FZD is not using Infinity VPS?!

[henrytam]

There is a magazine called "table tennis world" in China. Their staff went to do the interview with him and take some photos for advertisements. They also took some photos of his bat. That's the source of these photos

 

[toprank]

I just zoomed the picture posted by Martin and it definitely looks more like infinity vps. The line darker line through the edge profile of the blade is definitely brown or brownish. Not blue like the arylate of the Viscaria. Compare and contrast the color of the line to the blue in the sponge and the colors of the stipes of the brown in the handle. It's closer to the handle stripes. Also the thickness of the line seems too large to be a viscaria.

The kid says he uses a wood blade at the suggestion of his coach. So you're suggesting not only is he lying about the blade but also the composition of the blade. I don't buy it.

 

[Martin Dorrego]

the plys are brown like infinity vps v, but for me lookslike viscaria

 

[Giangt]

Lets find the source and facts on The table instead of assuming peeps henrytam could u help here?

 

[toprank]

the plys are brown like infinity vps v, but for me lookslike viscaria

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If you blow up the picture you get a pretty good look at the edge. Specifically a mm above the tenergy you see a relatively brownish line. Its not the blue thin line of arylate, as seen in a Viscaria. It's too thin and not blue at all, to be a Viscaria. Based on that and his explanation about an all wood blade if I was forced to bet, I would wager on the Infinity vps. Nothing makes me think Viscaria though.

 

[sebas-aguirre]

the plys are brown like infinity vps v, but for me lookslike viscaria

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if I look at this pic I would actually go for viscaria.
why?
between the dark line and the center thick ply you can see another very light line.
this is present in viscaria but not in infinity.

 

[sebas-aguirre]

the plys are brown like infinity vps v, but for me lookslike viscaria

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if I look at this pic I would actually go for viscaria.
why?
between the dark line and the center thick ply you can see another very light line.
this is present in viscaria but not in infinity.

also the dark ply seems too thin, doesn't look lilke the 2nd ply of infinity.

 

[ozanjuve]

the handle looks like Stiga Offensive Classic Carbon
http://postimg.org/image/v9rmjmq9b/
http://postimg.org/image/fst3s83u7/

 

[henrytam]

So, the interview was released

compare the handle with the one on #1

 

[bachikho]

if this is Infinity, not Viscaria:

so here must be 5 plies pure wood, no?

 

[luqketti]

the blue lines of the viscaria tend to go darker with use and resemble a bit of a brownish color, so yea i think thats a viscaria too. The vps has thicker lines

 

[courage1337]

http://www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5479&d=1391017305 In this pic i can see near the bluesponge rubber (FH) the blue line like on viscaria and on red rubber side (BH) I can see brown thick line like on infinity vps v .. is it possible like on his forehand he would have wood like on viscaria and on backhand he would have wood like on infinity ?

 

[bachikho]

alc on fh and pure wood on bh???

 

[courage1337]

I think he have alc on fh yeah and on bh pure wood

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

Oh god, you guys are sooooooo silly.

First of all who really cares.

Second of all, Stiga makes plenty of blades that he can use.

With Wang Liqin, there was an obvious reason why he uses a Stiga Clipper with a DHS handle. He was always using a Clipper and then DHS made a blade for him and wanted him to use it. It was a Clipper clone. But, he liked the real thing better and so got a DHS handle put onto a Clipper. So he could keep the nationalist pride of using DHS and being sponsored by DHS but continuing to use the racket he was using.

If Fan Zhendong was not using the racket he says he is using, he could choose any other racket. Stiga has plenty of rackets that have materials similar to Arylate, and he could easily have Stiga make him a racket he wants to use. Or, if he really wanted to use a Butterfly racket like Viscaria, he could easily just get Butterfly to sponsor him. There would be no reason for him to pretend.

Look at Zhang Jike. They have several signature rackets for him at Butterfly. But he keeps using Viscaria. He does not have to pretend. If Fan Zhendong wanted to use a Viscaria, why wouldn't he just use one???????

I think this kind of speculation is foolish unless you have real proof, like Fan saying it himself, or a rep from Butterfly attesting to the fact that he is using a Butterfly blade with a Stiga handle. But in interviews Fan says he is using all wood because he listened to one of his mentors, Wang Hao, recommend that he use an all wood blade. Why would he just flat out lie.

And I have hit with the Infinity blade. It is a great blade. It is as good as any blade out there. And it has that classic Stiga crispness that so many players on the Chinese National Team like so much.

 

[henrytam]

photos updated

 

[beeray1]

Viscaria 100%

He's sponsored by Stiga, likes Viscaria. He can't just use what he wants.

 

[Butt Stallion]

very hard to say. I don't see the blue line of the viscaria, looks more like the brown wood lines of the infinity to me.

 

[huri]

Infinity layers are much more thicker .... i have one in front of me

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Oh god, you guys are sooooooo silly.

First of all who really cares.

Second of all, Stiga makes plenty of blades that he can use.

With Wang Liqin, there was an obvious reason why he uses a Stiga Clipper with a DHS handle. He was always using a Clipper and then DHS made a blade for him and wanted him to use it. It was a Clipper clone. But, he liked the real thing better and so got a DHS handle put onto a Clipper. So he could keep the nationalist pride of using DHS and being sponsored by DHS but continuing to use the racket he was using.

If Fan Zhendong was not using the racket he says he is using, he could choose any other racket. Stiga has plenty of rackets that have materials similar to Arylate, and he could easily have Stiga make him a racket he wants to use. Or, if he really wanted to use a Butterfly racket like Viscaria, he could easily just get Butterfly to sponsor him. There would be no reason for him to pretend.

Look at Zhang Jike. They have several signature rackets for him at Butterfly. But he keeps using Viscaria. He does not have to pretend. If Fan Zhendong wanted to use a Viscaria, why wouldn't he just use one???????

I think this kind of speculation is foolish unless you have real proof, like Fan saying it himself, or a rep from Butterfly attesting to the fact that he is using a Butterfly blade with a Stiga handle. But in interviews Fan says he is using all wood because he listened to one of his mentors, Wang Hao, recommend that he use an all wood blade. Why would he just flat out lie.

And I have hit with the Infinity blade. It is a great blade. It is as good as any blade out there. And it has that classic Stiga crispness that so many players on the Chinese National Team like so much.

Its a fact that FZD is not using Stiga rubbers, but Stiga claims he is using Stiga rubbers
So some one from Stiga is telling a lie as FZD is using T05 on backhand