Kenichi Tago ( 田児賢一 )

[Loafers]

so he lost to du peng yu in 2 sets in the 2nd round of the swiss open... hmmmm

He probably partied too much after All England

[dennisvanbekkum]

i played with tago in malaysia and he doenst have the yonex logo on his racket because he string it with so mutch tension that he has to throw his racket away after using once!! so no need to put in the logo!!

bad publicity for yonex!!

[Destricto_Ense]

He probably partied too much after All England

Yeah, for the whole one day break he got between the AE final and SO first round, give me a break.

[Loafers]

Yeah, for the whole one day break he got between the AE final and SO first round, give me a break.

It was a joke directed towards Lin Dan fanboys who said almost the same thing when Lin Dan lost to Peter Gade

[Destricto_Ense]

Heh, all right... LD fanboys deserve all the stick they can get

[LD rules!]

i played with tago in malaysia and he doenst have the yonex logo on his racket because he string it with so mutch tension that he has to throw his racket away after using once!! so no need to put in the logo!!

bad publicity for yonex!!

I don't understand, what tension is he using ? Also, it's not just Tago that doesn't have the paint on the strings, it's most if not all the JPN players

[weeyeh]

i played with tago in malaysia and he doenst have the yonex logo on his racket because he string it with so mutch tension that he has to throw his racket away after using once!! so no need to put in the logo!!

bad publicity for yonex!!

In that case, he should just switch Dink's Ultra. Proven rackets at uber tensions.

[LD rules!]

Quite amusing...just that Kenicki wins over CJ and BCL, praises flow freely, like Tago is the next one, the chosen one. LD lost to BCL, and that is an end of an era, washup and history. Lets see how CHN and LD perform at WC10 and AG10 before we say the end of his domination Next time, LD will bring along his secret weapon 'Itu Barang'

just wondering, is KT using NBG98 ?? I noticed the gold of the strings, I am just wondering.
Also anyone found out the reason why the JPN players don't have the YY logo on the strings ?

[Thom_bad]

i played with tago in malaysia and he doenst have the yonex logo on his racket because he string it with so mutch tension that he has to throw his racket away after using once!! so no need to put in the logo!!

bad publicity for yonex!!

Are you joking or something ?
Do you mean a top player string himself his racquets ?

[cappy75]

If their racquets are re-strung onsite by tourney stringers, stringers won't have time to imprint the YY logo on the stringbed.

I have noticed this with other JPN players as well, they don't have YY logo on shirts even tho they are YY sponsored

[Thom_bad]

If their racquets are re-strung onsite by tourney stringers, stringers won't have time to imprint the YY logo on the stringbed.

Then why do the others teams (Mas,Ina,Dk,etc) have the logo ?
I bet they also give their racquets to the tourney stringers

[jhirata]

just wondering, is KT using NBG98 ?? I noticed the gold of the strings, I am just wondering.
Also anyone found out the reason why the JPN players don't have the YY logo on the strings ?

Read on a Japanese forum that he uses NBG98 and bg66 (also comes in cosmic-gold colour) at 35lbs.

[Thom_bad]

Read on a Japanese forum that he uses NBG98 and bg66 (also comes in cosmic-gold colour) at 35lbs.

Wooh 35 lbs !?!?
he should be sooo powerful

[Blitzzards]

Wooh 35 lbs !?!?
he should be sooo powerful

I believe it's an exaggeration, 30-33lbs looks more likely. The NBG98 is a very stiff feeling string, and to me feels even stiffer than the BG80 (Thomas Laybourn uses BG80 at 36lbs by the way).

If not then Tago would have had the strength to punch holes through all of our stomachs

Kyokushin Karate anyone

[Thom_bad]

I believe it's an exaggeration, 30-33lbs looks more likely. The NBG98 is a very stiff feeling string, and to me feels even stiffer than the BG80 (Thomas Laybourn uses BG80 at 36lbs by the way).

If not then Tago would have had the strength to punch holes through all of our stomachs

Kyokushin Karate anyone

*dreaming of Tago punching Ld's head at ABC final*

[Blitzzards]

*dreaming of Tago punching Ld's head at ABC final*

That would be a great match to watch, although definitely NOT LITERALLY speaking

Tago has a bright future, and Lin Dan sure will still be fighting to the end of his marvelous career.

[jhirata]

Apparently he used BG66 at 35lbs at the WJC in 2007.. o.o

I feel that thicker strings feel harder to play with at high tension than thin strings like the zymax62, bg66m, rsl superti630, etc..