dima use use "Donic Dima Ultra Carbon" and tenergy 05 on both sides
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No, it doesn't. He holds the ball exactly at the level of the table and then toss it. If the balls goes under the table then umpire will notice it and the serve will be fault.off-thread, whe he serves with his BH the ball goes under the table...
So that serve is illegal@ Alborz you can see it even in this thread's post #15
Agree with you. For example Xu Xin always hide the ball with his shoulder and Zhang Jike doesn't toss the ball vertically. But they still not get so much advantage by doing these.There many illegal serves.. Just think of the serves that ball isnt vertically thrown, or not 16 cm high, or ball hidden by the server's body. But ittf isn't that strict on this aspects obviously.
Ok I watched the recording I had of the final, which had found it's way into the deleted folder - no close ups of Dima's bat like I recall, so it was definitely in the semi vs Apolonia, which I didn't record I just watched a bit of it before going out. If the recording is on ittv I'll have a look at some point. The close upI watched showed Dima's bat near the handle where there's no tape covering the blade. It's either that or one of the ladies finalists who must be using the blue sponged rubber?