It's faster and livelier, and it's been retooled with a slightly thicker beam and juicier stringbed. The upshot, for our playtesters, was a stick that delivered the explosiveness of a modern player's racquet without sacrificing the classic virtues of control and feel - or, in the words of playtester Chris Edwards, "This is a softer Pure Drive." Although our team gave this stick Prestige-like scores for control, this is not your daddy's control racquet. It possesses the same easy acceleration and phenomenal "out of the box" playability of its iconic siblings, but it comes with a lower stiffness level and boxier beam. However, if our playtest team has it right, the new Pure Strike 16x19 will soon be in the conversation. The Pure Strike line, by contrast, rarely gets mentioned in the same breath. The only thing I miss for my game is a little more control on flatter shots but otherwise I could play with this without any issues.When discussing the best Babolat racquets, tennis players invariably mention the Pure Drive or Pure Aero, two racquets with universally appealing levels of speed, spin, pop and precision. Good mass (higher swingweight), pop, spin and directional control. So an overall well balanced racquet, good fit for a broad level of players and playstyles but mainly more aggressive players who enjoys taking big cuts on the ball. Despite the stiffness being on the higher range of the scale it wasn’t that harsh on my arm (Babolat is known for stiff frames so maybe avoid if having wrist, elbow or shoulder injuries) mostly because it dampened vibrations really well. I always felt that I had some extra pop and mass on all my shots which was really nice on volleys when you want to finish the point of fast. At net it was really stable actually and very precise on both smashes and serves. It did demand me to put little more rotation on the ball in order to get the control I wanted.Īfter using this racquet a couple of hours I could tell it wasn’t for me but I think the 18×20 version might fit better. I still got pretty good control on flatter shots, maybe not enough for my taste. I found this racquet very stable and fast through the air, the first session I had I constantly missed the sweetspot due to me swinging to fast but I got the hang of it pretty quickly. Not at a Pure Aero level but definitely close to the Pure Aero VS with simular specs. Right of the bat on my first practice I really enjoyed it because it was easy to use with pretty good power and excellent spin potential.
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