Chen Hao loses to LP penhold player

[blahness]

Haha this was so funny as I remember losing to my practice partner who plays almost the same style lol, and in almost the same ways....

 

[Peter93]

Zhou Xintong was on the national team so she isn't just any "LP penhold player"

 

[merlin el mago]

Impressive LP player, what backhand rubber and blade she's using?

 

[boretennis]

Impressive LP player, what backhand rubber and blade she's using?

Rubber is Dawei Saviga V i think, don't know about the blade

 

[backspacer]

The amount of trashtalking in that match. Every club needs a Chen Hao haha

 

[merlin el mago]

Rubber is Dawei Saviga V i think, don't know about the blade

Thanks, do you if it's treated or not?

 

[Peter93]

Rubber is Dawei Saviga V i think, don't know about the blade

She talks about her equipment a bit in this video. In this specific instance she was using what looks like 388D-1 in 0.5 (she mentions she uses sponge now because it's easier to attack), and her backhand is TSP (Super Spinpips?). Her blade is the Nittaku Bizelox, which was a rebrand of the old Avalox Blue Thunder

 

[kindof99]

Zhou XinTong made the ugly long pips game look pretty. Her play is almost like dancing.

 

[der Stift]

Thanks, do you if it's treated or not?

She (ZXT) said her LP is not treated, which is illegal in professional play.
Treated (solidification) makes LP somewhat frictionless ...
this video shows how testing is being done for illegal LP

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[JJ Ng]

I have a couple sheets of 388D-2. What is the main difference between 388D-1 and 388D-2?

 

[merlin el mago]

She talks about her equipment a bit in this video. In this specific instance she was using what looks like 388D-1 in 0.5 (she mentions she uses sponge now because it's easier to attack), and her backhand is TSP (Super Spinpips?). Her blade is the Nittaku Bizelox, which was a rebrand of the old Avalox Blue Thunder

TSP Super Spin pips & Nittaku Bizelox are both discontinued, what are the rubber & blade more similar not discontinued?

 

[Peter93]

I have a couple sheets of 388D-2. What is the main difference between 388D-1 and 388D-2?

Revspin has some pretty good comparisons. I have used D-2 in 0.5, but never tried D-1. I recall I once used a friend's paddle who had D-1 on it, and the pimples were super soft so it made attack hard. D-2 has much firmer pimples, and based on photos they look more sparse as well. I'd add that I have seen Zhou using D-2, and Guo Jiangshan was a longtime D-1 user, but has been using D-2 the past couple of years.

TSP Super Spin pips & Nittaku Bizelox are both discontinued, what are the rubber & blade more similar not discontinued?

Super Spinpips got rebranded as Spinpips D1. As for blade, you'd want something five-ply, very flexible and fairly soft. Maybe not as slow as a blockman or tsubudaka, but more like an offensive classic. Looking around some people have said she actually used Spectol (now Spectol S1), but that's very old information.

 

[Scarfed Garchomp]

I have a couple sheets of 388D-2. What is the main difference between 388D-1 and 388D-2?

D1 has thinner and softer pimples. It has a better feeling of the ball sinking into the pips and it is also much easier for the pips to bend so it has better control, but D2 has better reversal and it has much better aggressive potential in terms of punch/hit and swipe. I think D2 plays more like a more conventional stiff-pip Chinese style long pip like DHS C8 and DF 1615 with stiff pips whereas D1 is more flexible and allrounded like RITC 755 and Meteor 8512

 

[mightymouse]

TSP Super Spin pips & Nittaku Bizelox are both discontinued, what are the rubber & blade more similar not discontinued?

I am not sure if Nittaku Bizelox is 5-ply or 7-ply, but Avalox (now Avalox AVX) is still producing both Blue Thunder 555 and Blue Thunder 777.

Blue Thunder 555 is OC / Dicon sibling (limba - spruce - ayous - spruce - limba). I don't think BT 555 can be used with pimples, as it is springy / catapulty and quite flexible. But in the hand of a national player, anything can be lethal.

Blue Thunder 777 is a thinner Clipper replica, so it is more likely to be used with pimples.

 

[kase]

I recently tried 388-d1 ox 'pro' and there were at least 5 pips broken at the base after half a training session. My coach doesn't even hit the ball very hard, and I mostly used inverted rubber during the session, only using the pips occasionally. A sponge may prevent this to an extent. I tried Neptune for a few sessions in ox and didn't have any issues.

 

[merlin el mago]

Thanks guys.

Could be Stiga ARC a good substitute?

I own Stiga Offensive Classic but I like more ARC, I have also Infinity VPS but is stiff?