Wang Hao is a professional athlete, all professional table tennis players should have spare bats identical to their own bats so I find that excuse quite poor really. Zhang Jike played incredibly it was a brilliant final
Wang Hao is a professional athlete, all professional table tennis players should have spare bats identical to their own bats so I find that excuse quite poor really. Zhang Jike played incredibly it was a brilliant final
eh I don't know, the mental aspect also has an effect. Wang Liqin also stated the same thing for the 2008 olympics. When he messed up his paddle rubber and had to switch to a spare.
Also in addition, I don't know if this applies anymore now that speedglue is banned, but pros use to or maybe still do reglue their rubbers before every match, and when they do so, it takes a little while for the rubber to settle and reach peak performance.