Mattek-Sands experiments with new racquets over off-season with Tennis Warehouse

The partnership between player and racquet is the most important doubles team in tennis, and yet very few fans know how the pros pick sticks.

Leave it to Bethanie Mattek-Sands to demystify the process with the help of Tennis Warehouse as the former doubles No. 1 spends the off-season testing new racquets.

“I’m looking for a little bit of a change,” the American opens of her modified Babolat Aero, which helped her finish runner-up at Roland Garros with Iga Swiatek in 2021. “What I’m looking for is an all-around racquet.

“I don’t want to start choosing favorite children on my strokes, where I feel great on the forehand but I lose my backhand, or great on the serve but lose maneuverability on the volleys. I’m looking for a racquet that feels great on all my shots.”

Unsurprisingly, Mattek-Sands is most keen on racquets that give her the freedom to volley at will.

“If I don’t feel good at the net, the racquet goes to the side automatically.”

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