Luxilon Alu Power first hit the shelves in 1994, and thanks to early adopters such as Gustavo Kuerten, it has been long since established as the market leader in the packed field of high-tech, polyester strings.
It’s a no-nonsense, tough, high-control poly manufactured to the highest standard in Belgium, and has been the polyester string of choice for some of tennis’s biggest names ever, including Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray.
However, that premium offering comes at a price. At $20 a set on Tennis Warehouse (and that’s before stringing fees!) Luxilon Alu Power can prove expensive for regular string-breakers. Thankfully, there are a few cost-effective alternatives out there.
Number One: Gosen Polylon
This similarly old-fashioned, straightforward polyester string won’t provide any on-court miracles, but then again, it doesn’t have to. It’s a low-powered string that offers a heavy-hitting players a high degree of control...
It’s a no-nonsense, tough, high-control poly manufactured to the highest standard in Belgium, and has been the polyester string of choice for some of tennis’s biggest names ever, including Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray.
However, that premium offering comes at a price. At $20 a set on Tennis Warehouse (and that’s before stringing fees!) Luxilon Alu Power can prove expensive for regular string-breakers. Thankfully, there are a few cost-effective alternatives out there.
Number One: Gosen Polylon
This similarly old-fashioned, straightforward polyester string won’t provide any on-court miracles, but then again, it doesn’t have to. It’s a low-powered string that offers a heavy-hitting players a high degree of control...
- 12/22/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
Since Novak Djokovic became World No. 1 for the first time 12 years ago, he has rendered almost every tennis record irrelevant in that timespan and potentially in the unforeseeable future.
Djokovic has reduced the accomplishments from some of the most illustrious names to have ever picked up a racket to just a mere stat sheet. This week, he kicks off a mind-boggling 397th week as the Atp 's No. 1. Djokovic has now reigned at the top of the men's rankings as many times as 18 former Atp No. 1s.
The list features retired greats like Stefan Edberg, Carlos Moya, Jim Courier, Gustavo Kuerten, Boris Becker, and Andy Roddick to the current roster of active players that includes Andy Murray, Daniil Medvedev and even Carlos Alcaraz.
What makes Djokovic's current reign even more special and unique is how he's been able to grasp and improve the technicalities of his game, learn to adapt...
Djokovic has reduced the accomplishments from some of the most illustrious names to have ever picked up a racket to just a mere stat sheet. This week, he kicks off a mind-boggling 397th week as the Atp 's No. 1. Djokovic has now reigned at the top of the men's rankings as many times as 18 former Atp No. 1s.
The list features retired greats like Stefan Edberg, Carlos Moya, Jim Courier, Gustavo Kuerten, Boris Becker, and Andy Roddick to the current roster of active players that includes Andy Murray, Daniil Medvedev and even Carlos Alcaraz.
What makes Djokovic's current reign even more special and unique is how he's been able to grasp and improve the technicalities of his game, learn to adapt...
- 10/30/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
Carlos Alcaraz is on the verge of breaking the Top 20 in the all-time list of highest prize money earners, and he'll be a clear-cut favorite to eclipse most of the sport's greatest players by next year.
Recently, we expounded on how Alcaraz's constant pursuit for greatness and increased player prize money in tennis tournaments year-on-year puts the 20-year-old on the flight path to become the highest prize money in tennis history .
Alcaraz only made his Atp debut at 16 in 2020, just under four years ago, but he's accumulated career prize money in the region of $21 million. Following his surprise exit in the round of 16 at the Shanghai Masters, the World No. 2 moved into 21st position in the all-time list of prize money earners.
In late August, the Murcia native became the first player born in the 2000s to cross the $20 million mark in career prize money. In his short and storied tennis career,...
Recently, we expounded on how Alcaraz's constant pursuit for greatness and increased player prize money in tennis tournaments year-on-year puts the 20-year-old on the flight path to become the highest prize money in tennis history .
Alcaraz only made his Atp debut at 16 in 2020, just under four years ago, but he's accumulated career prize money in the region of $21 million. Following his surprise exit in the round of 16 at the Shanghai Masters, the World No. 2 moved into 21st position in the all-time list of prize money earners.
In late August, the Murcia native became the first player born in the 2000s to cross the $20 million mark in career prize money. In his short and storied tennis career,...
- 10/12/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Feb 26 (Ians) Spanish former World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz twice came back from the brink of defeat and also braved a niggle to his upper left leg to overcome qualifier Nicolas Jarry of Chile in three sets in the semifinals of the Rio Open Atp Tour event here. He will next face Briton Cameron Norrie in the final.
Alcaraz, who is on a perfect run following his return from injury that kept him out of the Australian Open, was facing a really tough time against Jarry, who was giving the Spaniard all he could handle in Saturday’s Rio Open semifinals.
The Chilean was twice within two games of victory at 4-4 and 5-5 in the second set, with Alcaraz receiving treatment on his upper left leg after holding on both of those occasions.
But just when he seemed at his most vulnerable, not having seen a...
Alcaraz, who is on a perfect run following his return from injury that kept him out of the Australian Open, was facing a really tough time against Jarry, who was giving the Spaniard all he could handle in Saturday’s Rio Open semifinals.
The Chilean was twice within two games of victory at 4-4 and 5-5 in the second set, with Alcaraz receiving treatment on his upper left leg after holding on both of those occasions.
But just when he seemed at his most vulnerable, not having seen a...
- 2/26/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Buenos Aires, Feb 20 (Ians) World no 2 Carlos Alcaraz, went more than three months without a competitive match due to abdominal and hamstring injuries, clinched the Argentina Open trophy on his season debut.
In his tournament debut, the Spaniard brushed aside Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie 6-3, 7-5 on Sunday to claim his seventh Atp Tour title and his first since last year’s US Open.
“I felt very comfortable playing the final,” Alcaraz said in post-match presser. “I knew that it was going to be really difficult. I started really focussed on what I had to do at the beginning, my game, my level. This is the level that I have to play in finals.”
Moreover, the 19-year-old became the first Spaniard to win the Buenos Aires trophy since Rafael Nadal in 2015 and tied Gustavo Kuerten as the highest-ranked winner in tournament history at No. 2 in the Atp Rankings, according to Atp Tour.
In his tournament debut, the Spaniard brushed aside Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie 6-3, 7-5 on Sunday to claim his seventh Atp Tour title and his first since last year’s US Open.
“I felt very comfortable playing the final,” Alcaraz said in post-match presser. “I knew that it was going to be really difficult. I started really focussed on what I had to do at the beginning, my game, my level. This is the level that I have to play in finals.”
Moreover, the 19-year-old became the first Spaniard to win the Buenos Aires trophy since Rafael Nadal in 2015 and tied Gustavo Kuerten as the highest-ranked winner in tournament history at No. 2 in the Atp Rankings, according to Atp Tour.
- 2/20/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
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