A Babolat SPEX 3rd Junior Age Group 2025 tennis event hosted by the S’pore Tennis Association at the Kallang Tennis Centre and @ the Yio Chu Kang Tennis Centre.
September
9-21
2025
ASIA PACIFIC PADEL TOUR
Masters Padel Tournament 2025
@ Hollandse Club, located at 22 Camden Park, Singapore.
Leylah Annie Fernandez (born 6 September 2002) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 13 by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 8 August 2022. Fernandez won her first WTA Tour title at the 2021 Monterrey Open. As a 19-year-old, she finished runner-up at the 2021 US Open to fellow teenager Emma Raducanu, defeating three top-5 players en route to the final (including defending champion Naomi Osaka).
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Racquet of Choice:
She uses the Babolat Aero Pure, the same line of racquets used by ‘King of Clay’ Rafael Nadal. Gripped with Babolat Syntec Pro, the racquet has a head size of 645 cm square, a length of 68.58 cm, has a balance of 32.99 cm and is 318gms in weight after being strung.
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Brandon Nakashima
Babolat Pure Strike 98
Brandon Nakashima (born August 3, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 48 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in September 2022. He also reached a career-high doubles ranking of No. 347 in June 2022.
Racquet of Choice:
Nakashima allegedly uses the new Babolat Pure Strike 98 with a gut/RPM Blast hybrid.
His Play:
Nakashima has a pretty versatile game centered around excellent court speed and footwork. He can hurt players off of both wings, but his biggest shot is the double-handed backhand.
Rajeev Ram
Babolat Pure Aero
Rajeev Ram (born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He is currently ranked world No. 1 in doubles.
Ram is a five-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open, the 2021 US Open, and the 2022 US Open in men’s doubles with Joe Salisbury, as well as Australian Open mixed doubles titles in 2019 and 2021 alongside Barbora Krejčíková. Ram also won a mixed doubles silver medal with Venus Williams at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and finished runner-up in men’s doubles at the 2021 Australian Open, and in mixed doubles at the 2016 US Open. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2 in April 2022, and has won 23 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including four at Masters 1000 level. Ram has qualified for the ATP Finals on five occasions, finishing runner-up in both 2016 and 2021.
Prior to his retirement from singles in 2017, Ram reached a career-high ranking of world No. 56 in April 2016, and won two ATP singles titles, at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in both 2009 and 2015. He made his Davis Cup debut for the United States in 2021, and competed at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.
Holger Rune
Babolat Pure Aero VS
Dominic Thiem
Babolat Pure Strike
Alizé Cornet
Babolat Pure Strike
Alizé Cornet (born 22 January 1990) won six singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as three singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 16 February 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of world No. 11. Cornet has also made the second week at each of the four Grand Slam events, having reached the quarterfinals at the 2022 Australian Open, and the fourth round at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, the 2015 and 2017 French Opens, and the 2020 US Open. She holds the record for the most consecutive Grand Slam appearances with 63 and also in seventh place for overall appearances with 66.
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Racquet of Choice:
Alize Cornet uses the Babolat Pure Strike 16×19 3rd Gen racket. Recognized for its ability to endure increased levels of speed, the Pure Strike 16×19 is one of the more alluring and user-friendly players’ racquets in Babolat’s range, which allows her to create more power and spin.
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Her Play:
Alize Cornet plays with a lot of power, and control. She is a solid baseline player and a great counterpuncher on clay.