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Strange. That a post of mine, months ago.

Using it on BH, but I've used it with slightly thicker sponge on FH as well and am considering to go back to it after my current T05 wears out. T05 has a slight edge over FT48 in spin-based play, but FT48 trumps T05 in blocks, counters, drives and smashes.

I have yet to meet a GEWO rubber that I didn't think had plenty good things to offer. That got me searching, and indeed, the Nexxus EL Pro 43 and 48 look promising. But I also stumbled upon a new series called Neoflexx eFT, sweetly priced.

It is. I first started playing it on a Treiber K blade, very fast and rather stiff. Excellent combo. I have yet to get a taste of the Hype series. Reviews suggest strenghts, but not the versatility that FT48 has; but that’s hearsay, of course.

Nanoflex FT at hardness 48 is second to none imho. Exceptionally versatile and well-balanced. And at 40, it’s less powerful but oh so helpful in developing the full arsenal of techniques.

+2 for Vega Intro. And after Intro has bridged the gap: Vega Pro. No need to look beyond that for now.

"Bloated" is a pejorative. I don't necessarily agree. The differences near the top are slight and subtle, and one of the things that can create excitement is when an until then relatively lesser known player exceeds expectations, and causes some upsets. That is more likely to happen, or...

Strange that these data seem to be not easily available. A visualisation of that dataset of player results, perhaps using a sliding time window, does not look that hard.

Ooh, that's roughly a 2-hour drive away. Entirely doable. Sadly, coming friday I'll have to work and then play for the cup (goal: getting my team qualified!) that day. Is it always in Waremme?

Exciting. Is this an event one might be able to attend? If so, where, when?

That Nittaku Tornado King Power has the same composition as the DHS Long 5 National/N301, a 7 ply "inner layer" carbon style frame, Koto/Ayous/ALC/Ayous/ALC/Ayous/Koto. It is thinner, though, with the DHS blade at 6.0 and the Nittaku at 5.8mm. That will make a difference, even if glueing, wood...

More freedom in placement. Parallels and diagonals both can be reached in that stance with that serve, both long and short.

Omar Assar is remarkable, steady at 17. Also: Calderano’s steady march forward, and the unbuckling resilience of Vladimir Samsonov. Ding Ning on the decline is also noteworthy. She lost to an outstanding Soo recently, but all appearences I’ve seen I thought her solid regardless. And I expected...

This is true. Spores matter, they do. Of the glues I've used, I liked the Andro Turbo Fix the best, followed by the Gewo Hydro. These are (or at least mine were) not too thick/viscose, so I could lay a thin, evenly distributed layer more easily.

I sat there watching between swarms of banshees (so my ears told me) as ZJK got it handed to him on a silver platter by Lee Sangsu (IIRC), last year in Düsseldorf. That didn't show too much unretirement promise, sadly, even though even to see him play at all, even when not dominating, was a...

I liked the control and smarts in his game. And all that without being able to move, due to those special national factory-boosted shoes that sadly hadn't broken in yet to reveal their total and utter magnificence! Would like to see a three-way tournament: Dan, Thomas W. and Jean-Mi S. Ah...

That by itself is an astounding fact. I've come late to reading this and know in the end Xu Xin overcame Patrick Franziska anyway, but here's the thing. When I returned to and recovered my game, there were a lot of opponents I couldn't touch, that seemed invincible to me. But once precisely...

I haven’t been able to see/listen to the saturday matches, but on previous days I was actually positively impressed by Adam. Acute, relevant remarks at the technical and tactical level providing useful insights every now and then. And now I’m reading the oposite about yesterday. Off-day?

That would be the great defender Jill Parker, formerly named Jill Hammersley.

Seriously?