Alpha - Set
Grapplesnake USA

Alpha - Set

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Developed alongside Tour Sniper as its "sister" string. We wanted to engineer a second Tour level string, but with our unique characteristics. We were interested in achieving an even softer feel, add some power, while maintaining ultimate directional control. The results are impressive.

We have gotten incredibly positive feedback from every single player involved in the development and testing of this string. Alpha feels soft and comfortable, and very stable upon hard impact. It is also pentagonal in shape, and easy to string.

Alpha has been our biggest project so far, and it has taken countless hours of our efforts on and off court to make it feel "just right". We believe there aren't others like it, and some people in our team call it our "masterpiece". Available in gold color.

 

Diameter: 1.25 mm

 

Tension recommendations:

- Normal poly stringing tension. 

Approximate string weight with zip ties and no packaging: 21 grams.

Individual 12m set.

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Glen
Alpha Solid Arm Friendly Masterpiece

Grapplesnake Alpha is a great string. I’d agree it’s a masterpiece. Me a 4.0 player formerly a multi-user, playing hybrid the previous 5 months, and now full poly with Alpha. I was looking for soft poly to transition too. Alpha offers great feel, top spin, and control. After the first 2 hours of a normal new string job, I can finally hit out without fear of overhitting. It has helped my ground strokes. I just really like the ball flight, the spin on the ball, and feel. More importantly, it is an arm friendly poly. Durability is pretty good, I get 12 hours before cutting out. I used Alpha in both hybrid set up (Multi/poly, and full bed poly) at 52/50 in both my Dunlop FX 500 Tour and SX 300 Tour. It's my go to string now and in my top 3.

Thank you, Glen! Alpha is a great string and I am happy you like it!

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MW
Alpha as hybrid

Been searching for some time now for a cross string to hybrid with my preferred string (Restring Zero) in the mains. I'm a big hitter and hit heavy spin as well. I play with a Head Radical Pro, strung around 50lbs give or take a few lbs based on conditions, and while I absolutely love how a full bed of Restring Zero works, its a bit demanding, just a bit harsh, and I've been trying to find a cross string hybrid to soften it just a touch but not lose any of the character of Zero - that crazy spin and snapback that lasts until the end, and the consistency of playability that lasts up to the break point. After trying many many strings, Alpha works GREAT! Specifically, it maintains consistent play for the full duration and doesn't "fall off" like other poly strings do. And, perhaps most importantly, it stays "slippery" against the mains in a consistent way and doesnt notch and change character early- or ever. In my experience, this is rare. Zero against itself stays consistent, but any other string against Zero has not stayed consistent, until finding Alpha. Really really happy with this combo...lost nothing and gained a little feel and a little softness. Highly recommend this string if you are searching for something similar. The only other combo I've found similar, and its been an exhaustive search, is IsoSpeed V18. Worth noting the V18 also has a thinner guage option, which in my opinion is also desireable for a cross string. Thanks Grapplesnake for making a great string in Alpha!

Thank you very much

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Chris
Seemed nice

Seemed like a nice string but broke when stringing crosses so I was not able to try it.

Hey, Chris. Obviously not normal, and some contributing factors could have caused this. I will call you today. Thanks!

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Karl Kobylecki
Impressive

These strings provide great bite and spin potential without the unwanted stiffness of many other polys. Paired this in a hybrid setup with Babolat VS gut and after three sessions I'm quite impressed.

Super! Thank you, Karl!

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Daniel Balshin
Soft and Powerful

Incredibly soft poly with great feel and control. I play with the liquid hybrid setup but am probably switching over to Alpha as it pockets the ball better and has a long life span

Thank you, Daniel!