The Pro's Equipment - Discussion!

[phillypong]

When u see the pimples on those Evolution MX-P or S rubbers like this , you know they are HEAVILY boosted !
What a bunch of crap are the racket control rules , hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mlax]

Is there confirmation on what blade Samsonov is currently using?

 

[Airoc]

Is there confirmation on what blade Samsonov is currently using?

To my knowledge nothing indicates he switched, so it should still be Samsonov Force Pro Black Edition.

 

[FloKing]

To my knowledge nothing indicates he switched, so it should still be Samsonov Force Pro Black Edition.

I've seen him switch amongst FPBE, CCA Unlimited and an unknown blade. At the AO he was playing with a yellow blade looking very much like CCA Unlimited

 

[Airoc]

At the AO he was playing with a yellow blade looking very much like CCA Unlimited

Possible, he tried that one before. Tibhar jumped at the opportunity and introduced the very similar VS Unlimited, only for Vladi to switch back to FPBE shortly after ...

Maybe under some conditions he prefers carbon and had only a CCA at hand, as opposed to a VS Unlimited

 

[Suga D]

When u see the pimples on those Evolution MX-P or S rubbers like this , you know they are HEAVILY boosted !
What a bunch of crap are the racket control rules , hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, funnily it seems to be totally ok if the factory boosts the rubber but not so ok when a player himself boosts! And also quite a difficult task to distinguish one from the other.
Hypocrisy at its best!!

 

[Astorix]

When u see the pimples on those Evolution MX-P or S rubbers like this , you know they are HEAVILY boosted !
What a bunch of crap are the racket control rules , hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the problems are not the racket control rules. the problem is that the rules can not be executed because most boosters can`t be detected by current rechnical equipment. and judging by appearence is not the way it ever should be, anywhere. it needs to be meassured by technical devices.
atm it can`t. so the rules first percieved by anyone as useless because why make rules you can`t execute?
maybe for the same reason the death penalty exists, to show the people what behavior is considered as ``wrong`` and if you do not follow common morality you have to expect punishment.
most players might boosting because of the same reason cyclists are doping. maybe they have the feeling of not beeingg able to be competive if they don`t. anyway, just my considerations. i don`t wanna start a boosting right/wrong discussion here.

peace out

 

[mlax]

There was def some red graphic on the handle at the Australian Open which the PFE does not have. So it's either a wrap of some sort or a different blade.

 

[Giangt]

Samsonov have been testing equipment lately.

Here is what he used in Budapest. It is the new Tibhar Kinectic Speed with ZC Hybrid fibers.



Afterwards he changed his blade in the ETTC to this. It isn't the new Cedric Nuytinck signature blade with ZC Hybrid fibers.



Lastest in the Australian Open it seems like he switched back to CCA Unlimited with the grey and yellow colors on the handle.




Pictures are courtesy of mytischtennis.de, Flickr and contra.de

 

[mlax]

Samsonov have been testing equipment lately.

Here is what he used in Budapest. It is the new Tibhar Kinectic Speed with ZC Hybrid fibers.



Afterwards he changed his blade in the ETTC to this. It isn't the new Cedric Nuytinck signature blade with ZC Hybrid fibers.



Lastest in the Australian Open it seems like he switched back to CCA Unlimited with the grey and yellow colors on the handle.



Pictures are courtesy of mytischtennis.de, Flickr and contra.de

wow! Great post man. Thank you!

 

[bobpuls]

Actually it can be a absolutely new blade.
I meat one pro which is getting new blade named after him and he showed me his blade where he has different handles (from other models ) on different woods ....and he tells me the handle design will be the last one to be finished after he chose the best composition of blade which fits him the best ... So maybe this is also the same case for Samsonov.

 

[mlax]

I mean the CCA Unlimited is the same construction as the VS Unlimited, right?

 

[FloKing]

I could see a few times (on my screen) the bottom of the handle and it is very likely to be CCA Unlimited (I'm playing with it )

 

[Airoc]

I mean the CCA Unlimited is the same construction as the VS Unlimited, right?

Officially there are minor differences ...

 

[RajaLoopah]

During matches, Vladi seems to be twiddling his racket to use MX-P or MX-S in his forehand. I also had a little chat with Sanil Shetty, a Tibhar Sponsored player from India and he said that he is using MX-P on his forehand and MX-S on the bh

 

[Giangt]

Pictures of some of the pro players equipment from the WTTC 2017.

https://www.mytischtennis.de/public/fotos/1555/wm-2017---die-schl-ger-der-stars

courtesy of @Fabig from mytischtennis.de

 

[Airoc]

Pictures of some of the pro players equipment from the WTTC 2017.

https://www.mytischtennis.de/public/fotos/1555/wm-2017---die-schl-ger-der-stars

courtesy of @Fabig from mytischtennis.de

It´s pretty boring though. Hurricane, tenergy and not much else. As you would expect ...

 

[Shifu]

Ma longs backhand is so heavily boosted

 

[Suga D]

Pictures of some of the pro players equipment from the WTTC 2017.

https://www.mytischtennis.de/public/fotos/1555/wm-2017---die-schl-ger-der-stars

courtesy of @Fabig from mytischtennis.de

Quite interesting that Zhu Yuling uses Rozena on her BH.
Also nice to see Kasumi Ishikawa use H3neo.
[Emoji2]

 

[Jirrex]

Since I'm pretty new to table tennis, I was wondering if Tenergy (05) has a 'predecessor' when it comes to a widely used rubber by professionals.