Looking for MASSIVE SPIN? Then you may have found your new best friend…

Ready for some MASSIVE topspin? Then Dunlop has what you are looking for in the SX series.

The new black and green beast known as the Dunlop SX utilize SPIN BOOST grommets at the top of the head, which allows the main strings to slide 46% more in a specific direction to help increase ball rotation and power outside of the sweet spot.

And there’s help even if you aren’t quite making perfect contact: The technology touts greater control and spin potential even when missing the sweet spot. Sonic Core Technology with Infinergy was introduced with the CX series and now is continued onto the SX series for a more comfortable flex.

Across the entire SX racquet line, there’s a slightly expanded cross section of 23/26/23 MM giving you easier access to power. Another intriguing feature is located on the shaft just below the head where grooves in the graphite maintain stability, but also offer a more aerodynamic performance, similar to what you see on the Babolat Pure Aero. Let’s dive deeper into Dunlop’s newest series to help you determine which frame is best for your game.

SX300 Tour: offers more flex, control and stability than any other frame in the line, but will be a little harder to maneuver. Comes in at 10.9 ounces, unstrung.

SX300: The SX 300 is going to be easier to swing through the air (10.6 ounces unstrung) and has enough mass to redirect hard shots effectively. Though stability may not be as strong, it can easily be customized to your liking.

SX300 LS: The SX 300 LS offers a slightly firmer flex rating of 68 and weighs just under 11 ounces strung (10.8 oz). Though it comes in a little higher on the RA scale, it’s still going to feel very comfortable thanks to Dunlop’s Sonic Core and Power Grid technologies. The 300 LS is a lighter, more maneuverable racquet than the 300 or 300 Tour but still offers excellent stability for a lightweight frame.

SX 300 Lite: At 9.5 ounces unstrung, making it easy to generate racquet head speed and remain mobile everywhere on the court.

SX 600: The most unique frame in the SX lineup is the SX 600.It has a light unstrung weight of 9.5 ounces, but has a slightly wider beam of 23-26.5-23 millimeter for easier power and stability. The SX 600 also comes with a slightly longer length (27.25 inches) and larger head size (105) for effortless spin as well as ball speed generation.

Hall of Famer claims coronavirus is a cover for implanting nanochips in people.
Marat Safin claims the coronavirus crisis is really a conspiracy for "chipization" of humanity.

The Hall of Famer, who is a former member of Russian Parliament, called the COVID-19 pandemic "ridiculous" and proposed a chip-implant conspiracy theory in an Instagram Sports.Ru live interview.

Djokovic: Anti-Vaccine Stance Could Delay Return

"I think that people are preparing for chipization," Safin told Sports.Ru. "Back in 2015, Bill Gates said that we will have an epidemic, then a pandemic, our next enemy is a virus, not a nuclear war. Then they conducted a simulation at the Davos forum two weeks before the virus became known in the world. They all showed how all this would go.

"I don’t think that Bill Gates is such a predictor—he just knew, and everyone was getting ready. Then 5G why does it start? Then the nanochips will be introduced. Everything goes to that. Look what is happening around. The people are in a panic, everything is as it should."

Toni Nadal, Rafael Nadal's uncle and original coach, told Onda Cero's "El Transistor" program, Gates made the comments about the severity of the coronavirus when Nadal was in South Africa to face Roger Feder for the Match in Africa charity exhibition.

"My nephew, when he was playing in South Africa in February, spoke to Bill Gates and told him that what was happening in China was going to get complicated," Toni Nadal said in comments published by Marca earlier this month.

The Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist addressed the issue the world was not ready for an impending pandemic back in 2015 during a TED Talks speech.

"If anything kills over 10 million people in the next few decades it's most likely to be a highly infectious virus rather than a war," Gates warned in 2015.

"We're not ready for the next epidemic."

The two-time Grand Slam champion suggests Gates' comments weren't prescient, but rather part of a larger plan.

"I think that it’s no longer in the phones, but implant," Safin told Sports.Ru. "After all, vaccines. Look, everything is on the Internet. I’m not saying anything new… 

"I think that everything is not as it is told, it is all a prepared situation. But the people believe in everything, in horror stories on TV, everyone now knows, understands, advises each other how many masks to buy, what to do. Therefore, opinions were divided.

"Someone believes that morgues are everywhere, people are dying in bundles, civilization will end soon, but I don’t believe it. We’ll just be going around with the chip soon."

Asked why world leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump would conspire amid a pandemic that has killed more than 166,000 people and infected millions, Safin, who was elected from Putin's party, suggested government leaders are merely pawns for powerful figures pulling the strings behind the scenes.

"I think that there are better guys than all these our leaders—and not only ours," Safin said. "Guys who are really masters of money, masters of the world, and they can do this elementary…

"I think the guys are stronger behind them. These are more illuminated guys, but there are also behind them, which we do not even know about."

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In a 60-minute Instagram LIVE session with Stan Wawrinka, the World No.1 shared his views on helping tennis' less fortunate earners.

Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka addressed the subject of providing aid to the lower-ranked professional tennis players during an Instagram LIVE chat, with Djokovic explaining his views on the subject and how he sees a plan coming to fruition.

This comes a day after journalist Jon Werthiem posted an email from Djokovic, with sign-off from both Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer that outlined a plan to provide relief to players ranked below 250 from a soon to be established fund that will include donation from higher-ranked players as well as contributions from all four Grand Slams and the ATP Tour. It isn’t known if the WTA will take part, but Djokovic did mention the women as he explained his views on the plan to Wawrinka today.

“Especially lower-ranked guys, who are struggling the most of anybody, because the majority of the guys ranked 200 or 250 to 700 or a thousand don’t have federation support, don’t have sponsors, so they are completely independent and kind of left alone,” Djokovic said. “So, I’m really glad that ATP, Grand Slams now, most likely, and players, hopefully if we all get together, will contribute collectively to the Player Relief Fund, that the ATP will distribute using certain models and criteria.”

Djokovic is calling for larger contributions from the top players, that will then be scaled down to be smaller for players outside the Top 20 and also doubles players. He says the plan will also look individually at more than just the players current ranking to decide which players are truly in need and which are not, with the example of a wealthier player that is currently outside the Top 200 due to inactivity due to injury being used.

Djokovic also spoke about his long term hopes of using this period to improve the tour for lower-ranked players in the future. I don't think he is wrong. pic.twitter.com/7cydQrlt4m

— Tumaini Carayol (@tumcarayol) April 18, 2020

“Right now it looks like there is going to be hopefully somewhere between $3 and $4.5 million dollars that is going to be distributed to these lower-ranked guys,” Djokovic said.

The subject has been talked about for a long time, with not much traction happening, even though tennis has constantly heard tales of players ranked as high as the Top 80 not being able to break even after putting up their travel and coaching expenses. Many in the top 100 are forced to decide against luxuries like a physio or a mental coach due to the financial strain and irregularity of income on tour.

With the Coronavirus pandemic causing incomes to be halted in the sport, there has never been a better time to take a good, hard look.

“I’m really glad that the tennis ecosystem is coming together, because I realizes the importance of the base of the tennis,” Djokovic said. “These guys that are ranked from 250 onwards, they are the ones that make the grassroots of tennis, they make the future of tennis, and I feel like we have to be united, we have to show support, we have to show them that they are not forgotten, that we are there for them but also I feel that we have to send a message to the younger generations that are taking in consideration to be professional players to show them that they can live out of tennis even in the times when there is a pandemic, when there is a financial crisis, that they can rely on the support of the top guys, of the ATP as a governing body, of the ITF, and Grand Slams.”

Djokovic hopes to see the improvements last much longer than the Coronavirus.

“I think what we did not in the short term, of coming together for this cause, I think this is necessary to happen in the long term,” Djokovic said. “You have ITF… You have Grand Slams, you have ATP as well you have WTA–all of us have to consolidate somehow and come up with a plan, and a system that will support especially the base or the grassroots of tennis which is the lower-ranked guys, both men and women, we have to somehow regulate better the initial levels of professional tennis and allow these players that are starting to play professional tennis to have an easier way of transitioning to the higher levels.”

The German is ready for tennis, even if the world isn't ready to fill stadiums.
Alexander Zverev has spoken out in favor of playing tournaments without spectators. Whatever it takes to put the tour back in business again says the 22-year-old World No.7.

“Obviously, we players like above all like playing in full stadiums, but in this unprecedented crisis, the best news would be to watch matches in front of the television set,” he told the German website Bild Sport. “It would do enormous good to all fans.”

Whether or not to play without spectators is a hot topic of debate at the moment, especially after USTA CEO Michael Dowse said that the US Open believes that playing without fans is currently a “highly unlikely” scenario. Wimbledon, the first Grand Slam to become an official casualty of the Coronavirus, had similar trepidations and elected to eliminate the uncertainty and cancel on April 1.

Wimbledon stands as the first Grand Slam tennis event to be cancelled since 1945.

Zverev hopes that the US Open and Roland Garros see things differently when all is said and done.

“It's better than simply canceling the season,” he said. “This is why I advocate playing just for TV until the health crisis allows normal conditions to be restored.”

Zverev says there is a lot of enthusiasm among his peers on tour to get the tour moving again, in any capacity.

“People will be so impatient to see tennis again that they will look forward to watching matches without an audience,” he said. “The only problem I see concerns especially the travel for the players who are almost all by plane.”

And the German says that two majors played in five weeks time, as they are currently scheduled, is better than no majors at all.

“At first glance, it's pretty bizarre to imagine playing two Grand Slams in such a short time, but if that were to be the case, all players would be satisfied to take part in this double deadline,” he said. “Having the opportunity to play two more major tournaments this year has become something to cheer about after receiving a lot of bad news with lots of canceled or delayed tournaments. "