Xalt is an entirely new addition to Babolat’s Xcf family of multifilament strings. It’s composed of special polyamide filaments combined with glass beads, which is all covered by a silicone wrapping.
Three names sell tennis rackets: Rafa, Roger and Roddick. Walk around the U.S. Open this year and you’ll notice the topspin-wielding heartthrob and world No. 1 Rafael Nadal playing with one of the ...
March 8, 2012 (Boulder, Colorado) — Babolat hosted nine elite stringers in Boulder, Colorado, on February 29, 2012, for the inaugural Babolat VS String Team Academy. Babolat invited these top ...
Although the graphite racket technology has flattened, rather like the world economy, recent advances in strings have utterly changed the game. They have names such as Luxilon ALU Power, Technifibre's ...
Wimbledon may be one of the oldest names associated with tennis, but it is not the longest established. Babolat, the French racquet manufacturer, began making strings for players in 1875, two years ...
MIAMI GARDENS, Florida — Daniil Medvedev had a problem. For the better part of five years, his career had followed an ever-upward arc that carried him to the No 1 ranking in February of 2022. Then ...
NEW YORK -- Andy Roddick recalls seeing the distinctive oval rackets with white stripes at European junior tournaments in the late 1990s. But it wasn't until his then-coach, former French tennis pro ...
The control and precision in Babolat’s Pure Strike racket franchise has received multiple updates since the initial launch in 2014, but 2024 brings with it a revamped fourth generation Pure Strike ...