Becker Hero string review

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 [...]

String review: Topspin Cyberflash 1.25mm

Let me start off by saying that after this string test I believe the Topspin Cyberflash string is an excellent polyester string at a great value. It is a co-polyester monofilament, similar to a Luxilon Big Banger ALU Power or Signum Pro Poly-Plasma, which is designed to enhance the already durable polyester string with added [...]

Volkl Cyclone String Review

Guest blogger and Open level player Andy Gerst puts Volkl’s Cyclone string through its paces in this review.
A great new poly string being introduced to the market is the Volkl Cyclone string. It is a co-polymer polyester monofilament, designed to mimic the durability and control-oriented playability of a polyester while maintaining a bit more softness [...]

As the ball spins

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 [...]