Denis Sokolov

My current experience is around 1 year, I've played around 100 matches. I switched to this racket after playing with the Adidas Cross It Carbon CTRL 3.4 2025 for around 6 months. I've been taking my training more seriously, started practicing with a coach every week, and the Adidas started to feel soft. Take into account that when I switched to Adidas (when I had around 3 months of experience) it felt like I'd stepped up to another level. When I decided to switch rackets, I played a couple of matches with my girlfriend's Bullpadel Vertex 04 Woman 2024 — it's light and maneuverable, has awesome anti-vibration, but the high rebound made it impossible for me to control the power. That's what confirmed that I need a harder racket. I didn't want to switch from a round shape, because I'm still at a pretty early stage of my progress, so I like having a bigger sweet spot. Also, I'm a more control-oriented player and flashy smashes are not what I'm going for. After I got the Oxdog Sense Pro Classic Series 2025 I immediately loved how it looks (that's also important to me). It has a pretty low balance with my setup (Adidas protector, and I replaced the original grip with two overgrips) — around 25.5 cm. My racket with the full setup and metal plate weighs around 370g, around 360g without the overgrip and protector. The sound it makes is perfect for me — it's like a sharp click, very satisfying. Anti-vibration is also great, I don't feel any elbow discomfort after the game. It took me around 5 games to get used to it. I'm still struggling with controlling the power on my backhand since the racket helps less than the Adidas did. However, I noticed it's a lot easier to control the ball output — exactly what I wanted. Also, the rough surface allows for applying an insane amount of spin on the ball — sometimes it feels unfair xD. So overall, I'm extremely satisfied, especially considering I spent only €175 on the racket.