Models used by Li-Ning sponsored pros

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  1. twobeer

    twobeer Regular Member

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    Hi,

    I have started to try out many of Li-Ning top models of rackets, and is trying to compile a list of who's using what, as there seems to be more and more sponsred players visible on the tour (not only team china).. There are some rackets I dont recognize that I think may not yet be available (at least outside china) for example the one Wang Yihan currently uses (WC win and JO win).. So please help me sort the player+racket puzzle out and correct me if I gotten some wrong..

    MS:
    Lin Dan : N90 (strings NS95)
    Chen Jin: N55 (strings NS70?)
    Chen Long: N55 (strings NS70?)
    Jan Ø Jørgensen: N90
    Boonsak Ponsana: N90-II
    Muhammad Hafiz Hashim : N55
    (Bao Chunlai N70 (strings NS70?), retired)
    Pangyu Du : N70 (strings NS70?)
    Yan Kit Chan : N70
    Wang Zhengming: N55 (strings NS70?)
    Cheetan Anand : N55
    Derek Wong : N77-II
    Tian Houwei : UC2200
    Nicholas Jinadasa : N30 ?
    Wenlong Zhou : N90
    Sören Gravholt : N90-II

    WS:
    Wang Yihan : Nx?
    Wang Shixian : Nx? (used to use UC2200 but have switched to something new)
    Mingtian Fu : N90-II
    Wang Xin : N55-II ?
    Porntip Buranprasertsuk : N55-II ?
    Aiying Xing : N55-II
    Lu Lan : N33 ?
    Li Xuerui : UC2200 ?
    Chen Xiaojia : N33
    Lin Xiu : UC2200 ?
    Zhou Hui : N30 ?

    MD:
    Chayut Triyachart : N70?
    Danny Bawa Chrisnanta : N90-II ?
    Hendra Wijaya : unsure if he plays Li-Ning, looked like it in Malaysian Open 2011
    Hong Wei : ?
    Shen Ye : ?
    Chai Biao : N70 ?
    Guo Zhendong : N30-II ?
    Ross Smith : N55-II
    Glenn Warfe : N70-II
    Xiaolong Liu : ?
    Zihan Qiu : ?
    Li Gen : ?
    Liu Cheng : ?
    Xiaolong Liu : ?
    Zihan Qiu : ?
    Jiang Yanjiao UC2200?


    WD:
    Bao Yixin : N50?
    Zhong Qianxin N50?
    Shinta Mulia Sari : N90-II ?
    Lei Yao : N55-II ?
    Ashwani Ponappa : N90-II
    Jwala Gutta : WS650 ?
    Huan Xia : UC2200
    Tang Jinhua : N33-II ?
    Wang Xiaoli :
    Yu Yang :
    Poon Lok Yan :
    Tse Ying Suet :
    Leanne Choo : N30-II
    Renuga Veeran : N77-II
    Luo Ying :
    Luo Yu :
    Duanganong Aroonkesorn :
    Kunchala Voravichitchaikul :


    XD-men:
    Chayut Triyachart : N70?
    Chen Xu : N90-II ?
    Zhang Nan : N70
    Jiaming Tao :
    S.Anugritayawon :
    Zihan Qiu :
    Xiaolong Liu :
    Glenn Warfe : N70-II
    Shu Cheng :
    Liu Peixuan

    XD-woman:
    Lei Yao : N55-II ?
    Ma Jin : N60 ?
    Zhao Yunlei : N60
    Tian Qing :
    Voravichitchaikul :
    Neo Yu Yan Vanessa :
    Bao Yixin :
    Shu Cheng :
    Leanne Choo :
    Xiaolong Liu :
    Jinhua Tang :


    Which am I missing, can you help me complete/update the list :)

    Maybe we could do one for YY and Victor also?

    Cheers,
    Twobeer
     
    #1 twobeer, Sep 26, 2011
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    Good recap!
    I'm not so sure about the string :)

    Wang yihan (maybe) plays with N10
     
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    Chai Biao most probably played with N50II, if he didnt change it from All England. String? no idea at all...
     
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    Chai Biao using N50 II, Guo Zhengdong using N50.
     
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    I'm pretty sure from the recent Chinese Open I saw Xu Chen & Ma Jin using the N55-II & N30 respectively.
     
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    Wang XiaoLi used N50
     
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    Wasn't Jwala Gutta using the N70-II at the WC ? Maybe she changed it recently...
     
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    Vanessa Neo, Yao Lei and Wang Xin - N55II

    Bao Yixin - N50

    Tang Jinhua and Li Xuerui - UC2200B
     
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    Some members of this forum claim that Wang Yihan play with a UC2200A but I very much doubt so as her current racquet is red in color. Maybe she's using a prototype. See photo in the link below:
    http://sports.sina.com.cn/o/p/2011-09-14/18355745650.shtml
     
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    Xiaolong Liu I remember watching him play at the Canadian open and he uses the N70
     
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    Nope.. She used the Windstorm 650 at WC.. I noted that.. easy to recognize :)
     
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    In Czeck Open I saw Indias Arvind Bhat use N90, and Gert KÜnka (Estonia/Sweidsh XD) use N30-II.
     
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    What does Chai Biao and Liu Xiaolong use as a racket now? Would be very interested in their racket models...
     
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    Anybody capable of answering the above question? :eek:
     
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    From the 2013 Sudirman cup, Liu Xiao Long used N70.
    And German Open 2013, Chai Biao used N50.
     
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    Any updates or changes?
     
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    Simon Santoso - N90II
    Fu Haifeng - N9
    Cai Yun - N7
    Chen Long - N80
     
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    Any pictures? Last time I checked he was using N90-III ...
     
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    Ma Jin N50-III (Malaysia Open 2014)
    Qiu Zihan N90iii (Malaysia Open 2014) before he used N50ii
    Wang Xin (N36)
    Wang Yihan (N10), N50-III
    Wang Shixian (N20)
    Wang Xiao Li/(N50 1st gen)
    Li Xue rui (atm N50 II ), N50-III in WC13
    Liu Xiao long (N70)
    Yu Yang (N55II)
    Zhang Nan (N55 III purple) back to n70?
    Tian Houwei N20
    Xue Song N55
    Wand Zhengming n90-III?
    Porntip Buranaprasertsuk n90 II at CM
    Markis Kido n90-II
     
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