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Okay. Other than outer ply, I tend to take claims about wood plies with a grain of salt but if you have hit with and compared the blades, more power to you.

This Hadraw 5 is not the same as the Hadraw VR which had Wenge. I have the Hadraw VR and yes, it was very springy. So looping off the table wasn't hard even though it was an all wood blade. This Hadraw 5 is more likely to be like the Hadraw VK which is a rebranded Korbel Speed with a normal...

He can actually serve reverse pendulum when he needs to, but while it looks like one serve when he serves pendulum or straight backspin/no spin, there is a lot of spin and depth variation and he often gets errors like pop ups or pushes into the net. A bit like Kanak Jha but even smaller and...

No point in playing any more events for Hugo since he may have wrapped up the #4 seed already but he might have to try to block Harimoto but I haven't done the math to be sure he needs ro play Bangkok to do so. I suspect he doesn't. Agreed.

That's not my view at all, I consider him one of the best servers in the world and in fact, some of his struggles come from opponents not having trouble reading the subtle spin variations of his serve and him coming under pressure when they return it well.

Espionage never ends...

Odo has won 3 feeders and is not on the radar. While I know she is in need of more events to fill out her event requirement, I think this is minor evidence combined with their pay that feeders are slave labor. Just saying.

Heard through the grapevine that he is injured, not serious enough to prevent Olympic play, but enough to prevent club and international play.

It was against Duda. And while I don't like such behavior as a rule, I have seen tennis players smash rackets and play better afterwards even with the conduct violation. While we all like mature perfection, as long as it is within the rules, the most important thing is to get yourself into a...

So are Felix and Hugo. They are forming a layer of consistency beneath the Chinese. The problem is that they are still reliably beneath the Chinese. But I find this consistency more interesting than the kind Harimoto had of beat Fan then losing Dyjas and stuff like that.

That was the thought 3 - 4 years ago when she was dominating European juniors but everything takes time - she even lost the French championships thr past two years. So let's be patient lol.

I think this is enough but yes, that will make Table tennis a huge focus in Paris.

I can't agree on the lack of power sorry. There aren't any more powerful forehands than that in Europe for sure, and I think the same for the backhand now as well. I think sometimes, the opponent has enough quality to slow her down like Shin, but in general, Pavade has overwhelming forehand...

Pavade didn't get the memo on European players lol. What a run!

I acknowledge the possibility but I don't think the dynamics are as set in that matchup. Sun Yingsha has already beaten Chen Meng in a World Championship final (2023 in Durban). So having a big win over Chen Meng as well as many tour victories means that she can beat Chen in big matches where...

Your best bet with these older blades is to try Ebay or to post in a for-sale section at TTD or mytabletennis.net and hope someone has one to sell. Otherwise if it is discontinued, then you either have to just preserve the one you have or find something else to replace it.

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Pavade won the U2!1 European title as a 15 and 16 year old if memory serves me right and she beat all thr Romanian girls who were much older pretty convincingly (Diaconu, Dragoman). I remember a few years ago, I was discussing with people what her ceiling was. But she just couldn't handle...

Shin vs Pavade will be interesting for sure. I think with Miwa vs Hayata, the real problem Miwa has is the absence of a coach for this level of match and opponent. If both Hayata and Miwa were allowed coaches, it would be to Miwa's advantage I suspect. I think this kind of thing also plagued...

Shin Yubin a.k.a. The Golden Child or Chosen One reminds me a lot of Ishikawa. Right-hand, sure, but the same kind of incredibly stable all round game with tremendous spin and consistency and some tricks that the lower level players need to get through to even enter the conversation.