Head
LM Radical MP Tennis Racquet Review
Tennis Mag 2003
Like a fine wine, the Radical gets better with age. It debuted in 1992 as a basic graphite, but the sixth and latest incarnation of this advanced-player's frame incorporates Liquidmetal, a super-stiff alloy that resists deformation, in the head at the 10, 2, 5, and 7 o'clock positions for more stability and power. Radical faithful will notice that when they need a little extra pop it's there. The strategic location of Liquidmetal is also supposed to expand the sweet spot, which is huge on the oversize but small on the mid-plus, according to testers. The oversize's open 18 x 19 string pattern adds bite to shots, a plus for baseliners who hit with spin, while the tighter 18 x 20 pattern on the mid-plus provides more control (but makes spin tougher to produce). Testers hitched their games to the more forgiving oversize; the mid-plus didn't have enough power for them.
BOTTOM LINE:
The oversize is the big winner here.Head
launched its new Liquidmetal® line
last week at the USTA National
Tennis Center.
The
first event in which Agassi will be
using his new racquet is the Legg
Mason Tennis Classic, July 28-Aug.
3, in Washington, D.C., unless he
accepts a wildcard into the RCA
Championships in Indianapolis the
week before.
The
Liquidmetal® technology Head’s
new racquets employ provide 29
percent more power than titanium.
Additionally, with the
technology’s placement in the
racquet frame, it expands the
sweetspot across virtually the
entire string bed, an interesting
perk for Agassi, perhaps the purest
ball striker in tennis.
This
will be Agassi’s third model
change in the last four years. He
began playing with Head’s titanium
model, the Ti.Radical in 1999 and
switched to the i.Radical in June
2001.
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- MAP
$179.95
- Our
Price $76.95
- Pre-Strung
w/ Head Syn Gut 16 mid tension
- Length:
27
- Head
Size: 98", 630cm
- Weight:
10.4oz., 295 grams
- Balance:
325mm
- Cross
Sect1on: 21mm
- Type
of Swing: Full strokes
- String
Tension: 52-62 lbs.
- Flex:
Stiff
- Features:
Liquidmetal Technology
NoShox Dampening System
Total Sweetspot Construction (TSC)
- 18
Mains, 20 Crosses
- LIQUIDMETAL
TECHNOLOGY
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