Racquet configured with fewer cross strings than main strings

A tennis racquet comprising:

• a frame extending along a longitudinal axis and including a head portion coupled to a handle portion, the head portion including a hoop having inner and outer peripheral walls, the hoop defining a head size having a maximum longitudinal dimension, a, and having a maximum transverse dimension, b, the longitudinal dimension a being at least 1.2 times the transverse dimension b, the inner peripheral wall including a plurality of string holes;
• and
• a string bed coupled to the head portion of the racquet, the string bed including a plurality of cross string segments interlaced with a plurality of main string segments, each of the cross string segments transversely extending from one of the string holes to another one of the string holes, and each of the main string segments substantially longitudinally extending from one of the string holes to another one of the string holes, the cross string segment closest to the handle portion and the end point of the maximum longitudinal dimension, a, closest to the handle portion define a second longitudinal dimension, c, the ratio of the maximum longitudinal dimension a to the second longitudinal dimension c is at least 6.5, the string bed having at least one more main string segment than cross string segment.