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I forgot what she said about the close to the net play. It seems it goes both ways today: banana and flips in general are easier (must be since there is less spin on the ball) and short push is not easier I think, since the ball is harder - hence more bouncy. My guess is, today's short game...

Yep, with some harder balls and shiny tables, one just feels like ice skating while playing golf and reproducing Caravaggio painting at the same time ... I like Eva's expression while describing nuances of a ball - table combinations, long emphasized "pfffffffffff .... " ; ) I do like her...

GEWO Zoom Pro OFF- is pretty all+ too. Just bought it with bluestorm z1 (2.1 not max) and 05 (max - meaning 2.1 ;) ) on the bh, but haven't tried it on the table yet. So far looks like a solid all+.

Ma always had this bh - relative - weakness, which might be a bigger issue nowadays ...

Self made - nice! Is it off? I must say Primo JP is a bit slow for me, even with mx-s. Just bought Gewo pro zoom off-, not too fast either but a bit harder so + z1 (fh) and 05. Just assembled, will try tomorrow. ... don't cry for me Argentina ...

Ok so I watched Lin Yun Ju. He is still 15, isn't he? Just a year older than Harimoto. I remember an interview with Jan Ove Waldner, in which he was complaining that nowadays "everybody plays the same", that in his era Gatien was playing different, Jorgen, Jorg Roskopf etc. It was a few years...

True, I've seen Jörgen about a year ago in Polish Superleague. He did pretty well. LYJ, could you decode?

The Euro version is the one which was trimmed : ) and you know what, I just compared the sizes of two rackets and it looks like the Euro version is still a little slightly taller then the Japan one. It was trimmed about 3-4 mm. So the shape is definitely not the same and the handle is a bit...

1st. There was a discussion not long ago about the two versions of Primoracs. Looks like in some parts of the world there is only one version. Here in Nauru (some people mistake it for Poland ; ) there are those two versions being sold. Euro version seems to be harder, stiffer and with less...

I just checked this Chinese girl (not sure about her age), it was Hong Kong Open - HE Zhuojia, she did beat Liu Shiwen after loosing to Chen Xingtong in the semis. To prove Mattias is doing pretty good too, he just beat Simon Gauzy in the India's UTTL.

I feel like explaining the straight face wise Der's controversy ... I do solemnly admit, it might have been those 60ties movies effect, or Dave Allen's religious piety overdose ... some people say it's just beer, but who believes them these days ...

Der_Echte, thank you for the warning and sorry for the accusination! Since I'm a naturally born optimist I'm really tempted to think the Goon Squad will want to perform a medal ceremony on me - either way! Anyways ... I took your advise about the hat seriously and I'm convinced it is great for...

Der Echte wisely said, in his own way, few pages ago that it is useless to discuss "who wins more" or who wins less ... True, but I'll tell you what is at stake at least for me, if the "new trend" will prove to be dominant for the next few years. The holy grail of longer rallies is not found...

"[...] explains the success of Harimoto ..." - let me clarify. I would not dare to attribute directly the results of Tomokazu to the characteristics of the new ball, neither people, on this thread, who are noticing the change in the game due to the equipment. In short: 1. Harimoto is someone...

Sure ... thanks for "unblocking".

NextLevel I do respect your point of view, but please where have you seen those longer rallies? I watched those games ML had with WH 2011-13 time and time again and the rallies seem to be longer then in the last matches Tomo had with Ma Long or Jike in the JPO we so vigorously discuss. "It's...

The thing is it's not only Harimoto. How about: Ito (you tend to forget about), Hirano, LIN Yun-Ju, Truls Moregard - they all certainly know how to play bh off the bounce.

Ok ... so Dima and Timo quoted here, talk about the effects the ball has on the game and performance of some players (CNT). Young boy, 14 years of age, has just beaten the world elite, his compatriot 16 years old Ito does the same in a similar style (the style), several other young players share...

Yep, I watched the extended highlights again (WH - ML Paris 2013), it was funny to see how WH tried to apply pressure on ML the same way TH did during THE last JPO. Even their fh attacks where practically the same, close or over the table. The scheme repeated basically 3 time 2011 Rotterdam...

For me Butterfly and Tibhars are quite different if compared to Andro 3d or DHS, which I think are more cell like (sort of okay'ish for me). Does this tournament marks in some way a change in style of the modern tt? I might regret it ; ) but I would dare to say yes - following EmRatThing...