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Being a tennis racquet just got a whole lot safer: Marat Safin has retired from professional tennis.
Safin, along with having a reputation as one of the world’s most talented players, also possessed a penchant for smashing racquets. Earlier this year when TW’s Spencer interviewed Safin’s racquet customization and stringing team, Priority 1, P1’s Nate Ferguson [...]

It had been a while since I’d regularly used natural gut, but I recently started to play around with some hybrids and full sets of gut after a nagging wrist injury just refused to go away.

So, when some sets of Becker Hero natural gut came into the office for testing, I quickly grabbed a [...]

Maybe your feet are doing more than barking. I know there are times when mine are screaming.
However, I do my best to limit those occasions, which means good socks hold a spot very close to my heart.
The importance of socks hit me at a young age. You see, as a youngster I once threatened to [...]

For the longest time, it could be nothing but a Tourna Grip to adorn my racquet handle. Tourna Grip is known for its absorbent properties and even though it didn’t get too hot where I grew up, I still loved it.

Sure, durability would bite with Tourna Grip and after one set I should really [...]

If you read our racquet reviews on Tennis Warehouse, then you may have gotten a taste for my love of polys. With that in mind, you can get an idea of how much fun this playtest was for me.
I strung this string in my Volkl Power Bridge 10 Mids at 55lbs. I usually string around [...]

First up is Wilson’s new Hollow Core string. Wilson has brought some new technology to the game with this one, as it is the first string to offer an air filled core.
Priced at $13, I expected this one to offer performance compared to a good multifilament. I have to admit, I was sorely disappointed. For [...]

If you like to hit with a lot of spin, this is a good time to be a tennis player. Today’s racquets are so fast, and today’s strings offer so much grip, at times the amount of spin that can be generated just seems wrong (but so much fun).
Of course, as players we still have [...]

Leather grips, that is. Nothing else compares to a good leather grip on a racquet.
There was a time when I thought my preference for leather was getting a little old school. Everywhere I looked racquets were coming equipped with soft synthetic grips. However, I’m happy to see racquet manufacturers are again including a leather grip [...]

A tennis player’s racquet is a very personal thing. Our racquet connects us to the ball. Its combination of frame, string and grip provides us with the feel and control for our shot-making mastery. A tennis player without a racquet is like a knight without a sword, a magician without wand, Takeru “Tsunami” Kobayashi without [...]