Racquet configured with fewer cross strings than main strings

A tennis racquet capable of being tested under a tennis string displacement test under which the racquet is securely mounted to a test fixture by four spaced apart mounts such that a plane defined by a string bed is positioned 90 degrees from horizontal, a tennis ball is projected from a ball projecting machine to the string bed at a speed within the range of 60 feet per second from an angle that is 45 degrees from an axis normal to the plane of the string bed, and the tennis ball and the string bed are monitored under a high speed video system at 5000 frames per second, the 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;
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• a quantity of polyester, monofilament racquet string having a diameter within the range of 1.10 to 1.55 millimeters, the racquet string coupled to the head portion to form the string bed, the string bed including a plurality of cross string segments interlaced with a plurality of main string segments, the plurality of main string segments being within the range of 14 to 20 main string segments, and the plurality of cross string segments being within the range of 11 to 19 cross 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, such that each of the string holes receives at least one of the string segments, the string bed being strung at a tension of 60 lbs and having at least one more main string segment than cross string segment, wherein when the racquet is tested under the tennis ball displacement test, at least one of the main string segments contacting the tennis ball exhibits a string deflection of at least 5 mm.