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Lin Gaoyuan ALC review by coach Truong Tu

(By Truong Tu) I received the Lin Gaoyuan ALC blade recently and have now logged about 30 hours playing with it. The blade arrived in a solid package with a nice, luxury look. I chose the straight handle version of the blade (I have usually used flared handles on my blades).  The handle fit perfectly in my hand with a nice […]

The Latest Butterfly Combination: Lin Gaoyuan ALC, Dignics 80, and Dignics 64 Review

The Latest Butterfly Combination: Lin Gaoyuan ALC, Dignics 80, and Dignics 64 Review (By Truong Tu) There are many separate reviews for the Lin Gaoyuan ALC Blade, Dignics 80, and Dignics 64. This post will review these three items used in combination  – as this is one of the latest product pairings offered by Butterfly. I chose the straight […]

Swedish Open Review: Swedes Out Early, Young Chinese Excel

Swedish Open Review: Swedes Out Early, Young Chinese Excel (by Steve Hopkins/Photo by ITTF) The 2019 ITTF World Tour Swedish Open was held this week in Stockholm.  The first tour event of October brought out some of the world’s best, including four of the top five ranked men in the world  and fourteen of the […]

Technique of Lin Gaoyuan, a fast attacking left hander #4

(BUTTERFLY/TAKUREPO.com #BUTTERFLY) Fast Chiquita to enable his fast attack A Chinese up-and-coming southpaw Lin Gaoyuan, who is climbing up the world ranking ladder with his highly stable counter attacking plays close to the table. This special programme will introduce Lin Gaoyuan’s techniques with some successive pictures taken at the training camp of the Chinese national […]

Technique of Lin Gaoyuan, a fast attacking left hander #3

(BUTTERFLY/TAKUREPO.com #BUTTERFLY) Consecutive backhand topspin strokes without error at mid-distance A Chinese up-and-coming southpaw Lin Gaoyuan, who is climbing up the world ranking ladder with his highly stable counter attacking plays close to the table. This special programme will introduce Lin Gaoyuan’s techniques with some successive pictures taken at the training camp of the Chinese […]

Technique of Lin Gaoyuan, a fast attacking left hander #2

(BUTTERFLY/TAKUREPO.com #BUTTERFLY) Backhand counter attacking play close to the table with the best precision in the world Lin Gaoyuan, an exciting Chinese left hander, is climbing the world ranking ladder with his highly stable counter top spin play close to the table. This special programme introduces Lin Gaoyuan’s techniques with some sequence images taken at […]

Technique of Lin Gaoyuan, a fast attacking left hander #1

(BUTTERFLY/TAKUREPO.com #BUTTERFLY) High-speed backhand topspin close to the table Overall there are many powerful players in the Chinese men’s team, but there is one player who distinguishes himself with speed, not power; his name is Lin Gaoyuan. He is climbing the world ranking ladder with his highly stable counter attacking play close to the table. […]

Hong Kong Open Review

(by Steve Hopkins/Photo by ITTF) The Seamaster 2019 ITTF World Tour, Hang Seng Hong Kong Open concluded on Sunday.  The Men’s Singles event ran very much as expected with the top two seeds reaching the Final, and the top seed winning.  In the top half of the draw, all four Chinese players who made the […]

Portugal Open Recap

(by Steve Hopkins / Photo by ITTF) The Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus Portugal Open concluded on Sunday.  It’s the second major tour event of the year and while it did not draw many of the World’s Top 10, the competitive field did include World No. 4 Lin Gaoyuan, World No. 16 Liang Jingkun, World […]

2019 Hungarian Open Recap

2019 Hungarian Open Recap (by Steve Hopkins) Budapest was host of the Seamaster 2019 ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open. The top four seeds in the men’s event were Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, Lin Gaoyuan, and Hugo Calderano.  The women’s event also included a strong contingent of Chinese players with all of the top four tournament seeds […]

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