Innovative technology to meet players’ needs. NF2 TECH (Natural Flax Filtration Technology) has flax fiber inserts in the handle and at 3 and 9 o’clock on the racquet head to dampen vibrations and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Newcomb covers tennis gear/business, stadiums and sneaker tech. Babolat, French tennis equipment maker, sells a Pure Drive and ...

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Antoine Ballon, the marketing director at Babolat, recently spoke about Rafael Nadal's involvement in the creation of his signature racket - the "Pure Aero Rafa". A few days ago, Nadal and the French ...

The Pure Drive is designed to rock the ball. The Pure Aero wants to make it dance. Babolat fashions the Pure Strike for players who want to play attacking tennis—take the ball on the rise and use ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Newcomb covers tennis gear/business, stadiums and sneaker tech. Dominic Thiem serves as Babolat’s face of its Pure Strike ...

If it doesn't help you improve your tennis game, the Babolat Play Pure Drive racket will at least motivate you to play more. And that by itself is a good thing. Thanks to a variety of sensors inside, ...

Dominic Thiem entered Roland Garros as the returning finalist, and repeated that performance with wins over Novak Djokovic, Karen Khachanov and Gael Monfils. He brought the same monster strokes that ...

For fitness enthusiasts wanting to keep track of performance, or sports professionals looking for real-time information to help improve their game, the selection of monitoring devices is pretty good .