Wilson Blade 98 v9 16x19 G3 Review
The racket This is autumn 2025. The one I got is the 2024 Roland Garros edition which I thought had two of my favourite colours blue and orange accents. Last one in my grip size on sale! Alas, not only is the blue a bit on the dull side, the "dead" feel mentioned in a lot of reviews turned out to be worse than "oh it'd be dampened and great - less tennis elbow". It's really dead with the limited choice of hybrid string on offfer - in my case RPM Blast Rough with Wilson Sensation Plus in cool matching orange - to my pleasant surpise. My weapon of choice since 2018 has been the v2 Babolat Pure Strike 16x19 in G2 and G3. I love big spin and I like thin beams, not only do they look cool but also less likely to frame with western forehand. Why didn't you demo it? Generally it takes a while to get the hang of the racket and adapt your swing to a new racket. This v9 has a lower ball trajectory and maybe slightly less power. The feedback is simply not there...