The mens final was probably the best match I ever seen. Fan Zhendong elevated his game in the final and was way better than in the Harimoto match. Truls played amazing and and he stole many hearts, what an artist!
As other says, boost if you want to. H3 is quite demanding to play with however (if you ask me!). Train hard and move your feets, bend your knees and swing like Ma Long!
Asics has som great TT shoes. Hard to get outside Japan.
https://tt-japan.net/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=4&sort=20a&filter_id=15&alpha_filter_id=0
Butterflys new Lezoline Vilata has a wider fit.
https://en.butterfly.tt/lezoline-vilata.html
Thats a great choice! Now stay with this blade and rubbers for a year or two. Change rubbers every now and then to new Rakza 7's but don´t change to other rubbers. Nittaku Accoutic is fantastic and Rakza 7's are great.
G1 has more spinn and is faster. Both share the same topsheet but the softer sponge makes is a little tamer. C1 is good too but G1 is one or the greatest rubber out there still.
Yasaka Sweden Extra and Rakza 7 2.0 on both sides. Great blade and rubbers! I have played with Barracuda before and its spin sensitive and difficult to block with for a beginner. Great for open up backspin but I think Rakza 7 will be a better choice. Yasaka Sweden Extra is fantastic and not to...
I had probably 8-10 different Stiga blades, no splinters at all besides on one blade. And that blade was the only one which was not sealed. All the other blades was sealed. So even if Stiga says there blades are factory sealed just give layer of seal and you wont have any problems.