Babolat Pure Drive 2015, the story so far…

So, the new Babolat Pure Drive has been out for a month or so now. We have found the 2015 version to be one of the most popular racket launches. It appeals to a range of players, from good competent beginners to tour professionals due to great precision, power and handling attributes.

The new Pure Drive has been updated with Frame String Integration or FSI for short, this feature not only lifts the sweetspot but also tightens the spaces between the upper cross strings to give players a more responsive contact zone. The location of FSI implements information gathered from “Pure Drive PLAY”, the first connected racket by Babolat. Historically, the Pure Drive has always been know to be very powerful, sometimes to powerful, so by making the sweetspot tighter it allows for more control. As with previous versions of the Pure Drive, technologies such as Elliptic Geometry, Woofer, GT and Cortex are still engineered into this latest version.

As much as the racket appeals to a wide variety of playing styles, it is still the choice for aggressive baseline players who want great power and pace potential. At net the Pure Drive’s  speed and put-away power make it a true weapon for aggressive doubles players.

Finally, the cosmetics, how does it look? Here at Withers we believe this is the best looking Pure Drive of all time, really striking in appearance and sticks out on our racket shelves from a distance. A mixture of black, blue and white all finished off in mat look.

Verdict? All in all this racket is going to have a big 2015/16, with the added FSI technology we really feel this racket appeals to an even larger audience then it did before. We look forward to selling them!

For further information on the Babolat Pure Drive, please click here.

Babolat Pure Drive 2015 as used by Fabio Fognini (ITA), Julien Benneteau (FRA) and Sara Errani (ITA).