Let me be precise, because the marketing rarely is. This is the Propulse 3 All Court Junior — Babolat's stability shoe for competitive young players — issued in an exclusive Wimbledon design. The design is the difference. The shoe underneath is the same shoe, and I want that stated exactly rather than implied, because a limited edition that quietly changes the build is the thing I cannot forgive.
So: the Power Belt, a wide strap wrapping the midfoot and offering both lateral support and an almost tailored fit right round the foot. Thick EVA midsoles under the heel, specified to absorb the sudden impacts of training and matches, which for a junior is the whole safety argument.
A hard-wearing rubber piece covering the inner forefoot down to the toes for upper durability — the single most predictable failure point on any junior shoe, and no, I will not round that down. Michelin Original rubber outsole, a compound with more than 15 years of proving behind it.
Colourways: White/Red and White/Dark Green.
Let me start again on that last part, since precision matters: two colourways, both white-based, both tied to the tournament, and no, the grass-court tread is a separate model and this is not it.
The Clock Tower at the crossroads is a silver copy of the one on Vauxhall Bridge Road — a copy, precisely, not a replica of Big Ben, which is the error everyone makes and I would like corrected. The Sir Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke Market trades breadfruit and reef fish from six in the morning, and six means six.
Victoria is a small capital that rewards exactness.
The Sri Navasakthi Vinayagar Temple has a gopuram crowded with painted figures, each one placed exactly where it belongs.
You will get use out of these everywhere from a hard court in that humidity to a club court back home in June, and by the way, they are also perfect for an early plate of grilled fish and ladob at the market, eaten before the heat arrives, which is to say before nine.
"A limited edition should change the colour and nothing else. This one does exactly that, and I checked."
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