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1. A sports racquet comprising:
a racquet frame having an axis, a head of the racquet frame laterally surrounding a string bed, the head having a lateral interior surface, the string bed residing in a string bed plane, a string bed boundary formed by the intersection of the interior surface of the head and the string bed plane; a plurality of spaced-apart grommet holes formed through the frame and disposed around at least a portion of the head; the string bed having a plurality of strings including main strings and cross strings, the cross strings strung at an angle to the axis, strung in spaced relation to each other, and strung to intersect the main strings, at least some of the cross strings received into respective grommet holes in the head, an outer length of the cross string defined to extend between the string bed boundary and an intersection of the cross string with the nearest main string; each of the grommet holes being provided with a grommet, a plurality of elongated, vibration-dampening barrels formed as portions of ones of the grommets, each barrel enclosing a respective enclosed cross string, each barrel extending through a grommet hole and extending into the string bed, the barrel covering at least about 75% of said outer length. |
