I tried to make a list of what rackets the champs where using: I came up with: Lin Dan : Li Ning woods N90 Fu Haifeng: Li Ning Flame N50 Cai Yun: Li Ning Rocks N33 Lu Lan : Li Ning Rocks N30 Zhang Yawen : Li Ning Storm N77 Zhao Tingting : Li Ning Flame N50 Thomas Laybourn : Yonex Nanospeed 9900 Kamilla Rytter Juhl : Forza Ti550 N-Forze VS Did I spot right /Twobeer
The yonex list: Lee Chong Wei (MAS) - Yonex Armortec 900 Power Peter Gade (DEN) - Yonex ArcSaber10 Taufik Hidayat (INA) - Yonex ArcSaber10 Candra Wijaya (INA) - Yonex ArcSaber10 Tony Gunawan (USA) - Yonex ArcSaber10 Liliyana Natsir (INA) - Yonex AT 800 DF Koo Kien Keat (MAS) - Yonex Ti 10 Xu Huaiwen (GER) - Yonex ArcSaber 7 Nova Widiant (INA) - Yonex Armortec 900 Power Kido Markis (INA) - Yonex Armortec 900 Power Lars Paaske (DEN)- Yonex Armortec 900 Power Hendra Setiawan (INA) - Yonex ArcSaber 7 Choong Tan Fook (MAS) - Yonex Ti-10 Lee Wan Wah (MAS) - Yonex Armortec 700
Well the thread was about what the world champions used.. I think there are other threads about general pro players and their rackets.. The Korean Victor players, the Swedish Fukuda player and so on, so on.. And your list is not even correct, to begin with.. Liliyana Natsir (INA) used a Arcsaber 7 (that I noticed when I watched her play today) ... Are you just copy/paste YY marketing material, or did you actually watched for what players where using??? And Xu Huaiwen ?!?! When did she play?? Kido & Hendra, didn't use many rackets in this WC... sigh... /Twobeer
I don't know about the rest but Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah are now sponsored by Victor. how can they be using Yonex.
Correct me if I'm wrong. I believe Cai Yun and Zhang Yawen are using N70 Photo source: http://sports.sina.com.cn
After watching the just-concluded WC at Hyderabad, it seems to me that whatever good brand rackets you put in the hands of the good players, it matters very little to their performance. They still play well. Just look at LD and CJ and the bulk of CHN team who have changed from using Yonex rackets to brand new Li Ning rackets and how they still dominate the game! And others who have changed to Victor rackets and some European players who use European brands, they still can play well.
so no victor emerge as the champion this time seems that china had already strengthen their doubles department. korea really need to work more harder next time.