This is the Fine Gold ball that arrives sealed. Three balls sit inside a clear tube closed with a metal ring-pull lid, the same way proper tennis balls are sold, and you get two tubes in the six-ball pack. Pull the ring, take a ball, press the lid back on and the other two stay clean, round and out of the dust until you need them.

That packaging is most of what you are paying for, and it is worth being straight about it. Six of these cost Rs. 2,400 against Rs. 1,650 for a pack of six loose 74mm Fine Golds. If you are going to use all six this month, buy the loose ones. If you want a tube that lives in a kit bag, gets given as a gift, or sits on a shop shelf looking like something, this is the one.

The ball itself is a different animal from the big 74mm. It measures 68mm and weighs about 55g, which puts it close to the dimensions of a real tennis ball. Lighter and smaller means it is kinder on younger arms and easier to control in a confined space, but it will not carry across a big ground the way a 70g ball does.

The rubber is pressed to an extra tight pressure and the core is moulded without a joint, so there is no seam for the ball to eventually split along. Fine Gold grade it for tournament play, and it works on any surface you put it on — concrete, tarmac, matting or grass.

The balls photographed here are yellow with the red Fine Gold crown logo on the felt, visible through the tube before you ever open it. Twelve balls, which is four tubes, costs Rs. 4,000 and works out cheaper per ball than the six.

Safencia sells the six-ball tin pack for Rs. 2,400 with Cash on Delivery across Pakistan. Message us on WhatsApp and we will confirm stock, your city and the delivery charge before dispatch.

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