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2. Bentley Fortissimo - Wikipedia

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   Bentley Fortissimo. The Bentley Fortissimo tennis racquet of 1972 was the first oversize tennis racquet to be produced and demonstrated publicly. [ 1] Prior to its introduction, all tennis racquets were much smaller in terms of the stringbed size, measured in square inches. Today, that size, known as standard, is not used by any professional ...

3. Spaghetti racquet - Wikipedia

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   Spaghetti racquet. Werner Fischer's 1977 U.S. patent application for the spaghetti racquet. The "spaghetti" racquet was a type of double-strung tennis racquet that had a brief spike in popularity in the fall of 1977, revolutionizing the sport for about a month before being banned at the top levels of play. It applied far more spin to a tennis ...

4. Wilson ProStaff Original 6.0 - Wikipedia

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   Wilson ProStaff Original 6.0. A Pro Staff 6.0. Note the lead taping placed at 3 and 9 o'clock to further increase weight and stability, as well as at 12 for added swingweight. This racquet has been strung with polyester strings. At the bottom of the stringbed is a Pete Sampras vibration damper. The Wilson Pro Staff Original, first introduced in ...

5. List of racket sports - Wikipedia

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   Sports that use a netted racket. Badminton. Ball badminton. Battledore and shuttlecock. Crossminton (previously "Speedminton") Frontenis. Qianball. Racketlon (a series of other racket and paddle sports) Rackets.

6. Racket (sports equipment) - Wikipedia

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   Racquetball racket and ball. A racket or racquet[ 1] is an item of sporting equipment used to strike a ball or shuttlecock back-and-forth in games such as tennis, badminton, squash, racquetball and padel. The typical basic structure of a racket consists of a widened distal end known as the head (which presents a flattened firm surface designed ...

7. Strings (tennis) - Wikipedia

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   In tennis, the strings are the part of a tennis racquet which make contact with the ball. The strings form a woven network inside the head (or "hoop") of the racquet. Strings have been made with a variety of materials and possess varying properties that have been measured, such as dynamic stiffness, tension retention, thickness (gauge), string ...