Auro started with a piece that goes on the handle. The Gladiator is the racket that piece was always describing: a versatile, solid, balanced frame for players who want to keep improving without being forced to choose between attack and control.
The face is 3K carbon, which gives a firm and consistent response on contact. Behind it sits an EVA Power Foam core: balanced ball exit, and enough feel that you sense the ball instead of guessing where it went. A Twin Carbon Tube reinforces the frame so it stays stable on impact, and the Anti Shock System absorbs part of the vibration that would otherwise travel up your forearm.
The numbers matter more than the adjectives. It weighs 360 g with a 5 g tolerance, balances at 270 mm with 5 mm either way, and the profile is 38 mm. Medium-hard feel. That combination is deliberately middle ground — it is a racket for intermediate players, and it does not pretend otherwise.
The sweet spot is optimised, which in practice means the hitting area is wide and predictable. You keep control on the shots that do not land in the centre of the face, and those are most of them.
Every Gladiator ships with an Auro Grip, free, in the hand you choose. That is not a promotion we invented for the launch — it is how the racket is sold. The grip gives your hand a physical reference for the continental grip, so it lands the same way every time. A racket you can feel, and a hand that knows where it goes: the two halves were always meant to arrive together.
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