on that tension. Very soft at all tensions and nice ball pocketing, the ball seemed to sit on the string bed allowing me to really control the direction which I did not feel from strings like RPM, PHT, Lux AluP, etc. This string was not very powerful in that if you just stick your racquet out, the ball wont go anywhere. But if you have a solid long stroke you wont find many a string that hits better (imo), I like taking big cuts outta the ball on my groundstrokes and this string fit that style of hitting to the T. Transition tennis was a little tricky at first but once I found the way the looser tension reacted it was no problem, hitting hard rolling shots up the line, chipping off both wings, punching flatter shots, it all felt nice once dialed in. I actually didnt hit many tough volleys with this string so far, the approaches were very good. Putting away the first ball while at net was easy, VERY easy. Direction control was great and the loose strings added great zip to my volleys. When I was stretched at net on just two points the shot produced was 1st- pathetic in the net but 2nd- great dropper. Back to baseline tennis, shots were very consistent in depth and spin unless I changed something, the ball kicked up very well on my forehand side and were staying around knee high on the backhand (1 hander and kinda more flat), angles were easy to generate even on the move, short balls were quick to be put away, just great from the back court. One thing I would like to say is that this setup rewards low to high swinging, if you dont get under the ball or hit very flat, Id steer clear. Tried flattening out my rally ball and did not like the results. NOW, my favorite shot with this setup, THE SLIIIIICE!!! They were b-e-a-utiful! They went through the court better then ever and really stayed low, I loved cutting my backhand. Ok well thats all for now, I will serve more with them to get a good idea of how they play and will talk about tension maintenance once I have more time on them (played 5 hours total today and they felt pretty much the same from start to end).
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