Hi,
It works quite well. 652 has a hard and thick sponge and it is low-spin, so it's harder to use against quality shots. With the 9mm Yasaka, if you hit hard enough to penetrate the sponge, it will have good power. The problem is that, without an inverted rubber on the other side, it's going to be difficult to set yourself up to drive the ball. Your serves won't have much spin and your openers potentially looped back with force.
Personally I prefer using a spinny modern pip with a thin sponge. 802-40 with 1.5mm 35d sponge. When I drive or hit, it bottoms out and has absolutely no spin, but good control. It's a bullet and people block it into their side of the table. But it has enough sponge and grip to provide control and spin in all other situations, which is important. As long as your blade is heavy / fast enough you will have plenty of power, even with this 'slow' pip, because the power will be coming more from the blade. It's a far better option than medium pips for a high-spin (inverted) + no-spin (pips) variation game, as it actually has control, and medium pips don't.
