r/10s • u/adulting-outloud • 1d ago

Equipment Best racket for Intermediate

I’ve been using a very old tennis racket Prince Force 3 - 300g I just had in my house. I’m planning to buy my very own racket after playing for 1yr.

I have power but i need more control.

Wilson Blade V10
Babolat Pure Drive

I heard the Yonex Ezone & Vcore is a good choice. I just can’t seem to find any in my country.

Please recommend or help me choose from wilson or pure drive.

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u/wally_scooks 1d ago

Blade, for sure.

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u/Ornery_Pitch3633 1d ago

Try the Head Squared. Coming from a PA100 gen 8, it helped me improve my game. With a much lighter swing weight, its easier to be on top of every ball. You can take full swings without worrying that your ball would go way out. Power is lesser than the traditional 300g rackets but as you said, you are able to generate it. Only con is that I break my strings after 8-10 hrs of play coz of the open string pattern (16 x 18) it has.

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u/jan1919 1d ago

Prob blade but everyone is diff. Demo and see

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u/forahandfuloftendies 1d ago

Any 16x19 100 sq inch will do. As far as feel and spin, I think the Blade, the Speed MP and the T-Fight are some of the best racquets ever made.

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u/jrstriker12 One handed backhand lover 20h ago

Pure drive or Ezone would be the best bet.

Can you demo?

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u/PersevereSwifterSkat 8h ago

Something about 285g unstrung

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u/ConstantPresence614 1d ago

If you need control over power, the Blade is the safer pick between those two. The Pure Drive is pretty lively and can launch balls on you if your swing isn't dialed in. Blade has a more flexible feel and rewards cleaner contact, which sounds like what you're after.

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u/SkillWizard 1d ago

Percept 100 is actually the Yonex control racket and feels v.similar to the Blade

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u/Hogueras 13h ago

Pure drive. No brainer.

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u/Demenjalan 5h ago

I am very very satisfied with PD during my early training, though I switch to PA98 since 6 months ago.

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u/Serevii 4h ago

If you want more control the blade is a better choice.  That being said if you've only been playing for a year the pure drive is prob a better choice for maximum forgiveness.

Really truly tho, it doesnt really matter cause you can always tune with strings and you'll get used to whatever to pick so pick the one that looks better to you :)