Tim Farthing Archives: 10/2018

Originally published on 27/03/14 Babolat are running a competition across Europe to give 15 lucky players the chance to live the Babolat Play experience before…

Originally published on 17/03/14 The Play is arguably the most hotly-anticipated release of a string of interactive equipment now approved by the the introduction of…

Originally published on 06/05/14 The newest kid on the block may be a real head-turner – nice work, Stan! – but it’s an old-school racket…

Originally published on 02/05/14 The 95 S turned out to be the real surprise package of the test. What looks like quite an intimidating bit…

Originally published on 30/04/14 British brand Mantis promised us exceptional control from the Pro 310, the heaviest racket in their range, and the weapon of…

Originally published on 28/04/14 Once the choice of Goran Ivanisevic and Mark Philippoussis, the specs of the mid-size Prestige have barely changed in its near-30-year…

Originally published on 25/04/14 After playing with a number of demanding rackets during testing, the the X Force Pro proved to be one of the…

Originally published on 21/04/14 Once you get past the sand-like sound of micro-bearings moving within the 100 precision-engineered chambers in the four corners of the…

Originally published on 23/04/14 After revolutionising topspin tennis since entering the frame game 20 years ago, Babolat set out to serve a new segment of…

Originally published on 18/04/14 This racket plays the way it looks – mean. Having opened up the string pattern from 18×20 in previous incarnations of…