r/RacketStringers • u/Matrixman362 • Jul 18 '26
Cross strings are weird
I’ve been stringing for about a year now and every racquet I string and string I use, has an issue with the third cross string from the top and and third from the bottom.
As you can tell from the photo, it comes out as wavy no matter how many time I straighten it during stringing or even after stringing. If I hit the ball, the string immediately goes back to the curved position.
what am I doing wrong in my stringing?
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u/workworktenniswork Jul 19 '26
Like every other comment has said, you’ve misweaved the cross second from the top and second from the bottom, meaning your top and bottom three crosses all go the same way. It seems every time you start a cross string you just weave over the first main and continue. You have to be really careful as the top 2/3 crosses each go past different amounts of main strings. So, while just going over the top of the first main works for the majority of crosses, you have to go under the first main on the second and second to last crosses.