Tennis
Clips
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Courts
Every court from my Rovo history, most-visited first. Tap a star to rate a place — tap the same star again to clear it.
Balls
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All-in landed, GST and fees inside
1 can at a time
Frames
The two frames I actually play, to the maker's own numbers. Click any shot to open it full size.
2026 · 8th gen · 16x20 · control
Shots: Yonex · via Tennis Warehouse — click to open
2025 · Roland-Garros edition · 16x19 · the soft one
Shots: Wilson · via the Roland-Garros store — click to open
Start here
Buy the soft one. A beginner meets the ball late and off-centre, and a stiff frame passes all of that straight into your arm — flex is what absorbs it, and RA is the number that measures it. Lower is softer, and anything at or under 58 counts as soft today. Frames are listed softest first, and the bar under each RA is drawn on one shared scale, so a short bar is a stiff frame wherever it appears. Every measurement is Tennis Warehouse's, taken on a strung frame in June 2026 — which is why the weights read heavier than a shop's unstrung spec sheet. Prices are Singapore list prices. Click any row for the photographs.
Specs: Tennis Warehouse University — Racquet Analyzer — measurements of strung frames, June 2026. Photographs via Tennis Warehouse. Brand marks and the Carousell icon from Wikimedia Commons (public domain). Prices are Singapore list prices checked 17 September 2026, at the shop named on each row.
What the columns mean
How much the frame gives when the ball hits it, on the scale every maker and shop quotes. Both panels are the same ball with the same force behind it: the dashed line is where the frame sits at rest, so the gap between it and the frame is how far that frame moved. The stiff one resists; the soft one gets out of the way, and the shock goes into the flex instead of your arm.
54–64 here · under 58 is soft, 67+ is stiff
The frame on a scale, strung. It is what you carry and what stands up to a heavy ball. A light frame is easy to swing and gets shoved around by real pace; a heavier one holds its line through the hit and tires your shoulder by the third set. There is no free side to this one.
283–320 g here · light is 280s, heavy is 320+
Stringbed area in square inches, and the sweet spot grows with it — the area inside the dashed line is the part that returns the ball cleanly, and everything else in the bed is a shot you feel. A bigger head makes that area bigger. Worth knowing: 98 to 104 is only a few per cent across, so head size is not what separates the frames in this table. RA and vibration are.
98–104 in² here · 95 is small, 115 is oversize
How heavy the frame feels to swing, which is not what it weighs. It is mass multiplied by its distance from your hand, so a gram out at the tip costs several times what a gram at the grip does. Two frames can weigh the same and swing nothing alike — this is the number that decides whether you get the frame round in time.
301–323 here · 300 swings easily, 330+ is work
The frequency the frame rings at after the ball has gone, in hertz — how many times a second it shivers. A low reading means the frame is giving and the ring is a slow one; a high reading is a tight, fast ring that reaches your hand. It tracks RA without being the same measurement: the Wilson Blade measures a soft RA 60 and still rings at 154 Hz, harder than frames six points stiffer.
123–145 Hz here · lower is quieter
When you outgrow it
Sell it on Carousell Beginner frames are the easiest racquets to move here — cheap, common, and wanted by exactly the person you were two years ago. A Clash or a Gravity in decent condition goes in days. Restring it with cheap synthetic gut first: “freshly strung” fetches more than the strings cost.
Your main frame sits at the stringer for two or three days, which is two or three sessions you'd otherwise miss. The frame you already own is cheaper than a second copy of your main, and it costs nothing to leave in the bag.
The soft frame is your arm's day off. When your elbow is grumbling and you still want to hit, RA 54 and 127 Hz is what you take out. It also settles an argument: if the soreness follows you to the soft frame, the racquet was never the problem.
Guide
Strings are what actually touch the ball, so they matter as much as the frame. Before you have a preference, level is the only thing that changes the answer — not the marketing.
A hybrid is two different strings in one frame, one per direction. Put the polyester in the mains and the multifilament in the crosses: the mains carry about 70% of the bed's behaviour, so that is where the control and spin come from, while the softer crosses keep it comfortable. Flip them — multi mains, poly crosses — only if you want more power and comfort than spin.
Pick by level
A few times a month, not chasing improvement yet
Soft and elastic, so the sweet spot feels bigger and the power comes free — and it is the least fussy thing you can put in a frame in this heat. Every brand's plays much the same, so pick it by colour.
Weekly, maybe taking lessons — you want feedback
Softer than synthetic gut: more free power, and a much clearer feel at contact, which is how you learn what you did. Value: Wilson Sensation, Head Velocity MLT, Babolat Xcel. Step up: Wilson NXT, Tecnifibre NRG. Less durable, so restring on schedule.
You make your own power and want it harnessed
Poly goes in the mains because the mains are ~70% of how the bed plays: control and spin, with the multi crosses keeping it comfortable. Round polys only — Head Hawk Touch, Yonex Poly Tour Pro, Luxilon Element. Shaped strings like Hyper G or Lynx Tour saw through the multi.
Build the hybrid
Pick the mains and the crosses from the current strings. Round poly in the mains with a softer cross is the usual way round; flip it if you would rather have the comfort under your hand.
Singapore
Strings
Tennis Warehouse University lab numbers — every string measured the same way at 51 lbs and a fast swing, so the rows compare directly. Still in production only. Lowest tension loss first; the ones I've played carry the tension.
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