The Pro's Equipment - Discussion!

[Peter93]

Yang Xiaoxin switches to Grass D. Tecs. I also noticed her FH sponge was dark purple, like Hybrid K2 Pro ir MK Pro. I wonder if she's getting ready to switch sponsorship.View attachment 38714

So it turns out Yang Xiaoxin is using the Ghenghaida FLOOD on her forehand. Her version with the dark purple sponge appears to only be available in China as far as I can tell, and I don't have a Taobao account so I don't have any more information.

Doo Hoi Kem's blade looks like a butterfly given the little iridescent ball in the back of the handle, but everything else she's covering up with stickers.

Pavade is using a blade with no lens in the handle, so I'm going to assume it's not Gewo.

Minhyung Jee stops using Nittaku rubbers, switches to Dignics and Grass D. Tecs

 

[Catenaccio]

@Peter93 during the match against Samara, you could see that DHK's blade is a LGY (probably ALC). I assume it's the same as you posted on October 1st (#487).

 

[JackJohnson]

Hwan Bae has switched from Q968 to W968. I don’t see any other pro players use Q968 and majority like 99.99% are using W968 other than WCQ, SYS and SYB.

 

[Peter93]

Hwan Bae has switched from Q968 to W968. I don’t see any other pro players use Q968 and majority like 99.99% are using W968 other than WCQ, SYS and SYB.

Chen Junsong still uses Q968

 

[Peter93]

Didn't know Joo Cheonhui used T05 Hard

There is also apparently a 57.5 deg. version of Hybrid K3 coming that is what the Lebruns use...

 

[Colin Ksh]

New omar Assar blade coming soon from bty. Interestingly I’m assuming octcharov using this blade as well in montpellier. Moreover he switched to FL handle from ST

 

[piligrim]

What wrong with his old blade?

 

[andzejgolot]

He always use inner zlc. Yoshimura zlc, harimoto zlc so maybe he received koto inner zlc or koto inner alc
They can produce blade with zylon arylate blade too.

 

[kapahoo]

Hopefully with a handle size bigger than the rest.

 

[Colin Ksh]

I’m also interested in the wood since it’s dark. The handle should be bigger too I remember he mentioned once that he likes bigger handle due to his big hands. His old blade which uses Kevlar carbon has bigger handle too.

 

[Peter93]

So mytischtennis.de was redesigned and the photo section, which had many albums of pro's equipment, is now gone. If anyone knows where these photos live now I'd appreciate it. Since the WTT Frankfurt is going on right now, I'd expect more photos soon.

 

[TTLOVE]

He always use inner zlc. Yoshimura zlc, harimoto zlc so maybe he received koto inner zlc or koto inner alc
They can produce blade with zylon arylate blade too.

I've never seen a zylon arylate blade

 

[andzejgolot]

I've never seen a zylon arylate blade

Tmxi pro Has *zylon arylate Carbon *

 

[TTLOVE]

Tmxi pro Has *zylon arylate Carbon *

Yeah I know, I was wondering if there is a blade only with Zylon Arylate.
Regarding this, it seem that oh junsung is playing with tibhar libra zac, which is similar to tmxi

 

[joshmak10]

Has Annett changed her FH rubber to Hybrid MK Pro? Noticed the purple sponge so I guess she didn’t like K3

 

[Peter93]

So it turns out Yang Xiaoxin is using the Ghenghaida FLOOD on her forehand. Her version with the dark blue sponge appears to only be available in China as far as I can tell, and I don't have a Taobao account so I don't have any more information.

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So It appears Yang is using the national version of Flood, as this is the only version that has a red top sheet + blue sponge combination. This also comes in a version called "Hold" which is half a degree softer. I'm weirdly tempted, but this also costs $70 + tariffs + shipping, so I can't say it's worth that.

Has Annett changed her FH rubber to Hybrid MK Pro? Noticed the purple sponge so I guess she didn’t like K3

Yes.

 

[JackJohnson]

Finn Luu is using W968 now. He was sponsored by Tibhar before but not sure if that has ended. No mentioned of DHS on IG still says Tibhar.

If he is sponsored by DHS now thats 3 top Australian players using DHS now (Lum, Hwan Bae and Luu).

 

[joshmak10]

Finn Luu is using W968 now. He was sponsored by Tibhar before but not sure if that has ended. No mentioned of DHS on IG still says Tibhar.

If he is sponsored by DHS now thats 3 top Australian players using DHS now (Lum, Hwan Bae and Luu).

He still uses Hybrid K3 both sides (by look of sponge) so maybe he’s allowed to use a blade of his choice or he is ended Tibhar contract and using whatever he likes

 

[andzejgolot]

Has Annett changed her FH rubber to Hybrid MK Pro? Noticed the purple sponge so I guess she didn’t like K3

Tibhar K2 Pro Purple. She used K2pro

 

[joshmak10]

Does anyone know what Shin Yubin's backhand rubber is? As her sponsor is DHS, and looking at the orange sponge, I am going to assume it's a H3 Neo Orange Sponge, but I know that H8-20 also exists so I wonder if she uses that.