Andrei Filimon's Equipment!

Hey Rob, could you zoom into this one like you did with the other picture?

http://outpost81.com/usopen08/day2a/pages/US_Open_Table_Tennis_Tournament_3July2008_pict0367.htm

That would be great!

Well if Rob could zoom in as well as he did with the other, the answer should become pretty obvious.

mambo h

pongmaster wrote: mambo h

Thanks! Yes, Filimon is using Mambo H both sides...

Thanks a dozen Rob!

Mambo H is one of the best rubber I've tried

cmetsbeltran15 wrote: Thanks! Yes, Filimon is using Mambo H both sides... Thanks a dozen Rob!

Well, that may be then what he was using at the US Open - how do you know it's the same as he used two months ago or will use two months from now? Filimon didn't qualify for the Olympics, so he's surely experimenting what combo will work for him after the speedglue ban. I wouldn't jump to general conclusions based on a few pics.

Ciprian wrote: A.Filimon(ROM) Blade-Killerspin Stilo Z Rubbers-Killerspin Forza 4Z

darsvil wrote: Ciprian wrote: A.Filimon(ROM) Blade-Killerspin Stilo Z Rubbers-Killerspin Forza 4Z

Don't think so. That forehand rubber was definitely Mambo H.

mazunov

Mazunov, Keyshot and Primo-Powerfeeling have the exact same handle, so maybe we'll never know. However on the video you can see a dark logo so it  could be Keyshot, which is the only one with a dark logo. It's not Maze, thats for sure. Powerfeeling used to be one of the most popular blades in eastern Europe, so maybe he could be still using it.

I'm sure he could have easily just plugged in the logo thing

It's not a primo powerfeeling, that blade has two red stripes seen from the side..

While you guys are discussing if the lens shows Killerspin, don't forget that it is rather common for the pros to use some old favorite blade (Butterfly Keyshot or Mazunov, for instance) but cut their sponsor lens into the handle instead of the original one. Dima Ovtcharov did that for a while, and some european women sponsored by Butterfly but I can't recall now who they were.

cmetsbeltran15 wrote: JimT wrote: While you guys are discussing if the lens shows Killerspin, don't forget that it is rather common for the pros to use some old favorite blade (Butterfly Keyshot or Mazunov, for instance) but cut their sponsor lens into the handle instead of the original one. Dima Ovtcharov did that for a while, and some european women sponsored by Butterfly but I can't recall now who they were. Yes I made that point earlier, but thanks for heads upping everyone else! I think the lens should not be a determining factor, since it is clearly a KS lens, but none of the KS handles looked similar to the one Filimon uses.

Yes, I think the photo clearly shows that the lens is indeed Killerspin but the same photo makes it pretty obvious that the handle doesn't belong to the Killerspin's blade which is claimed to be used by Filimon (wrong striping!)