Pros have special tenergies and tune them raazzz, there is NO pro player using untuned Tenergy, and from what I can see since 2007 and the introduction of Tenergy is that very very very few amateur players are bossting their Tenergies, so there is no point speaking about the pros préférences since they :
- have special tenergies unlike mass market tenergy,
- they tune their tenergies, unlike most amateurs players.
The characteristics of a tuned Tenergy are VERY FAR from an untuned one and in fact raazzzz, you should give a try to tuned Tenergy 05, untuned T05 and Rasant and answer this question :
- Is the untuned T05 playing closer to tuned T05 than untuned Rasant ?
And I'll tell you the result of my various tests since years and years : almost any untuned tensor rubber is playing closer to tuned T05 than untuned T05.
If there was absolutely NO USAGE of tuner at pro stage, NO pros would use them (far to slow compared to latest untuned Tensors), I have no problem saying that since I heard it from all pros and semi-pros players I have the chance to speak with (and most of them use Tenergies, even if sponsored by Stiga/Andro/Cornilleau....).
I have no problem with an advanced offensive player telling me that Rasant is better at everything compared to Tenergies, really......because its true, as long as you consider untuned rubber. Not true when you consider tuned T05 which remains, since 2007, the absolute benchmark.
An analogy, during speed glue era my rubber of choice was Bryce on FH and Bryce FX on BH, both speed glued of course. But if you were to ask me, in 2005 for example, which unglued rubber was playing the closer to my glued Bryces, there is NO WAY I would have said unglued Bryces, I would have easy found 15 rubbers playing closer to my glued Bryces than unglued Bryces (but still all those rubbers would have been miles away from glued Bryces).
Also, untuned Tenergies are so slow that they permit the usage of premium ultra fast blades such has Mizutani Jun, Photino, Super ZLC's........and at amateur level, when you use such blades, of course slow untuned Tenergies will suit you the best lol, faster tensors will be considered not controlable by most players. This is why I still continue to recommend them at my club, despite the price, because untuned they are very very good rubbers even for low level players.
And I myselft switched back to tuned T05 on FH, the season is finished and I wanna try it on various blades to chose a racket for next season. Tunning a T80 for my BH tests right at the moment
And I can already tell you that tuned T05 + carbonado 190 is very good combination, if you wonder
