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I was looking long time for something less bouncy and better control over the net than T05 (for the fh). Omega V Asia is my choice now. Relatively low throw angle, a little dhs rubbers characteristics ... really worth a try. Not max but 2.0 though. Previously I tried also Barracuda (too slow and...

Did Vladi know you were using his equipment ...? ; ) If I may - I wonder what was Timo's impression playing with Vladi's racket? Could not generate so much spin probably?

The serve is really spooky and it sure looks like a side spin. Maybe additional deception comes from the placement of the ball. It does not travel towards you so that you would see the trajectory is not curved, but instead it goes away so it is harder to judge the trajectory and assume the side...

Well the whole talk how Timo choose this blade was quite interesting. Specially hearing him explaining why he didn't go for faster blades and how even him would have troubles putting the ball on the table - quite a tip ... But yeah, I wouldn't mind the Timo's tip of the day series .... ; )

Great review with Timo himself - thanks! As a user myself I feel quite embarrassed to see what the real "master" can to with this blade. What I think, makes this review interesting, is that Timo is playing his (almost) full potential with not a pro player - although Dan is pretty good ; ) But...

Hi, guys the discussion is interesting would you agree to move your posts to a new thread like "A general chit chat about the future of table tennis"? Would be interesting to see how far we can go with our analysis and ideas. I would ask Carl if he can do that.

Yeah, question was somewhat rhetorical, of course professional sport must "make money". If I understand you correctly there would be like 5 countries that do well on the business level. I guess you mean China, Japan, Germany, Korea and ... ? So the only problem with other countries is that they...

Yeah but if we take the business approach, then say we invest lots of money in the tournament, the best players will come and what is the return of investment? TT does not have as much media attention to attract bigger money/investors I'm afraid ... AO is so big and popular. I - a tt aficionado...

I'm watching the Australian Open (actually listening to the radio) and guess what is the prize for the looser of the round of 128 (64 pairs)? Yes ... about 60k AUD (about 45k USD) ... I think more than the prize money of the World Cup winner. I know, one have to consider the scale of both...

You sure. I think he used Mazunov blade before? This would be a huge step in terms of the power and speed. Btw. Who, do you think is going to win, Calderano or Fan? Hugo never played him before right?

Nice thing to say about the Ittf's ranking page is that it's very clickable. Shows players 8 last results, some more details - good. The difference between Dima and FZD is basically the China Open. Dima won it, while FZD just participated. Actually ML had points for China Open too ...

You sure it was the case? Yes it does. Really, they changed the rule like 2 months before the new system came into force? Would be another good sentence for the Spanish speaking guy ... ; )

The spanish speaking Guy is absolutely right, Ding Ning dropped to 21st place ... laughable ... : ) Ok there were like 5 different threads about it - it should adjust I know. Now when I think about it, what Ittf could do is to have at the moment of switching to the new system, have only 6 best...

Yeah Carl, you are the "Super Moderator" ... :-p Just be a little more gracious host ... : ) I wish Rain and Tom would explain in more details, if possible, how the system can affect those young players? ; ))

Looks like it is ... thank for noting

Watched it without breathing ... Thanks! I wish Jan played nowadays ... : )

Yogi, which one would you suggest as an off- .. ?

I tried to read it many ways: backwards, crosswise, clockwise ... I've found everything, only the point was missing ... ;) Could you elaborate ..? :)

For now yes, but after a while it should normalize. I guess the power houses of tt will make sure to have 8 WT being played by their best players and everything should be fine. We already had a deep discussion about it in another thread ("Dima number 1 ..." something like that). Although...

Ok, so not too bad actually. 8 tournaments times 5-6 competitive matches is quite close to our league system (19 x 3). Besides apart from the league I also participate in a series of tournaments (open "private" ones held every Monday) also 3-5 matches. Well it depends - it's a Russian system up...