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Which enables you to hit harder, especially on serve return - ignore me though, just giving another perspective.

They could make him an injury reserve for sure. As for playing singles over FZD, FZD is probably still fixable. A lot will depend on whether Hugo beat LJK tomorrow or not. If LJK wins, then pressure will be on FZD to dominate for the rest of pre-Olympic year.

I have seen people do it for service (twiddle to H3 to serve even if they use inverted on both sides), and obviously for smashing. But it would take a lot for it to become a meaningful advantage for rallying and blocking. I do remember that LJK did turn over his racket for a whole tournament...

It's a result of two things - one is desperation and a desire to get into a rally quickly. But the more critical thing is having practice partners on the level of the opponent to make you realize this is a huge mistake. Harimoto can do what he did against 99% of players and get decent results...

I think you give KLH credit without realizing that a significant part of his development happened in Europe (Sweden). The coaches in Europe worked hard on teaching him backhand and were proud of their work doing so.

Many amateurs and pros already do this once they have different rubbers on both sides, twiddling with inverted is already a thing, the problem is that most players don't have technique that they can use to take advantage of it during a rally, and it will often make them play worse. But it is...

I think Chen Meng tried it to but without any success...

It is insane, no YouTube WTT stream and Hugo is beating the he'll out of Fan Zhendong.

I thought he was a Viscaria user, but it is okay. The inner vs outer fiber thing is oversold, especially when you are using sticky rubber. That's the main point I am trying to make.

Not convincing you or anyone else. Just pointing out that the persons who lost 0-3 weren't asked to retire and the person who lost 2-3 and forced the opponent to play out of her mind is being told to retire. If that doesn't deserve some reflection, then logic is meaningless. Of course, Tieba...

Don't use any, the rubber will play fine.

I don't think their results are different enough that I would say Gauzy gives me a better chance of winning a medal in singles than Alexis. I would say Gauzy is more stable to hit round ot 16, maybe QF, but Alexis if he is on his game can get me a medal. Safe bet vs high risk. If safe bet...

I could argue it matters but ultimately, the issue is not necessarily the inner vs outer fiber thing, it is overall setup speed, and I think that while the point about fast setups is right, I think making it about blade composition rather than that Lin is using a (for that level) very fast...

So you seriously believe that Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan or even Timo Boll with their outer fiber blades have a serious problem loop killing pushes vs inner fiber blade users?

There is no medal that Gauzy has a bigger chance of winning than Alexis.

Okay. So why were you discussing an outer ALC blade and LYJ? You just meant his blade was super fast?

I think the way the WTT rating system worked originally and even now made it harder to trust(and some people still massively mistrust it) so Japan tried to use the internal trials to fairly work around it. I don't think Japan was wrong in creating such a system given the competing aims of doing...

Is he using an outer ALC now? I thought he was a career SZLC user of his personal blade?

If there is criteria, then if Gauzy meets the criteria, he should go. But for me, Alexis's ceiling is clearly higher (beaten Fan Zhendong and Liang Jingkun), even with Gauzy's recent results and the most important thing is the medals, the upside not the downside. But if the criteria dictate...

For context: there is only one bronze medal at the Olympic games. Both male players who have bronze in men's singles over the last 3 Olympics have never beaten Ma Long. Your logic dictates that they should have retired. The women players who have bronze, all have fluke records vs CNT, no one...