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G1 is very easy to brush with. The topsheet is very grippy, almost like Chinese rubber. It is slower than Tenergy and only a little slower than Rakza 7 but I never played Rakza 7 for extended period. My club mate who did said he preferred G1 and thought it was an improved Razka 7 when he...

I wrote a review but I would say that G1 is the best rubber of the ESN generation that includes Baracuda, Hexer, Genius, Xplode, Vega Pro etc. It is for people who want durable spinny rubbers and aren't necessarily looking for the fastest stuff. It has Tenergy like throw angles but with less...

I did. I also used to play with Karis M and Tenergy 05 too, remember? Even did a brief stint with Genius. But I wanted something that suited my current game after taking a 9 month hiatus. To cut a long story short, Fastarc G1 is now being sold at reasonable prices in Europe and I gave it a...

I agree. Slower really means more linear with less catapult. I really don't like the catapult of Vega Pro either so I prefer G1 to it as well.

My favorite balls, largely because I want consistency across the market are the new DHS and DFish ABS balls in whatever brand. Close second is the Nittaku Premium. Distant third is the seamless, as they bounce higher and make me look my stupid when I serve. Very very distant fourth is...

Oils of all kinds are boosters. Most modern rubbers contain some kind of oil even if it doesn't smell like Dandoy Bioboost or Falco Temp or baby oil. So don't take the claim that a rubber is boosted to be the same as it is heavily boosted or it is boosted with something commercially available...

It is obviously boosted, the difference ia the performance degradation and how you feel using it when the booster wears off. T05 still feels good while MX-P plays significantly worse to me.

Unless you are using multiple blades, you often use a blade for as long as you can. This is just a matter of someone using the blade he likes. I think we amateurs sometimes over think this stuff. I know a coach who thinks that the newer Viscarias are faster but I also know a Viscaria expert...

The underdog played well. Don't need more than that.

Beating top 20 players is not good enough to stay on CNT A team. But I know what you mean just pointing that out.

It is really funny that I thought the Qabod was a brick when I first used it. It seems to me that the plastic ball makes everything slower and there are no true OFF+ blades anymore.

So as I try to come back, the main frustration is that after I play, I feel as if I need to put my knees into a cryogenic chamber. How long I can keep this up I don't know, but my ball quality has mostly returned and I actually think my strokes are better now even as my footwork is shit. I...

It depends on whether you engage the carbon or not. It is very hard for a wood blade to compete with a carbon blade on power shots.

Yes, there was a time when you could change rackets during the match and at any point in time too. If it wasn't against the rules, then players will adapt to that as well. There are pros and cons to things like this. But it is obvious that changing rackets is not unequivocally to the detriment...

People who quit at the top sometimes strike me as people afraid to lose. Not a fan of this. Don't have fun only when you win!

Even if we ignore the fact that women need a decent amount of body fat to retain healthy metabolism, you can't tell someone is overweight because of *too much fat* by looking at them. In fact, Adam Bobrow has pointed out on many occasions that Chen Meng is phenomenally strong and that when he...

I think DE answered you. The idea that two racket play exactly the same just because they look exactly the same is a denial of wood and sponge hardness variability. And like I explained, pros do things to their rackets to optimize them for specific situations. If Dima is playing say Joo or...

I don't know why we are even seriously arguing any of this. I can't remember who told me that Zhang Jike used to test his 4 Viscarias on almost any given day and play with the one he liked the best that day. And in the end, even if it is all in the head of the pro, there is no need to let them...

That doesn't mean that each player can't mess with his rubbers.

Then in that case why don't we all just use exactly the dame equipment and stop letting everyone pick their own blades etc? I will let you have the last word. You keep writing like someone who hasn't discussed these things with good players.