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We take a break from all the league action to check in with Freddie Bott, young entrepreneur and founder of Preserva, makers of re-pressurizing tubes for tennis and padel balls.
Have you noticed a proliferation of these devices on courts near you? Balls certainly aren’t getting any cheaper in what is already quite an expensive sport to play. Plus, it’s pretty wasteful to move through balls too quickly. But are these balls really any good?
We put these questions and more to Freddie, who joins from Crondall, northeast Hampshire.
Find out more about Preserva here: https://www.preserva.co.uk
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"THPod 3.16: Why give re-pressurised balls a chance? Courtside with Freddie Bott" is an episode of The Tennis Hampshire Podcast. Runtime 24 min. Published August 12, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.