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WCQ out of in the R32, knocked out by Xu Yingbin. Maybe that last game against LYJ having a lasting effect on his confidence.

Out of all the Japanese men players, Matsushima has the most entertaining rallies. Guys like Togami can get into some fun pure topspin rallies but Matsushima has the feeling and diversity to mix in more tricky spin shots and even chops. Hopefully he can get a handle over his mentality as he...

Are we sure it's koto outer? Some of the closeup pics look like it could be limba. Also saw some previous comments about it saying the listed composition might be in error.

Typical Matsushima match looks like a top player in some games while completely losing focus and not being able to make a shot in other games.

Loki Arthur Pro ZLC? I had that open in a tab too for consideration. I wonder if all of these blades are coming from the same factory. Loki, Stuor, and Sanwei (at least the 75 series) all have that same "bullet shaped" gold handle insert.

You've really sold me on this one. Hopefully it will also go on sale too. Will probably also get the Sanwei 75 Inner alongside and see if I like koto or limba more as an outer layer. Both blades seem to be high value propositions.

Yeah that looks to be the case. Too bad it's not the other way around since the Apolonia is going to be on sale for super cheap at $28.

Is this red one the Harimoto ZLC clone: https://aliexpress.com/item/4000315567575.html ? Or is the blue one the ZLC clone? https://aliexpress.com/item/4001063234467.html ?

Which one is your favorite inner carbon blade out of that list?

Based on the pictures on Aliexpress, the Inner PBO doesn't seem to have an outer koto layer, but looks to be limba. The regular 75 PBO pictures on Aliexpress are clearly koto though.

Do you have any other information about the 75 PBO Inner? There is a lot of info about the regular outer version, but I haven't had luck finding much about the inner version. I've heard it's pretty much the same as the Froster PBO, but I can't find any info about the Froster PBO Inner either...

I'm planning on picking up an inner carbon blade from Aliexpress in a few days and have been doing some research on these too. Sanwei F3 Pro appears to be the most wood like with the most dwell and softest carbon. They changed the blade from a harder and stiffer formula a few years ago but...

Not an uncommon problem tbh. I remember Xiom Vega Intro ended up measuring 0.2mm less than advertised. So the 2.0mm was only 1.8mm and the MAX was only 2.0mm.

If "reunification" ever occurs I would expect the CNT would only be competing with Iran, Russia, Brazil, and some African countries for the next decade or so.

I was impressed by his touch in broken play situations. Some nice spin and placement in his pushes and blocks. There's that one BH block he does that lands near the opponent side net and just fades off the table (did an even better on against WCQ). Another thing I noticed is how good he is at...

I'm rooting for Lin "the Winning Kangaroo" Yun-Ju

Really good to see WYD get the win over SYS there after seeing the fans piling on her for losing to Hayata twice this year. She's still among the best of the Chinese women's team.

I thought I was taking crazy pills. Nobody in the entire arena wanted to give LYJ the point. Bizarre.

I haven't been watching professional TT for long, maybe 1.5 years. I don't think I've ever seen anyone play as superhuman as Lin Yun Ju played in the last few games of that match.

To be honest, the injury didn't look to be bothering WMY past the 3rd game. Was moving around fine except for maybe one point where she didn't get quite there for a backhand block. I think the more impressive thing is that WMY didn't lose focus and maintained her strong play. Guess we'll know...