Because I sold off nearly all my racquet collection I don’t have a top 5 or 10 to go to but I still have the odd cravings and withdrawal symptoms of models I have used in the past and maybe I will use the money I got from selling my past sticks to justify either re buying one of those sticks or search for new ventures. Part of the reason why one may sell is to finance new racquets or just to clear the cupboard to pay some bills or invest in more money making ventures. The other thing I probably had to accept is that some of the older frames I owned were beautiful but because I’m older now I have moved on to more suitable sticks. As far as keeping frames I tend to sell if one has scored a paint chip, because I only like to store racquets if they are immaculate.
I think the prolonged lock downs we had here kind of made going back to a heavy 93 inch frame made 15 years ago weighted 360g unnecessary when a lighter 98 or more modern 95 or 93 do the job better,
Therefore after waffling on a bit what I have at the moment is my daily hitter ( like a daily driver for your car ) which is the slime green Pro Kennex Q Tour 315 strung low in a soft biphase and it’s the racquet I can use for hours, days and weeks without any niggles or pain and it still has a 329 swing weight, so it plays like a 330g racquet (unstrung ) without the extra mass. It’s a fantastic racquet. If I’m going to re buy a few of my favourites it will be the following;
1. Artengo Control Tour in the 18/20 - it’s a very addictive feeling racquet,
2. Angell K7 Lime or red - love the soft feel of these frames
3. C10 Pro 330g - probably want to get the new one because the SW has dropped to around 326 and I want to do some bench marking with other frames
4. Prince 93P in either string pattern - to me it’s a logical progression and improvement to the PB 10 Mid I loved for a long time
5. Volkl Super G 10 Mid 330 - if I had known that Volkl was going to go backwards in offering great sticks I wouldn’t have sold it because this frame was ahead of it’s time and was probably the most powerful mid you could buy - 22mm 96 head, v throat, 64 RA heavy yet l moderate SW
6. Tie between Pacific X Force Pro 320, Boris Becker Melbourne, PK Core 6 and Dunlop bio 200 - because I have been typing for a while and 6 is enough,
Racquets that I have tried but haven’t bought but would like to include:
1. Dunlop 200g original in immaculate condition
2. Mizuno 8.9 injected moulding
3. Wilson Pro staff 315 V14
4. Yonex Percept H
There are other racquets I want to get but purely for research purposes but it’s all costs money and racquets are not cheap right now
