Wilson Blade BLX

The Wilson Blade BLX. Weirdly, there are two very different rackets labelled as the Wilson Blade BLX.

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Version 1

This guy is 135 grams and teardrop-ish.

Update: this seems like it will be replaced by the Wilson Blade Ultra Light.

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Reviews

Here’s a great review from Paul at PDH Sports. SPOILER ALERT! This racket is the exact same head shape as the Dunlop Biomimetic Evolution 130, but is less expensive. Like $80 less, on Amazon right now.

Spotted

Australia’s Steve Finitsis plays with this:

Photo by Steve Cubbins

So does New Zealand’s Kylie Lindsay:

Photo by Steve Cubbins

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Version 2

Here is the other Wilson Blade BLX:

Product Notes

This version of the Wilson Blade BLX has a more conventional head shape, and actually seems to have the same frame shape as the Wilson Tour BLX (2011).

Check out this side-by-side photo sent in by Tjeerd, of the Wilson Tour BLX (top) and the Wilson Blade BLX (bottom):

The top one, the Wilson Tour BLX, is one of Tjeerd’s favorite rackets, and has been used by Peter Barker, Tom Richards and Nicky Mueller.

So is the bottom one, the Wilson Blade BLX, really the same racket? Tjeerd says:

It has the exact headshape as the Tour BLX! Anyway, since I was convinced that it was indeed the Tour BLX (that I love so much) I was holding in my hand, I took my change and bought both remaining sticks they had in store. 😛

First thing I did at home was taking some measurments. The Tour BLX incognito had – as expected – the *exact* weight (+/- 160 grams) and balance (+/- 36.3 cm) as the “real” Tour BLX. In I few days I will give them a go on court and I am pretty sure they will indeed feel the same.

Some more interesting notes :

1) These rackets do not have the “shared grommets” technology, like the ones pictured on SquashSource.

2) These rackets are strung with the Wilson Sensation Strike string instead of the Wilson Hollowcore string.