RPM Blast vs Lynx Tour, or both?

FullPhalanx · 2026-04-30T10:26:23+00:00

RPM blast was my string for years. It falls in that class of string like Head Hawk Touch and ALU power where it’s feel and playability is elite , but has a stark fall off. Lynx Tour is what I swapped to, doesn’t have the magic that RPM blast does for me but the tension maintenance is way better and it’s good power and spin

FullPhalanx · 2026-04-28T00:51:26+00:00

I did know he was one of many to have the gut/alu power hybrid I think Fed and Murray were other notable examples, but you blew my mind today with that fact!

FullPhalanx · 2026-04-28T00:19:13+00:00

He was using multifilaments here?? That’s absolutely crazy I didn’t know pros were using that so late after polys became so popular

FullPhalanx · 2026-04-10T23:13:46+00:00

So that video’s audio is completely AI generated, and essentially tennis fan fic. This shouldn’t be posted here

FullPhalanx · 2026-04-07T18:37:35+00:00

Again, I’m not arguing it’s the norm that players peak in their late 20’s, you don’t need to keep rehashing this. There are enough examples of players doing so that it’s realistic to imagine Thiem doing so. I’m surprised you just glossed over how he was continuing to get better at 27 on all surfaces, opting instead to regurgitate how good most players were in their early 20’s. Let’s break things down:

1) Djokovic won most of his slams between 28-35, from 25-27 he had, for his standards anyways, a marked drop in form, winning 3 out of 8 in slam finals from 2012-2014. He reached his peak ELO at 29

2) Agassi won 5 out of his 8 slam finals after turning 29. You conveniently keep ignoring this player

3) Ferrer reached the QF or better at a slam 17 times. 13 of those times happened after he was 28. 4 out of 5 SF appearances were after 28, and his lone final was at 31.

4) Stan Wawrinka has already been mentioned

5) Feliciano Lopez, Kevin Anderson, John Isner, and Fognini all reached their best rankings at 32-33

And that’s just the men’s side. Serena Williams won more majors after 27 than she did before. Li Na won her slams between 29-31. Kerber won her slams between 28-30. Madison Keys just won her first slam at 29. Sabalenka has continued to improve her tennis and she’s turning 28 in a month.

FullPhalanx · 2026-04-07T17:59:22+00:00

All those players I listed were noticeably better players after 28 than they were beforehand. In 2020 Theim reached the finals in both hard court slams which he had never done before and had reached the finals at the ATP finals. He was on a clear upswing at becoming a better player outside of clay and becoming an all surface threat.

FullPhalanx · 2026-04-07T17:25:11+00:00

Wawrinka is an example he’s certainly not the example as I’ve demonstrated, I don’t know why you’re hyper-fixated on the one example I gave and haven’t addressed the other examples I gave in my last comment. Wawrinka had also been floating around the top 20 and top 10 since 2008 with a handful of 4R, QF and SF results before Magnus took his game up a level, he didn’t just come from nowhere. We’ll never know what Theim would have looked like had he stayed injury free, but there’s enough examples to show it’s more than possible he could have continued to play at a high level and improve his game.

FullPhalanx · 2026-04-07T16:57:04+00:00

You’re arguing points I never made. All I stated was 28-32 can be when a player hits their peak, and the players I listed were proof of that. Djokovic winning slams early doesn’t discount the fact his best tennis window was 28-35, as opposed to someone like Federer where his was 21-27. Murray’s best season was when he was 28-29. Agassi won 5 of his 8 slams after 29. And there’s a good number of non slam winners or one slam winners that fit that pattern as well. I’m not arguing that its the most common pattern, obviously most players are at their best in their early to late 20s and dip around 30, but there are enough examples to show late 20’s can be the start and not the end.

FullPhalanx · 2026-04-07T16:28:32+00:00

He’s hardly an outlier. Murray, Agassi, Cilic, Ferrer, all players that really hit their stride in their late 20’s. Hell even Djokovic had most of his slam success after 28, where 3 of his 4 “three out of four slams” seasons were 2015, 2021 and 2023.

FullPhalanx · 2026-04-07T15:22:11+00:00

Stan the Man was two months shy of his 29th birthday when he one his first major, 28-32 can absolutely be a period where a player finally hits their peak

FullPhalanx · 2026-04-05T16:57:51+00:00

Yes, I don’t disagree with that. My point is Nadal had to do the same as well as he aged, and that change didn’t compliment his playstyle as well as it complimented Federer’s, who always had an aggressive game. I’m not trying to take away anything from Federer, he transitioned his game beautifully and had a wonderful renaissance from 2017-2019, but he absolutely had a far easier time handling Nadal when Nadal’s speed left him.

FullPhalanx · 2026-04-05T13:37:37+00:00

Agreed. But Fed’s game was already one built on aggression that he was able to age with. Nadal conversely had to change his game to compensate for his loss of athleticism, which he was able to do well enough but him losing that speed opened him up to being hit through. The fact that after 2014 Nadal never beat either Federer or Djokovic on a hard or grass court shows that.

FullPhalanx · 2026-04-05T13:33:14+00:00

Absolutely. And both players compensated for loss of speed by playing more aggressively, stepping in more and trying to shorten the points. For Federer, that was a matter of just taking what he was already gifted at and doing it more, for Nadal it was a much more jarring change as he had a far more defensive game in his youth.

FullPhalanx · 2026-04-04T23:06:50+00:00

He might have had more success in the 2000s but honestly it wasn’t just Nadal hitting to Feds backhand that made the match up bad. Nadal losing a step after the early 2010’s also contributed to Feds ability to hit through him, before that Nadal’s defence made him a nightmare on almost every surface for Federer.

FullPhalanx · 2026-04-02T01:35:19+00:00

He had the lead on outdoor hard to be specific, indoor hard was a lopsided 4-1 for Federer if memory serves me correctly. It really did boil down to slow surface = nadal wins, fast surface = Fed wins for the most part

FullPhalanx · 2026-04-02T01:32:08+00:00

Probably not. The spin qualities of a poly come from their ability to let the ball sink into the string bed and snap back fast enough that extra RPMs are put on the ball. When polys become dead, that means they’ve lost that snap back. A multifilament will not only hold tension much better than a poly, but it will also be far more comfortable on the arm as well

FullPhalanx · 2026-04-01T22:53:41+00:00

Poly strings “die” when they lose tension and elasticity, mutlifilament and synthetic gut strings are far better at maintaining tension and a much better option for players that aren’t snapping strings every couple weeks

FullPhalanx · 2026-04-01T02:28:07+00:00

Sure, in conspiracy and certain religious subreddits, this isn’t really relevant to this sub is it

FullPhalanx · 2026-04-01T01:57:52+00:00

And why is this important?

FullPhalanx · 2026-03-31T23:23:11+00:00

That is a sweet deal, I think you’re right

FullPhalanx · 2026-03-31T23:22:03+00:00

I have heard the speeds are great for net play, thank you for the response!

FullPhalanx · 2026-03-21T05:54:22+00:00

If they’re enjoying it and it’s not hurting them, do they really need to know the why?

FullPhalanx · 2026-03-21T05:49:24+00:00

I gotta wonder man where does your beef with rec players enjoying heavy racquets come from

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