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Congrats to Ioannis Stergiou on winning the
Greek National Championship.
He is a member of the Greek Davis Cup Team and
he is #1 of the national ranking of Greece.
He plays the MSV Focus Hex 1.27 and the MSV
Overgrips Cyber Wet
The Danish University of Aalborg conducted a
study on spin potential in 2015.
In total five different strings were tested. Two
string s are made of the same co polyester material
but have a different shape: MSV Co Focus = round
and MSV Focus Hex = hexagonal. Interestingly
the round MSV Co Focus string is the only string
with a significantly better spin potential than
all the other strings. Considering the fact that in
the set up only one specific speed and angle was
tested one could argue that a reduced bearing
surface of two round strings seems to support a
lower friction (and a better snapback) compared to structured strings like the MSV Focus Hex. And we do know
that many players feel a superior spin potential using a shaped/structured string. Scientists like Rod Cross and
Lindsey Crawford think this is a psychological effect. Anyway, our MSV string portfolio includes round as well as
shaped strings.
An analysis of 72 positive play-test ratings of our best-seller
MSV Focus Hex 1,23 mm played with a Midplus racquet head
and a 16/19 string bed (which is the most popular racquet
construction) shows the following split by tension (source:
stringforum.net, May 2018)
The Bulgarian player Elitsa Kostova (WTA Career High #130,
current #176) plays the MSV Focus Hex 1.10
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ERSA PRO STRINGER // ISSUE 4-2018