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Can I ask where you found that? I did a lot of digging before posting here and couldn't find anything. Any idea if the carbon layer is the same material?

What was the impetus behind this matchup? Why was she playing a middling-ranked American teen male anyway? 🤨

Does anyone know the composition of this blade? It seems to be a Gewo-made version of the old JOOLA Aruna Off (which in turn was a rebranded JOOLA Rossi Emotion), but I can't find confirmation anywhere of the medial plies or carbon type; only Gewo's stated hinoki top ply and "softer wood core."...

That would be awesome. Then I can take measurements of the YSE and my JRE and compare. Thanks!

Recognizing this is an entirely subjective question—how's the FL handle on the HAL? I have a Xiom Vega Tour and the FL handle is pretty small. Is Xiom pretty consistent across handles, or have they changed it up? I feel like Hugo has pretty large hands and would suffer immensely if the HAL were...

I also bought the Wave Drive 9 a few weeks ago and they were a huge improvement over the the previous two pairs of shoes I used. They weigh next to nothing and offer great stability. I wish I'd bought them sooner.

Fighting the EJ bug again...

Can we go back to this for a sec? Wang Hao's pose... 😆 I know it's a screen grab but Harimoto may as well be shaking hands with a statue of Wang Hao in some square in Changchun. (Unrelated: when looking up WH's birthplace I discovered we share a birthday! Clearly I'm destined for TT greatness...

Even if so this is a public, international event. Harimoto can't be expected—by anybody, even Wang Hao—to just stand there and wait while the opposing coach finishes chewing out his player when cameras are on and Harimoto has an interview to get to. I imagine WH is aware of this. And if Harimoto...

The American Dream is over... Also, Kanak lost 😞. (My money's on Kanak to recover sooner.) I think he surprised even himself with his results this tournament and I hope that builds confidence he can use to keep pushing deep into WTT events. Personally I hope Truls takes the semi against WQC...

I lean toward trials for the reasons you stated originally, but have any of them played doubles together before? I agree that chemistry and familiarity with your partner's playstyle can be more important than pure skill. Also, pairing one left- and one right-handed player is common practice.

Me watching game five slip away and thinking Dang Qiu is about to rattle off four straight games: Me after Kanak comes back from two game points down to win the match:

I'm seeing Mercury II is actually 41' - I had no idea it was that hard. That's 3 degrees harder than his current H3. Does it play that hard? I always thought M2 was softer for some reason, but I haven't used it.

Good rubber, too hard for him. Wow, what a throwback. My first custom bat was LKT Pro XT + Sriver EL on a Butterfly VSG21-4000. (I still have the blade...on a shelf.) That's definitely a celluloid-era rubber but I do remember it being quite tacky. Hmm... How does Skyline differ from the...

I've seen Moon 12 mentioned a handful of times across various forums recently. Is the green/blue a rubber color, or a difference in sponge? Seeing the Yinhe recommendations made me think... Maybe I ought to just slap a Mercury II on one side and Mercury II Soft on the other and see what he...

I have a friend who is a low-rated allround type player. He's currently using a Yasaka Sweden Extra with H3 Provincial 38' on FH and 8-80 37' on BH but claims he wants something softer, for "more control." I was a little confounded by this request at first since these rubbers already have...

This would be ideal, yes. And to be clear, I'm not aware of any NBA players investing in MLTT (or BBL, which is actually defunct now lol); it was just a hasty metaphor. "FZD investing in MLTT is like Steph Curry investing in BBL..." In other words, a big name investing in what is considered a...

Sure. I imagine—table tennis players not being famously high earners compared to certain other sports—that these players' investments are not sizable, but it is still 1) investment coming from outside the United States and 2) major celebrities of the sport attaching their name to it. It's like...

Is this not a bigger deal than people are making it out to be? Obviously we Americans would have loved if Ovtcharov/LYJ/FZH joined MLTT as players, but still - some of the top players in the world investing in high level table tennis in the United States? This strikes me as unprecedented, and a...