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How Did The Natural Gut String Originate?
The natural gut tennis string is thought to be the best tennis string since the early 1800's. This tennis string is the most used tennis string in professional tennis. It also the most expensive string due to the production process. The efficient tennis string goes back quite a long to along time almost since the start of tennis, dating back to 1875 which was manufactured by famous tennis player and string designer Pierre Babolat. Approximately fifty years later Babolat launched a new string called VS Brand gut which is an enhanced version of the original Natural Gut string. After seventy eight years this string is now the most recognised brand of Natural Gut and the most used. There has been ongoing developments of synthetic strings shortly after the string Natural Gut was first strung. This is due to the expensiveness and environmental effects it has as it uses animal to make. Ever since Natural Gut came was manufactured other brands of strings have tried to copy the design of natural gut with a more energy efficient way. But till this day Natural Gut remains the King of all strings and will be for a long time. Professionals say that the string is worth its cost. |