Babolat Court L x9 Tennis Bag
About Agadir
This Atlantic port stands near the mouth of the Souss River, below the remains of an old hilltop kasbah. A 1960 earthquake destroyed much of the city and killed thousands, after which Agadir was rebuilt on a new plan slightly south of the old center.
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Shown in Black.
The x9 in the name is capacity. The Court L is the largest bag in Babolat’s Court line, rated to carry nine racquets, holding 65 litres and measuring 76.5 x 31 x 31 cm — roughly 30.1 x 12.2 x 12.2 inches.
That is a tournament-week bag rather than a match bag.
The volume is split into two main compartments plus three side pockets, and the split is the reason the rating works at all.
Nine frames stacked into a single cavity press against each other and against everything else in the bag, whereas two compartments put racquets one side and shoes, kit and towels the other.
The three side pockets take grips, balls, keys and phone so they do not settle to the bottom.
Both the outer fabric and the lining are 100% recycled polyester made from recycled PET. The outer face carries a water-repellent finish.
The lining is left undyed — Babolat calls it a colour-free lining — which reduces the water used in manufacture and leaves the interior pale enough to see into.
Agadir sits on Morocco’s Atlantic coast, where a water-repellent shell does more against salt spray and blown sand than it ever does against rain.
Specifications
| Line | Babolat Court |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 65 litres |
| Racquet capacity | 9 |
| Main compartments | 2 |
| Side pockets | 3 |
| Dimensions | 76.5 x 31 x 31 cm / 30.1 x 12.2 x 12.2 in |
| Outer fabric | 100% recycled polyester, water-repellent |
| Lining | Recycled PET, undyed |
| Carry | Two grab handles and two backpack straps |
| Colour | Black |
At 65 litres with nine frames inside, the backpack straps are the realistic carry — a bag this size loaded is taken on the back, not on one shoulder.
LET Babolat Court L x9 Tennis Bag SHOW YOU Agadir
Bag: Kasbah Agadir Oufella — the sign says the walls are sixteenth century and I would like to know who measured them. The 1960 earthquake took the town below and the ramparts stayed, which is either good masonry or good luck, and I am told it is the masonry. Fine. I concede. Nine rackets, and the zips held on the climb.
Bag: Agadir Memorial Museum. The plaque gives 29 February 1960 and fifteen seconds, and I asked twice, because fifteen seconds is the kind of number that grows in the telling. It did not grow. The photographs agree with the plaque. I have carried heavier things and learned less.
Bag: Souk El Had, and the stall count is quoted at over six thousand, which I doubted aloud and was walked through, aisle by aisle, until I stopped doubting. Argan oil pressed in front of me because I asked to see it done. Nine compartments, and everything I bought went in one of them.
Bag: Agadir Bay and Port. They say the sardine fleet is among the largest anywhere and I wanted a source, so a man on the quay counted boats with me until I gave up first. The evidence was good. I enjoy being wrong when it is done this thoroughly.
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