Top Chinese guys using a blue sponge rubber
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andrew brand Asked 12 years ago
hi, i noticed during the olympics the top boys are using some new rubber with a blue sponge on their forehand side. ive not come across this colour sponge and wondered if anyone knew what rubber it was. even ma lin and wang liqin are using it in the china open this week.
Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago
Hi Andrew,
Someone will know. Friendship with blue sponge used to be one of my favourites.
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andrew brand Posted 12 years ago
i thought all the friendship rubbers were lower end cheap rubbers. cant see any expensive ones in the catalogues. would of thought the pros are using the most expensive and fastest out there such as tenergy etc.
Tom Goodwin Posted 12 years ago
they use dhs skyline tg3
Ji-Soo Woo Posted 12 years ago
I have heard that Chinese professional players have special versions of rubbers made especially for them and it's not the same cheap old Chinese rubber commercially available.
andrew brand Posted 12 years ago
Thanks Tom, i have now looked at some reviews of the rubber. the blue sponge version is a softer sponge version of it. i can see from the reviews that it suits the chinese style of play.