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Babolat Pure Aero Gen9 (2026) vs Babolat Touch VS Natural Gut 16 / 1.30 vs Prince Tour 100 310g 2026
Axes first, then the short verdict. The overall Court Score is not an average.
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Court Score
4
4
3
Powerfree depth
4
5
3
Controlaim when swinging out
3
4
4
Spinshape / dip
5
3
4
Comfortarm-friendly sessions
2
5
4
Valueworth street price
3
2
3
Verdict
The yellow spin frame club players still mean when they say Aero—Gen9 is a bit more muted than the 2023 beast, still the clearest primary demo in the spin lane.
The gold-standard natural gut—TW-perfect power and comfort scores, legendary feel and tension hold—$65/set or $35 half-set for the hybrid mains Court List was missing next to ALU / RPM / Hyper-G.
Prince's 2026 Tour 100 310g, with 16x18, 63 RA, and swingweight 321, is a quick, stable control-leaning 100 that TW's testers loved, but it's a player's frame at $249 that most testers wanted to add a bit of lead to.