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Interesting moment in Sweden vs Austria teams match at ETTU. Levenko is hiding the ball with his arm and the ref was brave enough to call him out on it. Two points faulted in the span of 3 of his serves. We need more refs like this.

I notice this too and it's somewhat bizarre. I generally have a great time when I'm playing. When someone makes a nice shot I'll compliment them. I'll never get frustrated by an edge or net that goes against me. Some of these middle age and up type guys seem to have taken a wrong turn somewhere...

Medium soft is 46 degrees Shore O (ESN) measured using my durometer. Nobody that I know has measured medium hard.

Sanwei blades don't have the nice finish of higher end blades but a $20 Fextra 7 plays better than me than any other blade I've tried so far. That includes a two Nittaku blades, a Yasaka Sweden Extra, and a Donic Appelgren. I've only tried all-wood blades. Here are the carbon blades I know about...

Medium hard rubbers 45-50d worked best on it for me. Felt like there was no stability with softer rubbers.

Good. It's pretty much the same exact blade as an Offensive S, but you get to try a different handle style and a different brand for novelty.

Why did you choose those two blades to consider? They are very light and very thick and wouldn't be a next step but a totally diffrerent route.

I've been using Loki Rxton 1 Plus for my FH on a Fextra 7 and this really is an easy to play rubber. I can't get that difficult to return low spinny topsin shot anymore but almost everything else has improved. My FH consistency has gone way up and blocking is amazingly easy. This is a pretty...

Maybe it would've been a better idea for him to skip Almaty altogether like most of the top Asian players. It was probably a good confidence boost to win it after giving up 3-0 lead last year. But having to fly to the other side of the world and play just a few days later might take a toll on...

Honestly, it's hard to describe since it's the only rubber I've played that has this effect. If you hit the ball hard and engage the sponge, it makes a loud crack sound and the ball gets a noticeable boost of speed. But the dwell time is very minimal and it doesn't feel like it sinks into the...

Moon Blue had more catapult. Rxton 3 was like a pop on contact.

I've played with both Rxton 3 Blue (unboosted) and Moon Blue (medium soft so ymmv). R3 felt harder with a stuffer topsheet. I measured it at 52d (Moon was 46d). The flat hitting and driving felt powerful when the sponge was engaged but it was like an on/off binary clicking sensation. When hit...

This must be new. I bought Moon Blue about 6 months ago and it came with the ugly Yinhe "planets-themed" protector sheet. I'm really hoping I get this ridiculous blue bear instead lol

I'm in the Bay Area now. Can you please provide more information on this 10/10 young lady coach? I'm willing to pay up to 5 bowls of pho to witness a rarity like this.

I trust your expert opinion on this. Does limba having denser looking grains similar to koto affect the hardness or other qualities of the wood at all?

In Vietnam an hour of coaching ranges from 200-250K VND which is around $8.50-$10.50. The cost of living is cheap enough that having just a handful of students is enough to earn a living.

Alright here's a slightly better close up picture that shows the fish scale look that I was referrring to. You can see the grain pattern transition in appearance from top to bottom depending on the lighting. Depending on the angle you look at it, it can look like the top lighter part or bottom...

I wish you could see it in person since it'sl ooks very different from the limba top ply on the other Fextras. There are horizontal grains that you can see in different lighting that give off that shimmery 'fish scale' look. I've never seen that on any of the limba blades I've bought. Maybe I'll...

ATTU streaming has been a disaster. First off the framerate looks even less than 30 fps and looks like a slideshow. There is no commentary or replay or anything. That's if you can even watch a stream. Yesterday for some reason the CNT vs JPN women's SF match wasn't even available. Today looks...

I just took off a rubber from the blue Fextra (Pro Fextra V) and after taking a look at the wood grain and comparing it to the standard red Fextra 7, I'm pretty convinced now that it's not the same limba. It looks a lot like koto. The grains are completely straight with no curve to them at...