![]() ![]() The easy access to spin this racket provides meant that I was hitting with a great flightpath, getting good depth and pushing my opponent back in the court. On the backhand side, I was able to generate great racket head speed with the easy manoeuvrability of the Pure Strike and continue driving through the ball with the solid 323 swingweight. The 16 x 19 Pure Strike feels especially easy to play with the racket swings through the air with ease, and it has a little more easy power and spin than the 18 x 20, making it ideal for aggressive baseliners and counter-attackers alike. But that is not something you have to worry about with the Pure Strike 16 x 19. With the Pure Drive, I felt like it created a lot of energy, but some of it was lost on contact because of a lack of stability. The Pure Strike’s stability means that the majority of the energy you build up throughout the stroke goes through the ball, giving you a heavy shot with plenty of power and spin. The Pure Strike is not like that though, it has the feel of a much heavier racket, and extremely stable on contact. ![]() The Pure Drive to me, is very pingy, it plays like a light racket and you don’t feel massive amounts of control. The real difference between the Pure Drive and the Pure Strike is in the feel. While I wouldn’t say the Pure Strike is as manoeuvrable and fast as the Pure Drive, it’s still effortless to swing, and you get similar levels of power and spin with the 16 x 19. The 16 x 19 leans slightly more towards the modern player’s racket with its easy access to spin being very noticeable. I’m a big fan of classic pro-style rackets that are heavy on control, but the Pure Strike takes the good aspects of the classic racket and blends it with the best aspects of a modern player’s racket. There’s nothing else to say about the Pure Strike from the back other than it’s fabulous. There was no danger of me disliking it, but I loved warming up with the Pure Strike 16 x 19 and it was nice to be doing a playtest with something so similar to my lovely Pure Strike 18 x 20, which I don’t get to play with enough because I’m always trying out different rackets. What you do get with the 16 x 19 though, is a little extra spin and power, compared to its 18 x 20 brother. However, compared to a mere mortal racket, the Pure Strike 16 x 19 still has a wonderful amount of feel and control, especially for a 305g racket. This is where my preference for the 18 x 20 comes in, I generate a lot of topspin naturally, so I value the control and feel over spin potential. More string movement does have its disadvantages though, and the 16 x 19 doesn’t have quite the same levels of feel and control as the 18 x 20. The more open pattern means the strings have more space to move, creating more friction with the ball and increasing the number of revolutions on your shot. ![]() The Pure Strike 16 x 19 has everything, control, feel, spin, stability, and power, all in a lightweight 305g frame that’s easy to use.Īs you would expect, the 16 x 19 has much better spin potential than the 18 x 20. This comes together to provide what in my opinion is the perfect blend of classic feel, and modern manoeuvrability. Like the 18 x 20, the 16 x 19 comes with Hybrid Frame Construction, for extra strength, and FSI Power Technology, which increases the spacing between the string in the top of the racket to give it a more spin-friendly feel. So, I was expecting that the Pure Strike 16 x 19 would keep the same kind of philosophy of the 18 x 20, with just a few changes. In the Pure Drive Tour, for example, Babolat added 15g to the regular Pure Drive, but kept the same easy manoeuvrability and power that everyone loves in the Pure Drive range.
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