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Babolat Pure Drive Gen11 (2025) vs Babolat Touch VS Natural Gut 16 / 1.30 vs Yonex Percept 97
Axes first, then the short verdict. The overall Court Score is not an average.
Listing
Court Score
4
4
3
Powerfree depth
5
5
3
Controlaim when swinging out
3
4
5
Spinshape / dip
4
3
4
Comfortarm-friendly sessions
3
5
4
Valueworth street price
4
2
3
Verdict
The blue racket that still makes pace feel free—softer than older Pure Drives, still firm, still the club default when you want the ball to go.
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.
Yonex’s club-player control stick—surgical 97 aim, buttery FlexCon pocketing, and enough spin to keep full cuts honest.