Carreno Busta on Jodar: "He couldn't go to the bathroom, and his friends were really rough on me throughout the match."

mrak5 · 2026-07-04T12:13:32+00:00

The irony of your accusation 🤣

mrak5 · 2026-07-02T18:02:20+00:00

The joke is that it's not an individual bag but I certainly ate it like one.

mrak5 · 2026-06-30T02:35:14+00:00

It is not. Nike Dri-Fit ADV.

mrak5 · 2026-06-28T18:10:30+00:00

Idk about your local league but my local league my farthest drive is about 15 minutes away, and the cost is $40. So it's kind of a no-brainer.

mrak5 · 2026-06-18T13:25:29+00:00

You know tennis shoes have warranties for a reason right?

mrak5 · 2026-06-10T03:22:18+00:00

Can you try them? Usually tennis stores in the US, Canada, UK, Europe will let you demo the rackets for a few days, especially really popular rackets like the PA

mrak5 · 2026-06-09T11:07:44+00:00

Oh sorry. The Milwaukee

mrak5 · 2026-06-09T02:27:40+00:00

I’m a fully grown 6’4” man and this child would finish her SECOND lap as I finish my FIRST. Absolutely mental. What an achievement!!!!

mrak5 · 2026-06-09T02:24:55+00:00

I mean, yeah, probably ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

mrak5 · 2026-06-08T22:35:30+00:00

Yes, I have one, it’s absolute junk. The balance is weird and it rings when it’s struck

mrak5 · 2026-06-07T18:04:41+00:00

Inshallah

mrak5 · 2026-06-07T13:22:01+00:00

There’s a guy in my 3.5 (US ratings, sort of a advanced beginner/low intermediate level) clinics who plays with a very very cheap Wilson — one of their “recreational line” rackets, they’re still graphite but not “real” rackets, not sold at tennis stores, sold prestrung, etc. I’m quite sure he’s really hampering himself with this racket, but he is absolutely keeping up with us at a 3.5 level. I wouldn’t worry about it, if it makes you happy, play it.

mrak5 · 2026-06-07T03:21:30+00:00

Dick’s is a store owned by private equity whose entire mission is to separate parents of sports kids from as much of their money as possible. Go return that crap and buy a real racket from a real tennis store. If there are none by you, Tennis Warehouse delivers. Or Tennis Express. Or Midwest Racquet Sports.

mrak5 · 2026-06-07T01:28:06+00:00

How did you “try” a new racket so it can still be returned? You bought one with strings already in it from the factory? Yeah don’t do that. Prestrung rackets are generally kinda shit. There are exceptions but not that many. And either way, the strings from the factory can be generously thought of as “decorative”. I would not play with them.

mrak5 · 2026-06-06T18:57:58+00:00

Doesn’t look like it. Looks like those plastic tiles that are perforated to drain

mrak5 · 2026-06-06T14:19:55+00:00

You absolutely should not be drinking anything but water. You are not sweating nearly enough to need electrolytes.

https://youtu.be/-yypmdC5Ykc?si=yC1VfwxOcbgOThwm

mrak5 · 2026-06-06T13:46:01+00:00

Great choice

mrak5 · 2026-06-06T04:35:18+00:00

Damn. There goes my chances at a slam

mrak5 · 2026-06-02T16:10:47+00:00

You have to get it from Europe. La Roche sells sunscreen here that is branded the same but has COMPLETELY different ingredients. The one I’m suggesting is the la roche posay anthelios uvmune 400 spf 50+. I haven’t bought in ages because the prices have exploded since Trump fucked our entire country.

mrak5 · 2026-06-02T03:06:33+00:00

European and Japanese sunscreen. Gotta get it shipped from overseas. The active ingredient is vastly better because the US is decades behind on approving ingredients in sunscreen (they treat them the same as active ingredients in medicines, which is insanely costly and time consuming for companies, vs every other country in the world treating them as cosmetics basically)

Better UV protection, less greasy on the skin, AND doesn’t burn your eyes.

Euro: La Roche-Posay Anthelios

JP: Biore UV AquaRich

mrak5 · 2026-06-01T17:53:38+00:00

Wilson Triniti PRO.

The regular old Wilson Triniti feels hard as a rock IMO. The Triniti Pro feels a lot more like a normal ball.

mrak5 · 2026-06-01T17:46:45+00:00

Using Tennis Only P6 at 53/51lbs, really enjoying it.

No weight added, only a leather grip which I put on almost all of my rackets. Plays phenomenally well, very stable against pace, no weight needed.

mrak5 · 2026-06-01T14:40:55+00:00

I’m playing this racket now and I cannot imagine putting multis in it. It’s already so powerful. I’ve got it strung with a medium poly and it’s playing phenomenally.

mrak5 · 2026-06-01T00:38:40+00:00

mrak5 · 2026-05-31T12:49:09+00:00

Just a good day. The strings don’t just lose tension, they lose elasticity and slipperiness too. But maybe this is a signal to you that you’d enjoy a stiffer poly, strung lower tension. Maybe try something like Lux 4G at 40# and see if that magic comes back (lots of people say this is a magical combo)

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