'Rare Footage' Ma Lin and Wang Liqin glueing up at

WLQ seemed to use WBG.. I dunno about Ma Lin

what is that contraption that the off-camera, talking girl is handing ma lin??  is that an e-nez sniffer??

anyhow, even if they are using a booster, it's clearly VOC-free.  so, what's the sense in making a rule that's totally unenforceable??

I don't know those bottles and stuff, but really, even IF ma and wang would've been boosting, cctv wouldn't record it or even get permission from ma and wang to record it.

The bottle of Haifu on table looks like tuning oil, and it looks like he used finezip to glue. 

The female voice said at the end..... "hurry up, we only have 10 mins".   



Edited by Rich215 - 03/12/2011 at 1:55pm

ttCrawsaive wrote: I don't know those bottles and stuff, but really, even IF ma and wang would've been boosting, cctv wouldn't record it or even get permission from ma and wang to record it. And if ma and wang would be so crazy to give that permission, than cctv wouldn't show it. They don't boost. At least not illegally.

i have to agree.  CCTV had to get permission from the chinese nat'l team, probably from the manager, HUANG BIAO (forgive me if that's not the right way to spell his name) first just to film and then later to show what they filmed to the public.

it's a safe bet that at least huang biao, before signing off on it, woulda gone over that film first to make sure nothing objectionable would air (literally and figuratively).

and it's a distinct possibility, given how "propangandistic" they are over there, that the whole thing was contrived just to show that they're in compliance with the rules.  who is the talking girl that hands ma that device before he walks out?  what is that device and why did the cameraman film "the hand-off?"

lastly, adham sharara WILL see that video.  what sense does it make for the chinese nat'l team to allow a video, first, to be made and then, second, to be released to the public that depicts them casually flouting the rules?

A domed rubber doesn't prove they boosted them. No doubt they would say they came from the factory like that.

But there is a Haifu Booster on the table.... on that table there should only be white glue. There is visible of white glue and the Haifu booster here: 

Edited by lild100 - 03/12/2011 at 4:22pm

WLQ rubber looks like it already has an application of 'something' before he used FineZip. 

no way.....pro's would never boost a rubber.....  The Haifu bottle is probably just some new energy drink they were sharing.  They needed to do something with all those bottles after the ITTF put the ca-bosh on the Haifu oil tuner. 


Oh...and the electronic device in the lady's hand looks like a remote mic and headset.  Ma Lin was probably going to give an interview or do some special spot for CCTV. 



Edited by Rich215 - 03/12/2011 at 5:09pm

Can anyone who understands Chinese give a gist of the interview?

Why is there even an argument here? The general agreement about Chinese rubbers is that they aren't playable in high levels without lots of tuning to get any kind of feel, people talk all about it, but when given video evidence, its "naw, just because there's a bottle there that looks exactly like tuning oil, doesnt mean he tunes!"  

He's burning through that booster

The commentator said WLQ brushed glue onto his rubber more than 10 times while showing him putting the white glue (finezip?) onto the sponge. I have a feeling he used a different glue/booster 10+ times before putting the finezip on... WLQ was known for speedgluing 20+ times before the ban!

Edited by ZingyDNA - 03/12/2011 at 7:51pm

BeaverMD wrote: Can anyone who understands Chinese give a gist of the interview? I'm a little surprised because it looks like they're about to play in a tournament and they've just glued their rackets (of course, they might have filmed earlier).  I usually need at least 24 hours of letting a racket dry after using water glue but I usually let mine dry for 2 or 3 days before using.  Otherwise, it feels really mushy.  Maybe it's different for hard Chinese sponges.

takaaki wrote: oh, this was during the trials...   well, then, sharara has no jurisdiction over that... here, they're playing between themselves, so it doesn't really matter, but, like you say, even if they do it during the pro tour, so what??  it's undetectable. besides, everybody's doing it--alexli sells this at his store, so anybody can get it.