Product Description
The new Babolat RPM Blast as used by Rafael Nadal is a black polyester with geared texture for power and control.
Product Review
i tried these strings on my aero pro drive GT and was impressed only for 4 to 5 hours with these strings as my shots and serves got a lot faster and powerful.....but later all of the shots were flying over the baseline....too much power and no good durability (Posted on 8/03/12)
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I switched to this (17, 58lbs) on my AeroPro Drive a bit under two years ago from Pro Hurricane and have not looked back (however, I am now using 17 on crosses, 16 on mains, 56lbs).
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It took a little bit of getting used to as it was more comfortable to play with, but also more dead. Since switching, my forehand has taken on a more vertical motion in general for head high (~5'9"-6'0") bouncing groundstrokes, and to contrast it, I have recently acquired a flat, nearly no spin forehand. The RPM complements both shots well, aiding particularly in the generation of topspin.
In general though, I think the string doesn't have a huge amount of natural pop on flatter shots. I say natural pop, because you can still generate a LOT of pace on a flat shot, but the string doesn't lend itself to doing so as much as other strings might. Its pace comes largely from the generation of spin.
I've found, however, that it isn't the most backhand slice friendly string; a shot I used to employ very often. I assume that the increased spin, the ball comes off the strings in a slightly more floaty manner, which can be advantageous, though for me is generally not. This is also likely due to the fact that my backhand slice involves a very heavy chop, so for those of you with a flatter, more well guided slice, this may well be a non-issue.
I typically don't go out of my way to use drop shots or volleys, so this isn't a huge problem for me, but because of the relatively dead feel of the string, drop shots are somewhat harder to pull off well (but not at all unachievable), and power on volleys can suffer heavily on occasion. (Posted on 28/12/11)
This string has so much power compared to pro hurricane tour. Netter at net. Wicked spin.
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VAMOS RAFA!!!!! (Posted on 8/12/11)
the members of tennis warehouse will go out of their way to make sure you receive what you ordered. I recently had some trouble with an order of which cost $265 and there were some things that they either didn't stock anymore (wilson super spin) or they ran out (hurricane feel). as soon as they identified an error they will efficiently attended to the situation. Anyway this string is mad. So much more power than pro hurricane tour. Perfect for the clay court specialist.
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55lb aeropro drive cortex gauge 16 (Posted on 4/12/11)
Very good strings. The slightly better version of the pro hurricane tour but don't last very long. I had mine for 9 days of training and tournaments and they snapped during a match :( (Posted on 12/08/11)
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Great product.
Ideal for my son to learn tennis
(Review by Ace jnr)
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