I would not recommend this racquet to most beginners and intermediates, because you have to generate the power with this racquet. For beginners and intermediates that means your footwork has to be perfect, swing and timing has to be perfect and have to hit the ball in the center of the racquet every time, most people cannot do that unless you are an intermediate who plays at least 3X a week or an advanced player.
I've been playing tennis since 10 and after 40 years, I like middle of the road racquets such as the Wilson Ultra 100 and Babolet Pure Drive. I own both of them and with slight mods they play somewhat similar. As others mentioned the Slickdeal is going to a local tennis shop and demoing some rackets first, that way you get a racquet you will keep for a long time.
FYI- there are other/better racquets on sale at TW for similar prices:
Yonex eZone- last year's model $179- much more friendly all around racquet
Wilson Ultra 100 V2 older model - $159 one of the best selling raquets 7 years ago
and the best selling racquet in the world:
Babolet Pure Drive 100 , the 2018 model is $179
but I would go to a local tennis shop and demo some to see which one fits your style, Tennis is half psychological so you would p[lay better if you are comfortable with your racquet.
The ones you get at walmart
I learned to get previous year models and save at least $100. Not much change besides aesthetic design and color. Of course, it's best to demo multiple rackets and remember that overgrip and type of string makes a huge difference.
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I had the older MP, the Andy Murray series. It was 70-80 dollars. This doesn't seem like a good price?
The Radical is completely diff racket, which is the one Andy Murray endorses. If you have the Andy Murray model the only one I see was from 2012 , not sure what to think about comparing prices from a decade ago
Read the reviews said that they take forever to ship.
I think majority of the time it is if you pay for the stringing service (which is super cheap) the labor and time it takes extends it a few days. But, yeah I'm not complaining on discount + free shipping
Tennis Express takes forever to ship despite what they promise on there website. It knight be because I'm in CA and they are Texans. Haha if you are in CA, just got to tennis warehouse for faster service.
Tennis Express takes forever to ship despite what they promise on there website. It knight be because I'm in CA and they are Texans. Haha if you are in CA, just got to tennis warehouse for faster service.
No taxes from tennis express if you're not from texas
No taxes from tennis express if you're not from texas
Nope they still charged me tax. They changed that policy a while back. I think now they charge tax to any state that have state taxes on consumer goods.
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I've been playing tennis since 10 and after 40 years, I like middle of the road racquets such as the Wilson Ultra 100 and Babolet Pure Drive. I own both of them and with slight mods they play somewhat similar. As others mentioned the Slickdeal is going to a local tennis shop and demoing some rackets first, that way you get a racquet you will keep for a long time.
FYI- there are other/better racquets on sale at TW for similar prices:
Yonex eZone- last year's model $179- much more friendly all around racquet
Wilson Ultra 100 V2 older model - $159 one of the best selling raquets 7 years ago
and the best selling racquet in the world:
Babolet Pure Drive 100 , the 2018 model is $179
but I would go to a local tennis shop and demo some to see which one fits your style, Tennis is half psychological so you would p[lay better if you are comfortable with your racquet.
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These rackets have been $250 since they came out. I've never seen either on sale unless you buy two and that's a minuscule $10 discount
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The ones you get at walmart
No taxes from tennis express if you're not from texas