but it wasn’t until the shift to graphite frames in the early ’80s that Yonex really made its mark. The R-22 was the first tennis racquet with an isometric head shape, increasing the size of ...

Players familiar with older versions of the racquet can attest that, while plush, they had a tendency to feel like a noodle on off-center contact. Yonex has added more graphite to the face of the ...