With identical colors to those of Rafa's racquet, the Babolat Nadal Junior 23 Tennis Racket (Strung) is intended for all young beginner players who want to follow in the footsteps of their favorite champion. The racquet's aluminum construction brings lightness, handling, and strength, making learning tennis easier. Babolat is a French tennis, badminton and squash equipment company, headquartered in Lyon, best known for its high-quality strings, tennis racquets and tennis accessories which are used by several top players. The company has made strings since 1875 when Pierre Babolat created the first strings made of natural gut. Babolat continued to focus on strings until 1994, when it became a total tennis company, producing also racquet frames and selling them in Europe. It then expanded sales to Japan and later to the USA in 2000. Sales of Babolat racquets increased rapidly in North America, Europe, and Asia. Babolat is also a pioneer in connected sports technology and launched a connected tennis racquet in 2014 and a connected wrist-worn tennis wearable with piq in 2015. Right now the product line of Babolat includes racquets, strings, accessories, balls, bags etc.