Professional players and their racquets

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  1. ElfJM

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    What racket He Jiting and Tan Qiang using?
     
  2. Junye

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    LYD=Astrox88S/BG 80,32lb
    Kevin Sanjaya=Astrox88S/BG 80,30lb
    Gideon =Astrox88D/BG 66UM,29lb[​IMG]
     
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    Missing one more info...
    3u/4u?

    Hahaha!
     
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    Haha. U wouldn't think they take 4U right ? Either it's a 3U or even an 2U
     
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    I recently picked up an old Babolat racket which has a cap that looked exactly like the Yonex latest technology "Energy Boost Cap" on Astrox series, and my friend can't even tell when he bought the racket, it has to be ages ago. Yonex is just better in marketing their product to make you think they are spending big in R&D and innovative with all new tech in badminton racket.
     
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    Ginting is using 4U FYI.
     
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    Racket change for the old Danes....

    Back to Arc11 for Boe, and up to AX99 for Mo.

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    Any proof/ pictures?
     
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    I dont believe it until I see it by myself, it sounds almost as improbable as in 2013 when Mohammad Ahsan used the Arcsaber Flashboost (it was a repaint);)
     
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    whats the main reason that pros mostly use 3U or lower? just more power?
     
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    Victor were doing this before with the Braveswords.
     
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    Peter Gade used VT80 4U, Jorgensen used VT80ET 4U...
     
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    Yes of course they do, you should try to get Yonex´s head heavy rackets in 3U by yourself in EU and you will see how hard it is to find any in the jungle of 4U´s:D:p
     
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    Not sure how relevant it is to compare access by a yonex sponsored player and the availability for the general public, but ok I guess.
     
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    So? What's your point?
     
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    The point is that even if more pros play with 3U some play with 4U
     
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    Jesus christ this mini banter has got to freaking stop y'all. It's like a train is derailing off the edge of a cliff and the passengers on board are thinking they're on a plane flight. The point is off the rails bros, off the target!

    It's like a mini competition to see who has the lowest ability in comprehension of combination of the Latin alphabets.

    Firstly - no I don't need your FYI without a goddamn SRC (source) @JBusnel ,

    Secondly - @Sundis , nothing big at you, but like @offbad says, what has pros' racquets got to do with availability (EU in your case?) But okay.... EU fails at commercial 3U availability, I get your point... so the pros yank 4U off the sponsor because there's few 3U around? Don't think it works this way...

    Thirdly - @ice man , I get your point and your statements were confirmed in the past via JOJ's instagram or something and PG's with pics, but your launchpad to support your statement off JBusnel's post is a pretty weak one. JOJ and PG can use 8UG8 for all they can and it still doesn't prove any relation why and how Anthony Sinisuka Ginting would be using a 4U AX88D.

    Thanks to HD feed and super megapixels I spot the PBSI logo on the cone of the AX88D, and that's a pretty strong piece of evidence his AX88D is SP coded. But even then it's NOT concrete (IP code? Even more unlikely but hey, GT code?). I'm amazed JBusnel has the eyes of a supermegaultimate human to see the engraving below the logo to notice the spec... G number pls?

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    CHOI SolGyu with arc11, one of the first from KOR to switch over?
     
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    No. His professional team is Yonex in the Korean league and he uses the ARC11 in home games. It makes sense for him to use it at least since their sponsorship will be lost and its equipment he can get readily strung at home. Especially given his tendency to break strings unpredictably.

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    ohh ok didn't know that bit about him thanks for the clarification
     

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