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I gave the VS Tour a 7.5 out of 10 for the groundstrokes. If you’re someone who loves a blend of spin and control then take a look at this stick, because it is a bit different certainly, within the Aero range. There will be players that are well suited to the Babolat Pure Aero VS Tour, but overall, I didn’t find it to be quite as good as the Babolat Pure Aero Tour from the back of the court.

It’s got the spin to be able to add another dimension to that power and the control to keep you hitting plenty of balls in the court. I think it would suit someone with fast swings who hits a very big ball. Thinking about who would be best suited to this racket, I would suggest it would be more advanced players than intermediate players. The easy spin might suit some people, but I’m someone who needs a little help flattening the ball out and that’s not what I got with the VS Tour. My one complaint would be that I struggled when I had to flatten the ball out when I was stepping into the court. The feel of the racket suited how I play, and I enjoyed the levels of control I was getting. When I was on the front foot, everything worked quite nicely. The result was I struggled quite a bit when I forced to play off the back foot and I had to work on getting on the front foot early in the point to play my best tennis with this stick. When I got a little bit lazy or was on the run and could only swing through at about 80%, I found I didn’t get a huge amount out of the racket and I often left the ball short. Whereas I would normally hit with a bit more power with the Pure Aero Tour and aim for bigger targets, with the VS Tour I was using the spin to pinpoint much smaller targets and work my opponent around the court.Īlthough the VS Tour is still a very speedy racket, I did find that it was important I didn’t drop my racket head speed on any shots. It still has the incredible spin potential, but it has a much tighter feel and that gives you more control over the ball. While I find the Pure Aero Tour feels like a rocket launcher, the VS Tour is certainly a lot more refined. However, asides from that, the Pure Aero VS Tour and the Pure Aero Tour have very different levels of feel.

You can see why the Pure Aero VS Tour has been included in the Aero family because it has that same incredible manoeuvrability and willingness to rip through the ball with massive spin.

RACKET VS RACQUET HOW TO

The great thing about your tennis racket is you always have the option to tweak how it plays, so take a look at Tom’s tennis string tension guide for more info on how to tune your stick.

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My normal set up would be a little bit more control oriented, but I’ve just been lacking a little bit of zip on my shots lately, so I thought I’d give the VS Tour a go with something slightly more powerful. This setup should give the VS Tour an extra bit of power and comfort to complement the spin and control it already gives. I took the Pure Aero VS Tour with a setup of Wilson NXT in the mains and Alu Power in the crosses, both at 52lbs. The Babolat Pure Aero VS Tour should remedy that with a greater emphasis on control, whilst still keeping up the Pure Aero’s famed levels of spin.Īt 320g, this stick’s a little bit heavier than what I’ve been using in recent years, but the Aero rackets are so manoeuvrable that I shouldn’t have too many problems getting great racket head speed. The problem is, in a match situation, I find it a bit too involved and lacking some of the control that’s needed to get the most out of my game. The amount of spin and control that you get give you so many options and you can attack the ball with so much spin. I’ve played with the Pure Aero Tour in the past, but it’s always been a racket that I’ve really enjoyed playing with for only short periods of time. This should add a little bit more control to the VS whilst keeping up the huge spin potential of the Pure Aero.

There’s also been a change up with the string pattern from a more open 16 x 19 in the Pure Aero Tour to a slightly more closed 16 x 20 in the VS. This combination should give the speed and power of the modern beam with the control and feel of the classic beam. The main differences between the two rackets are in the construction of the frame, where the VS Tour uses a hybrid construction, which blends the modern aero modular beam in the throat with a classic, thinner beam in the head.

This should make for a racket that is extremely fast through the air but also gets good plow through from the swingweight. They’re both head light rackets, the VS being 7 PTS HL, and they’ve both got pretty big swingweights of around 328. The two rackets are fairly even in specs, with the VS coming in a little bit heavier at 320g unstrung.

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