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Dragon Power 52.5 is much faster and bouncier (both used on Ebenholz VII), which I didn't like because Dragon Grip is really linear. The spin is very good, but it seems noticeably less than Dragon Grip. I'd like to try Dragon Power 55 for a more apt comparison. As jk1980 said, Dragon Grip has...

It's very hard to find and very expensive. Here's one store in Taiwan that has it: https://tw.bid.yahoo.com/item/101444389241 "紫金王朝 紫海綿 黑色". I know I've found it on Taobao before, but I don't have a Taobao account so I'll have to spend some time looking for it. VS Unlimited Nittaku says...

Donic Defplay Senso (ST), Lidu EA777 (purple sponge), Spinpips D2 (1.6mm)

Why is this not available to view in the US? Satsuki Odo is still technically a KTS player as well, but I don't think she's played since Yang came back. The other teams are just so far behind them it's a little disappointing. 3-0 semifinal and 3-0 final. Maybe if Berlin could field their...

It's an excellent rubber, but when it dies it's more than useless. Like trying to play with a wet sponge that has the hardness of a brick. I did try Dragon Power 52.5, but I personally found that to be too bouncy for the blade I put it on (Ebenholz VII). Might give Dragon Power 55 a shot at some...

At the All Japan Championships he reported using Hurricane Long 5, Hurricane 3 Neo (blue sponge), but his backhand rubber was listed as just being an inverted rubber. This is likely because he's been using Butterfly for awhile and is sponsored by Nittaku. It's definitely Dignics 05 or 09c, but I...

Yang did really well against Abraamian today, whom she has lost to before, and after a string of bad losses at the other feeder tournaments she has been in.

Hashimoto speaking (in English!) to ITTF states that her DO Knuckle sponge is 1.2mm

Oh duh that's clearly not his blade lmao. I just saw the purple rubbers and assumed it was his. ITTF doesn't list a name with the photo so I'm curious whose it is.

Calderano's blade?

Looks like Oh Junsung is using a custom Libra. Kim Nayeong switched to Hurricane 8 on her backhand from Xiom (this might have happened a while ago) Pyon also switched to the Butterfly 70th Anniversary "Effort" like Kim Kum Yong. I wonder why they like this blade so much?

Use a proxy like Buyee or FromJapan.

DR Congo defaults to PRK. No Kim Kum Yong to see today :(

As a pips player (who has played with short, medium, and long), the fact that so many young players, particularly Chinese players, are using pips again is very interesting. I wonder how much of it is creating high level sparring players or they think it's more viable in the plastic ball era...

Young chopper Liao Xiaoqing also using 729. A good reminder that the classics are classics for a reason. Another Chinese pips player Jiayi Ren And another! Chen Yizhou - Stiga Surge Carbon, VO101, Hybrid XH

Wen Ruibo: Hybrid XH Odo flipped her racket around for the final so Dignics was on her FH and Zyre was on her backhand.

It basically is. Believe it's 7 plys of walnut, the head size is essentially the same, and it even costs the same. Only difference I've seen is that it appears to be a bit lighter. Akula switched to 388D-2 like Batra. Didn't realize Ghorpade used Dignics.

Correct! You can clearly read "Spectol S1" in this photo

True I forgot to add them. I posted before about Li Tianyang, who definitely was using an old RITC 729 rubber. The pips are too wide and broad to be long. If you zoom in close enough I think you can see the dash between the numbers, so I am willing to bet it's 802-40.

Noticed that many of the young Chinese taking part in tournaments lately are pips players. Yang Huize (Inspiria/H3/Moristo SP) Feng Yixuan (W968/H3/P1V?) - a lefty using P1V, where have I seen that before... Zhang Yulu (Mima Ito/H3/?) Plus the choppers; Zhu Ziyu (08X/H3/Saviga V), Wei...