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Also, that match tomorrow will be possible to watch somewhere on the internet (and on demnad later I hope).

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Getting better - health and game | Def-attack's attempts to find balance between defence/attack

Really, I didn't know that, nice!

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I hope I didn't mix it up with something else...

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Getting better - health and game | Def-attack's attempts to find balance between defence/attack

Eslöv hade a livestream from the Swedish Championships as well as one or two matches from the league as well. Since the match tomorrow will be played in Eslöv it's a good chance they'll stream that one too.

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I saw some pictures from the earlier matches and he's been using Clipper during the whole playoff, I think he plays a bit better compared to the rest of the year, for whatever reason, but the switch doesn't seem to have done his game any harm.

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The third and deciding match in the final series was played yesterday and sadly it didn't go too well for Fabian and his team. Fabian's first match was against Robert Svensson which have played many years in Fulda with Wang Xi and is very good against pips. Fabian managed to steal the first set after being down 6-1 or something like that but after that it was pretty straight forward. He had a small chance to take one more set and perhaps that could've made Svensson a bit nervous but it never really felt Close, Svensson was dictating the whole match.

The second match was against Mattias Översjö who Fabian beat in the two earlier final matches (both with 3-2 in sets) as well as earlier this season I think. This time was totally different though, Fabian didn't play well, especially with his FH that he kept missing and missing, and Översjö was really on fire and playing really really well. When Översjö gets his adrenaline pumping and gets in the zone he's a very tough opponent but I still feel Fabian could've made much more.

The matches can be seen here: https://play.staylive.se/rpmedia/watch/1518/

All in all he stepped up his game during the playoffs and only had one really bad day, sadly that was in the most important match. It's still a step in the right direction IMO.

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I liked his playing style in the 2nd match. A little more patience. His FH is to weak at that level. He should go for a kill shot with his FH. Does he still play blue whale on FH?

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IMO he needs to be more aggressive again, he played his best table tennis when attacked as much as possible and focused more on attacking with pace than spin. Take a look at the final against Jens Lundquist in the Swedish Nationals a few years back, that's by far the best I've ever seen him play.

I think he's made the same journey as me, becoming more defensive and a bit more consistent in chopping but loosing aggressiveness and overall attacking ability. He twiddles less now and uses the LP hit on backspin less as well. The main problem is consistency and cutting down on unforced errors, when he misses easy shots like that it's not gonna cut it at that level.

Oh and he plays with Tenergy now, not sure what version though.

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His setup in Czech Open 2016

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Victas Koji Matsushita
Thibar Hybrid k1 euro max
TSP Curl p1-r 1.0

Definitely Clipper, it looks like Tenergy as well and it also looks a little bit like a thin sponge under the pips, but we've been fooled before hehe.

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for me it looks like thin sponge under the pips as well

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Butterfly Defence II / TSP Curl P1r 0.5mm / Tibhar Evolution MX-P 2.2mm -187g

Fabian, please get yourself a frictionless anti...

I agree, he hasn't taken a single step forward since he won the Swedish Nationals, he needs to do something if he wants to progress.

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i'm sure he tested antis
what he need to step up, its his fh attack.

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Butterfly Defence II / TSP Curl P1r 0.5mm / Tibhar Evolution MX-P 2.2mm -187g

i dont know if he tested antis, but i agree with the above...

FH is where his greatest weakness is...it is simply not powerful enough to win a point...

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