DURABLE POLYESTERS and KEVLARS
The latest development over the last few years has
been
the plethora of polyester strings, in a category created by Luxilon Big
Banger. This string was originally used by a number of PRO's looking for
durability and tension retention during matches. These types of strings are
all the rage at the moment as they provide the optimum level of power, control
and spin (a la Nadal). The majority of people now use the polyesters as a
HYBRID by combining with a Synthetic gut or multifilament, but some chronic
string breakers use them on their own. Watch out for that impact on the arm
though, especially in the case of youngsters. We would also recommend reducing
the tension when stringing with polyesters on the mains and crosses. Luxilon
still make the widest variety of polyester strings, with a number of different
offshoots of colour, texture and guage. Babolat make the best selling Pro
Hurricane, which is incredibly durable and playable. Federer uses a Hybrid
Luxilon/Wilson mixture called Champions
Choice, which is basically Luxilon Alu Power rough PLUS Natural Gut. Most
people use polyesters on the MAIN strings and anything else on the crosses.
Federer does it the other way around...with natural gut mains and Alu Power
Rough crosses...but hey he can do what he likes and he does not have to pay
for his strings. We would always recommend that the tougher string be used for
the mains.
We only stock one Kevlar string (Ashaway) as it is not too harsh or hard
and its rough texture makes it a favourite as a hybrid main (eg Crossfire)
with a lot of our customers.
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