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They actually played very good with new ball. Almost without problem. It will be interesting to know how much they trained with them. zjkfanforever do you now how many times balls broke in Ma Long vs Xu Xin and Ma Long vs Fan Zhendong matches?

Ma Lin's forehand counter loop and third balls were amazing a few years before. I'm missing he :( Also about the forehand smash, Xu Xin can not come even come close to Ma Long, Zhang Jike and Fan Zhendong smashes. Because they twiddle for smash but he can't because he is a penholder. Fan...

I would say Ma Long. But his shot game is poor on forehand. Xu Xin's and Zhang Jike's short pushes on forehand is much better than Ma Long. Ma Long is the best at counter looping close to the table, third ball and flicking. Xu Xin is the best at counter looping in middle distance and far from...

Agree with you. For example Xu Xin always hide the ball with his shoulder and Zhang Jike doesn't toss the ball vertically. But they still not get so much advantage by doing these.

So that serve is illegal :)

Super funny! Great post :D

Congratulations to Tony! I hope next winner will be me.

No, it doesn't. He holds the ball exactly at the level of the table and then toss it. If the balls goes under the table then umpire will notice it and the serve will be fault.

I didn't mean you said he is using it. I just said some facts to make the story clear :)

Those videos are private! Can you make them public, so we can see them too please?

I can't watch them either :( Can someone please upload them to youtube?

There is no blue sponge rubber on his forehand. Andres, i think you didn't saw that rubber correctly :)

Some facts: 1) All of CNT players are using tacky hard rubbers on forehand and a soft none-tacky (usually Tenergy) on backhand. 2) New balls are not totally different. They are just a little different from current balls. 3) Fan Zhendong said he is "testing" those rubbers, Not "using". So...

Agree with you. From now i will indicate what are my thoughts and what are real facts.

I'm good at making my assumptions sound like real facts ;)

Back and shoulder injury are very common in table tennis. Mostly because the player tries to over hit the ball or lacking physical training.

Yes, i think hitting the ball twice is correct if it happens accidentally.

He said he is "testing" them, Not "using". Also it can be just a promotion.

I have question about this: If the ball broke during a point the should replay it or play that point to end? My guess is they should replay it.

The aim of closed training is lifting the players to their best for 2014 WTTTC. And new balls will not be used there. So i think it's waste of time to train with new balls for many hours. I'm not 100% about it but training with the balls that are not going to be used in WTTTC for many hours in...