well if there is no unfair advantage, then how did she get from outside of top fifty suddenly top ten AFTER changing. Its obviously the rubber isn't it.
anyway this antispin gimmick will die down anyway once people get used to it.
Sorry, i might have been a bit rude, anti spin is not no skill but its just the suprise factor of it, so when people get used to it it probably won't be as effective (not saying it will be bad)
So why doesn't everyone do it?
Why would the Chinese, where Table Tennis is their national sport and are always looking to gain an advantage, not train all of their players with anti/pips and any other rubber with an "unfair" advantage?
It's because it isn't an advantage - The ceiling is lower for those players OVERALL, all be it the ceiling might be higher for a certain player who can really understand the rubber and use it to it's full advantage (like Sabine).
Like you said, people aren't used to playing against it, so she'll pick up certain wins that she wouldn't usually pick up with "normal" rubbers.
But when she comes across players who are comfortable against that style, she'll struggle (as we've seen).
Also, it won't "die down", unless more people start using it, or at least start practicing against it more.
Unless that happens, Sabine (and others) will have that small advantage of play style vs the others.
